Green Left

Grenada’s centre-left opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) party won the general elections held in the Caribbean country on June 23, reports People's Dispatch.

Rachel Evans argues that progressives need to resist the draconian police suppression of peaceful climate activists, because no matter climate activists' tactics, the state is intent on criminalising dissent.

The AUKUS security partnership, announced last September, has muddied the pool of non-proliferation. Binoy Kampmark reports.

Human rights activist Stephen Langford has finally been acquitted of “malicious damage” for his pasting of the words of Governor Lachlan Macquarie on his statue in Hyde Park. Jim McIlroy reports.

Suzanne James talks to NSW Greens MP Abigail Boyd about the increasingly draconian Anti-Protest Laws in NSW.

Industrial action by the rail union in NSW concerns passenger safety and members' jobs into the future, Jim McIlroy writes.

Activists tried to deliver a petition to Minister Tony Burke, calling for no suspensions for the first three months of the new employment system. Isaac Nellist reports.

Muslim leaders accused of participating in and stirring protest against Islamophobic attacks in India are having their homes bulldozed by HIndu nationalist authorities in Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat, reports Binoy Kampmark.

A new agreement between the Transport Workers Union and Uber means food delivery and rideshare drivers will have safer, fairer working conditions and dispute procedures. Jim McIlroy reports.

One of the gains of Cuba's revolutionary process has been the high level of participation of women in political and public life, reports Ian Ellis-Jones.

Labor and the Coalition, backed by big business, mining companies and billionaires, spent millions of dollars on political advertising to win votes, according to a new report by the Australia Institute. Isaac Nellist reports.

The United States Africa Command (AFRICOM) announced on April 26 that they had set up an office in the US embassy in Lusaka, Zambia, reports Vijay Prashad. There are fears that it is only a matter of time until this is transformed into a full-scale US military base.