Ukrainian leftists have appealed for international solidarity, as President Volodomyr Zelensky moved to ban leftist groups, including those opposing the Russian invasion, reports Steve Sweeney.
Green Left
Radical Balmain–Leichhardt tour a hit
Green Left hosted its inaugural radical guided tour of Sydney's inner-city port suburbs of Balmain and Leichhardt on March 20, reports Rachel Evans.
Kalgoorlie’s racism exposed in Meyne Wyatt’s hard-hitting play
Talented actor Meyne Wyatt hammers at the racism of his home town, Kalgoorlie, and opens up on other areas of racism in his hard-hitting play, City of Gold, writes Barry Healy.
Housing is a human right
Western Australia is in the midst of its worst-ever housing crisis: an increasing number of suburbs have rental vacancy rates of 0%, meaning they go as soon as they are advertised. Janet Parker reports.
Alain Krivine (1941–2022)
Brazilian-French ecosocialist and scholar Michael Löwy pays tribute to French revolutionary leftist Alain Krivine, who died on March 12.
Elections and class struggle in France: Who is Jean-Luc Mélenchon?
Jean-Luc Mélenchon got seven million votes in the first round of the French presidential elections in 2017, the biggest radical left vote in France since 1945. But who is Mélenchon and can his party La France Insoumise (France in Revolt) harness the anger of working...
South Australian Liberals ousted in poll rout
In a grim omen for the federal coalition, South Australian voters threw out the four-year-old Liberal government of Premier Steven Marshall. Renfrey Clarke reports.
Is it ok to mention NATO expansionism when we discuss the Russian invasion of Ukraine?
The issue that has generated heated discussion on the left is not over whether the Russian invasion is justifiable, writes Steve Ellner, but whether raising the issue of NATO distracts from the atrocity of the invasion.
Tamils rally for Mullivaikkal Remembrance Day
The Tamil Refugee Council held a speak-out to mark Tamil Genocide Day before a refugee rights rally on the UN declared day for the elimination of racial discrimination. Pip Hinman reports.
Major parties must act for us on climate
Along with eight other Lismore flood survivors, Dee dumped a pile of destroyed possessions on Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s doorstep at Kirribilli House.
Socialist candidate: ‘We need to take back public assets’
Suzanne James spoke to Sam Wainwright, Socialist Alliance candidate for Fremantle, about Invasion Day, public transport, privatisation and his hopes for democracy.
Ukrainian leftist: ‘Stopping the war is the absolute priority’
Jerko Bakotin of the Croatian weekly Novosti spoke with Volodymyr Ishchenko, one of the most prominent intellectuals on the Ukrainian Left and a co-founder of Commons: Journal of Social Criticism.