Green Left

Salvador De León is a member of the Autonomous and Independent Workers’ Committee (CAIT) in Venezuela. Green Left’s Federico Fuentes spoke to De León about the Nicolás Maduro government’s economic policies.

More than 4.5 million militia members across Venezuela are being activated in response to the United States deployment of three Navy guided-missile destroyers and 4000 military personnel to the Caribbean, reports Devin B Martinez.

Unions NSW organised a “Unions for Peace” rally at Town Hall Square, the first such action it has organised since Israel's genocide in Gaza began. Jim McIlroy reports.

There is widespread opposition in Aotearoa New Zealand to the opening of a United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) office in the country’s capital, Pōneke/Wellington, reports Zara Lomas.

United States President Donald Trump’s troop deployment sets a dangerous precedent and is another step toward authoritarianism, reports Malik Miah.

Socialist Alliance national co-convenor, Sam Wainwright, addresses the extraordinary momentum behind the August 24 national day of action for Gaza and the Australian government needs to sanction Israel

There have been clashes between the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and Syrian Caretaker Government (SCG) forces in parts of North East Syria, while drones have been flying over Kurdish majority neighbourhoods in Aleppo, reports the Rojava Information Center.

About 100 people gathered in central Québec City, Canada, on August 14 to hold vigil for the journalists murdered by Israel in Gaza and protest the Canadian government’s complicity in Israel’s genocide, reports Ben Radford.

Almost one year ago, Helen O'Sullivan was at a peaceful protest in Beita in the occupied West Bank with 26-year-old human rights activist Aysenur Ezgi Eygi, when an Israeli sniper shot and killed Aysenur.

The Australian Council of Trade Unions has urged a national move towards a four-day workweek, in a proposal put to the federal Labor government’s Economic Reform Roundtable. Jim McIlroy reports.

Indigenous Wampís leader Galois Flores Pizango spoke to Green Left’s Ben Radford about the struggle to defend territory and advance a vision of sustainable Indigenous development.