As 'Gen Z' youth revolts rock many countries in Asia, Peter Boyle spoke to Arveent Kathirtchelva, a youth activist in the Socialist Party of Malaysia, about how right-wing politicians are channeling rising mass dissatisfaction into racist scapegoating of minorities.
Hatam Yekta, a 36-year-old Kurdish refugee from Iran, is on the brink of death in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, Dr Hawzhin Azeez, a Kurdish human rights defender, told Peter Boyle.
More guest speakers for Ecosocialism 2026 have been confirmed, including a First Nations leader, a Greens MP and activists from the United States, Malaysia, Brazil, Western Sahara and Australia. Fred Fuentes reports.
Bill Nevins attended the Santa Fe International Literary Festival, which drew about 20,000 attendees to the Santa Fe Community Convention Center in New Mexico, from May 15–17.
More than two months after Denmark's March 24 snap election, the Social Democrats, the Socialist People’s Party, the Moderates and the Social Liberals have formed a minority government, reports Duroyan Fertl.
One Nation’s right-wing populism is built around a big lie, writes Peter Boyle, because it defends the very capitalist system that has created the widespread pain and insecurity it seeks to channel into racist scapegoating.
London-based academic Penny Green, who visited Rohingya refugees forced to flee Myanmar to the Cox’s Bazaar camps in Bangladesh, and Rohingya refugee Mohammed Zuhar addressed a Refugee Action Collective forum. Chris Slee reports.
Opposition leader Angus Taylor wants to make permanent residents who are not citizens ineligible for welfare payments and NDIS support. He also wants the number of migrants to be tied to housing construction. Jonathan Strauss looks at why.
This year's Sydney Film Festival, running from June 3–14, features films about First Nations resistance, a Palestinian uprising and communities seeking justice, writes Ben Radford.
Working people across the United States marched and rallied on International Workers’ Day to protest Donald Trump’s authoritarian regime and its anti-worker, pro-billionaire policies, report Malik Miah and Barry Sheppard.
The Pauline Hanson’s One Nation’s victory in the Farrer by-election is an advance for racist, anti-immigrant and right-wing politics. Jacob Andrewartha and Sue Bolton argue that it can be countered.
Médecins Sans Frontières has released a report documenting how Israel is deliberately depriving Palestinians in Gaza of water and sanitation, reports Kerry Smith.
