A former Australian army rifleman and a senior bureaucrat have revealed the depths to which Labor is prepared to go to revive offshore detention in Nauru. Binoy Kampmark reports.
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Blanca Missé is an associate professor at San Francisco State University and a Workers’ Voice member, who is active with the Ukraine Solidarity Network and the Labor for Palestine National Network. Green Left’s Federico Fuentes spoke to Missé about the need to reclaim Vladimir Lenin’s method for analysing imperialism.
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In the 1990s, the Turkish state exercised a rule of terror in the Kurdish south-east. Villages were erased, people were disappeared and many activists were sent to jail for “life”. One of those since released, Selahattin Mete, spoke to Sarah Glynn in Strasbourg.
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A Refugee Action Collective forum heard that refugees sent to Nauru by the Australian government are suffering physical and mental health problems. Chris Slee reports.
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Protesters called on Labor to speak out against the genocide in Sudan, provide more aid and allow in more refugees. Harry Fairless reports.
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Zohran Mamdani’s election as mayor of New York City was a kick in the teeth to United States President Donald Trump and a moment of hope for socialists around the world. To unpack the victory and the challenges ahead, Green Left’s Isaac Nellist spoke with Winnie Marion, a socialist activist based in NYC.
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In a historic victory for the left, Catherine Connolly won the presidential election in Ireland, becoming the first left candidate to win a majority of votes in a national election. Green Left’s Isaac Nellist speaks to Paul Murphy, Dublin-based ecosocialist and member of the Irish Parliament, about the significance of the campaign.
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The Jewish Council of Australia has called for united action to combat the far right and call out racism, rather than giving police more powers. Kerry Smith reports.
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The election of Democratic Socialist of America member Zohran Mamdani as mayor of New York City is a great victory for socialists all around the world, because it was a popular rejection of Trumpism, argues Peter Boyle.
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Green Left journalist and veteran socialist activist Peter Boyle joins the Green Left Show to discuss how solidarity can defeat the racist ‘March for Australia’ movement.
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Sex workers and their allies gathered on Gadigal land in Belmore Park to protest the Australian Border Force and various Australia-wide police being given permission to raid brothels. Paul Gregoire reports.
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Indonesian security forces killed 15 West Papuans during a military operation in the Intan Jaya Regency. Meanwhile, Indonesia and the European Union have just finalised an economic agreement that gives a green light to the exploitation of West Papua’s natural resources, reports Susan Price.