Green Left

More than half of the population of Afghanistan is facing starvation since the US-led occupation forces withdrew last August. Pip Hinman reports on the ongoing crisis.

The Maritime Union of Australia is fighting Patrick Terminals' attempt to cut maritime workers' pay by 50%. Jim McIlroy reports.  

In Colombia, former guerilla Gustavo Petro leads in the presidential polls. Petro is the lead candidate for a coalition of left political parties called Pacto Historico (Historic Pact), reports Ben Gilvar-Parke.

Alex Miller reviews a new booklet from the Scottish Socialist Party that makes the case for a socialist green new deal. 

A new report exposes the drug trials and other medical experiments conducted without consent and with the backing of United States government intelligence agencies, reports Binoy Kampmark.

Since the pandemic began a new billionaire has been created every 26 hours, according to OXFAM. Jessie de Waal reports.  

PM Scott Morrison said Australia would achieve net zero by 2050 ‘the Australian way’. It is pure spin, argues Petrina Harley.

The Socialist Alliance candidate Sue Bull said said the federal government hand-out to aged care workers won’t solve the mounting pandemic death toll among the aged. Sarah Hathway reports.

Time of Pandemics didn’t start out as a film about COVID-19, but only months into the project, the global pandemic was declared, writes Susan Price.

A well-attended Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras annual general meeting voted overwhelmingly against the exclusion of activist organisations. Rachel Evans reports.

Since the coup last October, the military have been sweeping away any hope of justice in Sudan. After holding it back during the transition that followed the fall of former president Omar al-Bashir, they are now acting alone to methodically bury judicial reforms,...

Suzanne James spoke to NSW Greens MP David Shoebridge about the Greens push for a second Senator in South Australia, NSW and Queensland.