Green Left

Peace is not just the absence of war; it is real security, writes Jeremy Corbyn.

A New Yorker investigation has exposed that from 2018‒20, at least 65 leading figures in the Catalan government and independence movement had their mobile phones bugged, reports Dick Nichols.

While Russia’s war against Ukraine was a violation of that country’s sovereignty, writes Barry Sheppard, US President Joe Biden’s raising of war crimes charges against Russia is the height of hypocrisy.

Socialist Alliance candidate Renee Lees said Matt Canavan only speaks for the coal barons, not regional Queensland. Kerry Smith reports.  

A blockade of the world’s biggest coal port on April 24 was a success: no coal ships transited Newcastle Port. Niko Leka reports.

Since becoming the minister for offence, Peter Dutton has used every opportunity to spruik Australia’s “need” to prepare for war against China. ANZAC Day provided another opening for the hawk. Pip Hinman reports.

Teacher union activists in the Melbourne Educators for Social and Environmental Justice are campaigning for members to reject a substandard agreement. Jacob Andrewartha reports.

Disabled people can be paid as little as $2.54 per hour. Shaun Bickley urges candidates, companies and others to support equal pay for equal work.

Patrick Bond and Mary Galvin report on the recent catastrophic floods in Durban, South Africa, which have exposed Cyril Ramaphosa's government’s criminal negligence and failure to take action on climate change.

Netflix documentary Jimmy Savile: A British Horror Story attempts to explain how TV celebrity Jimmy Savile's ties to the British ruling class enabled him to get away with sexual abuse for decades, writes Alex Salmon.

Boat turn backs don’t save lives at sea. The real meaning of this barbaric practice has always been “Fuck off and die somewhere else”, argues Sam Wainwright.

Global military spending rose last year to more than US$2.8 trillion, an average of more than $8.1 billion every day, according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute. Kerry Smith reports.