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Hidden amid the AUKMIN chatter about the “complex international order” was Australia’s promise of billions to help Britain’s flailing nuclear reactor production line. Binoy Kampmark reports.

 

Protest albums from March 2024

Mat Ward looks back at March's political news and the best new music that related to it.

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In the March 5 primary elections in San Francisco, a city long hated by conservatives for its liberal and progressive image, voters adopted two propositions (E and F) to increase police powers. Both passed by large margins, reports Malik Miah.

The British High Court did not make a clear decision on whether it would reject Julian Assange's appeal. Instead, it decided to grant the United States government the possibility to make amends. Binoy Kampmark reports.

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Socialist Party of Malaysia (Parti Sosialis Malaysia, PSM) Deputy President S Arutchelvan (Arul) recently spoke with Green Left's Peter Boyle about a new hope for reviving left unity in the country.

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Following the horrific terrorist attack carried out at Moscow’s Crocus City Hall on March 22, Russian leftists are warning that the government’s response is “more frightening than the terrorist attack itself”, reports Federico Fuentes.

Traditional Owners from the Beetaloo Basin and the Torres Strait told stories of resistance against the fossil fuel industry. Coral Wynter reports.

Whistleblower David McBride believes the Four Corners story was a “planned hit job” and that the journalists downplayed the real issue — the need to stop war crimes. Alex Bainbridge reports.

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Boris Kagarlitsky’s daughter, Ksenia Kagarlitskaya, and others inside and outside Russia, are spearheading a global campaign to demand her father’s release. She spoke with Green Left's Federico Fuentes about the campaign and the need for solidarity with all political prisoners in Russia.

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As Venezuela's July 28 elections approach, the United States is stepping up its campaign for regime change, report Zoe Alexandra and Walter Smolarek.

Community gathers for deamalgamation

The NSW Boundaries Commission has rejected the Inner West Council's bid to deamalgamate, despite 62.5% of residents voting to do so. Peter Boyle reports. 

Thousands of people joined the Bob Brown Foundation’s nation-wide “March for Forests”, aiming to ramp up pressure on Labor to stop logging scarce native forests.