Green Left

When it comes to the business of politicising the right to asylum, no country jettisons the key principles of international law better than Australia, argues Binoy Kampmark.

The United States is aggressively seeking to revive its waning hegemonic role in the Asia Pacific. In response, the following joint statement was issued by the Partido Lakas ng Masa (PLM) — Philippines, the Parti Sosialis Malaysia (PSM), and the Partai Rakyat Pekerja...

Detainees on 501s, some of whom are mentally unwell, continue to be forcibly flown from Melbourne Immigration Transit Accommodation centre in Melbourne to the Christmas Island detention centre. Chloe DS reports.

Leftist candidates Gustavo Petro and Francia Márquez won 40.3% of the vote in Colombia's election and will head to the second round against Rodolfo Hernández and Marelen Castillo from the Anti-Corruption League, reports Michele de Mello.

Refugee rights activists attended a May 30 public forum organised by the Refugee Action Collective (RAC) to discuss the newly elected Labor government’s refugee policy. Chris Slee reports.

In the run-up to June’s parliamentary elections, the political atmosphere in France has been transformed by a new left alliance, the New Popular Ecological and Social Union, reports John Mullen.

In a government that has lost its popular mandate, Ranil Wickramasinghe, former prime minister from the opposition United National Party, has offered his services to rescue Sri Lanka's regime, reports Janaka Biyanwila.

Labor has no right to ride the wave of sympathy for the Murugappan family while it turns back boats at sea in contravention of the UN Charter, argues Janet Parker.

Barry Healy reviews The Last Execution, set in the former German Democratic Republic.

While the campaign to soften Peter Dutton's image has little hope against his record in government of building the new surveillance state. Ugur Nedim reports.

Following the passage of Voluntary Assisted Dying through the NSW parliament, Suzanne James speaks with advocates Shayne Higson and Greg Connell.

The mass shooting of students and teachers at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas has brought the issue of gun control and racism to the world’s attention again, reports Malik Miah.