When the United States left Afghanistan in August it also froze almost all foreign aid to the country. Now, Afghanistan is on the brink of a humanitarian catastrophe, writes Barry Sheppard.
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BRITAIN: Health and Care Bill – integration or imperialism?
Britains Health and Care Bill, which will undermine the country's National Health System, was effectively designed and fast-tracked by US insurer, UnitedHealth, write Stewart Player and Bob Gill.
Build the movement against the war drive with China
Peter Boyle argues AUKUS, the new military alliance between Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States, represents a deliberate and dangerous escalation of the US-led confrontation with China that must be challenged.
Looking for 2021’s best protest music? Here are 10 albums
Mat Ward looks back at November's political news and the best new music that related to it.
Video: Jeff Sparrow discusses ‘Crimes Against Nature: Capitalism and Global Heating’
Jeff Sparrow sits down with Green Left to speak about his new book Crimes Against Nature: Capitalism and Global Heating.
Video: How would socialists in government have handled the pandemic
Malaysian Socialist Party secretary general Sivarajan Arumugam addresses the question of how socialists in government would have handled the pandemic at the #Socialism2021 conference.
The hidden cost of council amalgamation: a diversity perspective
Without sufficient regulations, independent oversight or practical compliance measures to protect people’s rights and safety, the elderly and disabled are in danger of being injured or forced out of overcrowded, outsourced council-owned facilities. Bernadette Smith...
Tip the scales back to resident power
The campaign to demerge councils is about shifting power back to residents and away from developers, the biggest beneficiaries of the forced amalgamations argues Pip Hinman.
CIA’s counterrevolution in Cuba continues
There is a well-orchestrated operation by the United States to bring down Cuba’s political regime, writes Ian Ellis-Jones.
Philippines: Building a socialist-green-progressive electoral slate
The decision to field presidential and vice presidential candidates represents a bold — and unprecedented — move for the Philippines left. Sonny Melencio explains why the Partido Lakas ng Masa has taken this step.
Philippines: Ahead of 2022 national elections, political dynasties seek to consolidate power
Three of the country’s most powerful political dynasties – the Marcoses, Arroyos and Dutertes – have entered into an unholy alliance with the hope of consolidating power in 2022 and beyond, writes Sonny Melencio.
Win as Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill passes NSW lower house
In a major victory for democracy, Suzanne James reports that the NSW lower house has passed the Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill after decades of public debate and community protest.