United States President Donald Trump announced a 50% tariff on Brazilian goods, in protest against what he described as a “Witch Hunt” against former far-right president Jair Bolsonaro, on July 9, reports Federico Fuentes.
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Tribute to Candy Royalle and Hind Rajab launched at Addison Road Community Centre
The Candy Royalle and Hind Hut was formally opened on July 13 by award-winning muralist Ms Saffaa, in conjunction with the Addison Road Community Centre in Marrickville, reports Rachel Evans.
To Kill a War Machine: Palestine Action, genocide and the criminalisation of protest
British-based Palestine Action's direct action tactics are explored in Rainbow Collective's latest documentary film, To Kill a War Machine. Dom Williams saw the film ahead of its withdrawal.
West Papua: 27 years since the Biak massacre, the oppression continues
July 6 marked 27 years since the Biak Massacre in 1998, when Indonesian security forces massacred scores of people in Biak, West Papua, reports Kerry Smith.
Critical minerals and genocide in the Congo
Phil Hearse investigates the links between the genocide in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the struggle for control over critical minerals.
Abundance or scarcity?
Abundance has been attracting attention and debate among mainstream economists and politicians. But the book directs its sights towards planning regulations as the obstacle to abundance not to the real blockages imposed by vested interests, argues Michael Roberts.
Behind the national workers’ strike in Panama: An interview with union leader José Cambra
Panama’s working class have been mobilising since April in nationwide strikes and protests against the José Raúl Mulino government. Green Left’s Ben Radford sat down with José Cambra, an executive committee member of the Panama Teachers’ Association, about the strike...
‘Trump is insatiable’: International solidarity needed to defend Panama against US imperialism
In the second part of our interview, Green Left’s Ben Radford sits down with Panamanian unionist José Cambra to talk about the mass opposition to the recent agreement signed between the Panamanian and United States governments to re-establish US military bases and...
Help Socialist Alliance register with the Qld Electoral Commission
Queensland Socialist Alliance Queensland, buoyed by a successful federal election campaign is registering the party for state elections. Alex Bainbridge reports.
Hugo Blanco’s revolutionary legacy: An interview with María Blanco
Two years after Peruvian revolutionary and ecosocialist Hugo Blanco’s death at 88, his daughter, María Blanco — an activist and organiser with grassroots feminist collective Género Rebelde — sat down with Ben Radford to talk about her father’s life and...
Trump’s ‘Big Ugly Bill’ shifts more wealth to the billionaires, hitting workers and the poor
United States President Donald Trump’s so-called “Big Beautiful Bill” was signed into law on July 4 and represents one of the biggest transfers of wealth from workers and the poor to the billionaire class in US history, reports Malik Miah.
Major parties sideline climate crisis in Tasmania election
The major parties support for salmon farming and native forest logging means that there has been virtually no mainstream discussion about mitigating climate change and a just transition for workers and the environment. Solomon Doyle reports.