Imperialism & war

Students at the University of New South Wales passed a three pro-Palestine and anti-war motions at a historic Student General Meeting. Isaac Nellist reports.

Two men in a marquee

As Israel launches a new front in its year-long hot war on Palestine, the risk that the conflict, backed by the United States, could become nuclear is a frightening possibility, writes Pip Hinman.

Ilya Yashin

Ilya Yashin is a Russian opposition politician who was released from prison on August 1 in the prisoner exchange between Russia and the United States. Yashin spoke to Ara journalist Cristina Mas on September 30, where this interview was first published in Spanish.

It is not enough to “punish Labor” in coming elections. The real challenge is to build a political alternative that will act for the majority, not slavishly serve the billionaire class, argue Sue Bull, Jacob Andrewartha and Sam Wainwright

Isaac Nellist discusses Israel’s latest attacks on Lebanon and talks to Zack Schofield, an activist with Rising Tide, about Labor’s expansion of coal mining in New South Wales and how we can resist.

Human rights defenders in Honduras gathered at the memorial to Berta Ceceres

Honduras is facing at least US$14 billion in claims brought against it by corporations to protect their profits at the expense of people and the environment — a practice that applies across Latin America, reports Tamara Pearson.

Fancy, expensive weapons being used to kill civilians? Not terrorism. Relatively less advanced technology? Terrorism. Zane Alcorn comments on ruling class hypocrisy. 

Burning vehicle

Russian socialist and political economist Ilya Matveev sat down with Green Left’s Federico Fuentes to discuss imperialism’s “two logics” and how they help us better understand the world today.

Socialist Alliance condemns Israel’s deadly escalation of its ongoing war and terrorism in Lebanon and called on the Anthony Albanese Labor government to respect international law and immediately do the same.

Jill Stein meme

Support for Green Party Presidential candidate Jill Stein and Vice Presidential candidate Butch Ware is the highest since the party’s candidate Ralph Nader ran for president of the United States in 2000, report Barry Sheppard and Malik Miah.

Julian Assange addressed a hearing in Strasbourg at which he spoke of legal protections which were ‘not effective in any remotely reasonable time frame’. Binoy Kampmark reports.

Chevron rakes in billions of dollars a year from exploiting Israeli-claimed fossil gas fields in the eastern Mediterranean Sea, which generate hundreds of millions of dollars of tax revenue for Israel. Zara Lomas reports.