Susan Price

The Global Ecosocialist Network and Marxmail.world’s “Roadmap to Ecosocialism” forum heard from four speakers about the strategies and tactics needed to move beyond capitalism. Susan Price reports on the presentations.

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Thousands of small farmers, landless peasants and agricultural workerscame from across Pakistan on October 6 to demand a minimum support price for their produce and an end to corporate farming and land grabs, reports Susan Price.

French security forces on the streets of Noumea

The French government formally announced on October 1 that it will abandon plans for a constitutional amendment on voting rights in Kanaky (New Caledonia), reports Susan Price.

Braden Smith, Greens candidate for Currumbin in the Queensland election, believes the challenges to transition away from a reliance on mining and energy are huge, but not insurmountable. Susan Price reports.

Opponents of Israel’s genocidal war in Gaza are calling on the Gold Coast City Council to disclose its links with entities complicit in Israel’s violations of international law. Susan Price reports.

Tens of thousands of construction unionists marched in Magan-djin/Brisbane on September 17 and in Naarm/Melbourne and Gadigal Country/Sydney the next day, to demand their elected officials be reinstated and Labor’s new anti-union law be withdrawn.

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Sixteen months since the war between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and Rapid Support Forces (RSF) began, 26.6 million Sudanese, more than half of the population, now live in a state of severe food insecurity, reports Susan Price.

Paste up drawing by Guy Denning in the streets of Liverpool circa 2013

Described as using a “blend of street art and brutal political commentary", Guy Denning’s work is “a powerful protest, visually demanding attention to the injustices and inhumanities of our world”, reports Susan Price.

mass protest in Bangladesh

Mukta Barai is President of the Socialist Students Front, the student wing of the Socialist Party of Bangladesh, and played a leading role in the recent protests. She spoke with Susan Price and Jacob Andrewartha about the political situation in Bangladesh and the challenges for the democratic movement.

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Mat Ward's latest album, Take the Rad Pill, fuses future bass, drum and bass, punk, electronic dance music and politics for a different sound, writes Susan Price.

Laura Wadlin Rashida Tlaib UAW protest

Laura Wadlin is a member of the Democratic Socialists of America and a leading member of its Bread and Roses caucus. She spoke to Green Left’s Susan Price about the challenges in building a political alternative.

woman bucketing mud from her flooded home

The southwest monsoon, exacerbated by super typhoon Carina (Gaemi) has caused widespread flooding and devastation in the Philippines and Taiwan, killing 25 people and causing mass displacement, reports Susan Price.