Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s government is looking for a deal with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s regime to eliminate the Kurds in Rojava. Peter Boyle reports.
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COVID-safe protesters launch legal challenge against fines
The New South Wales Supreme Court is hearing a challenge that aims to overturn NSW Police fines against protesters during the COVID-19 pandemic. Jim McIlroy reports.
Greens Senator David Shoebridge: Territory rights ‘a matter of principle’
A bill seeking to give the ACT and Northern Territory rights to legislate their own laws, including on voluntary assisted dying, is scheduled to go to the Senate. Suzanne James reports.
Colombia: Gustavo Petro’s victory the latest affront to US imperialism in Latin America
Ahead of Colombian President Gustavo Petro’s inauguration last month, United States Republican Senator Ted Cruz railed about the “acute dangers to American national security” posed by leftist governments in Latin America, reports Ana Zorita.
The most important election in the Americas is in Brazil
Former Brazilian President Luíz Inácio “Lula” da Silva is now in the lead in the polls ahead of the first round of Brazil’s presidential election to be held on October 2, reports Vijay Prashad.
The cult of Winston Churchill, racist legacies and Anglophone colonial nostalgia
No other British prime minister is as lionised to the point of deification as Winston Churchill. Rupen Savoulian looks behind the cult of personality.
Video: Brazil elections – Bolsonaro, Lula and the radical left: An interview with Luana Alves (PSOL/MES)
São Paulo councillor Luana Alves from Brazil's Socialism and Liberty Party (PSOL) speaks to James Wyner and Federico Fuentes about the coming elections in Brazil.
Beggars in surplus: Australia’s university gangsters
While university managements are boasting huge surpluses, they are refusing to make their largely casualised staff permanent and award them pay rises. Binoy Kampmark reports.
Senator Jordon Steele-John: ‘Disabled people must be at the centre of Senate NDIS review’
Senator Jordon Steele-John has accused Labor of failing to draw on the expertise of the lived experience of disability advocates and fears that mistakes will be repeated. Nova Sobieralski reports.
West Papua: Indonesia troops arrested for killings
West Papuan human rights activists have condemned the killings of four West Papuans in the Pigapu-Logopon Village in the Mimika Regency on August 22, reports Susan Price.
Cootamundra-Gundagai Regional Council demerger opens way for other councils to demerge says local government activist
The NSW local government minister's support for Cootamundra-Gundagai Regional Council to demerge opens the way for forcible merged councils across NSW to deamalgamate. Pip Hinman reports.
United States: Espionage Act a cudgel to silence dissent
The FBI raid on former United States President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida has put the spotlight back on the nefarious Espionage Act, reports Barry Sheppard.