Green Left

Public anger at government failings over mitigating the virus spread is justifiable, but we should resist calls to restore previous measures, argues Fred Fuentes.

After the victory of Gabriel Boric in Chile’s presidential elections, the country awaits much-needed changes to its health system, writes Mario Parada Lezcano.

Binoy Kampmark writes that the federal government has done its bit to conjure up a monster of its own making and that the Novak Djokovic episode of pandemic bureaucracy ranks high among its inglorious achievements.

Former British prime minister Tony Blair should be on trial at The Hague rather than parading the medieval trappings of wealth and power, wroites Lindsey German.

Former student leader Gabriel Boric, from the left-wing Approve Dignity coalition, won Chile’s presidential election in December with 55.87% of the vote, reports People's Dispatch.

A solidarity action marked the murders of three activists murdered in Paris by agents of the Turkish state nine years ago. It was organised by the Democratic Kurdish Community Centre. Rachel Evans reports.

The deaths of thousands of civilians killed in US drone strikes in Iraq, Afghanistan and Syria were covered up by the Barack Obama, Donald Trump and Joe Biden administrations, reports Barry Sheppard.

What is behind the protests in Kazakhstan? A Zanovo-media correspondent interviewed Aynur Kurmanov — one of the leaders of Socialist Movement of Kazakhstan.

While Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic in the detention of the same hotel refugee rights activists have taken to opportunity to protest the detention of refugees brought to Australia under the Medevac law in 2019.

The reason Scott Morrison stopped Novak Djokovic entry visa to play in the Australian Open championships is because he needs a distraction from their ongoing disastrous handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, argues Sue Bolton.

Abbi spoke from inside the Park Hotel prison to refugee rights activists outside asking what he and other asylum seekers had done to receive such cruelty from the Morrison government. Here is what he said.

A detained Serbian tennis player at the Park Hotel has unwittingly helped shine a spotlight on the Morrison government's cruel policies towards refugees. Chloe DS reports.