More than 300,000 fires have burned more than 80 million hectares and claimed hundreds of lives across South America this year, reports Ben Radford.
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Israel has faced little condemnation from Western political elites and mainstream media for its genocidal war on the Palestinians because they uncritically accept the Zionist myths used to justify Israel’s ongoing colonisation and genocide. Ben Radford reviews Ilan Pappe's 10 Myths About Israel.
Thousands rallied across Peru for International Safe Abortion Day on September 28, demanding the right to safe, accessible abortions. Hundreds marched through the capital, Lima, under the banner of “The Right to Decide”, reports Ben Radford.
Thousands of Colombians mobilised across the country on September 19 in defence of the government’s pension reforms and to reject the attempts by right-wing forces to oust President Gustavo Petro, reports Ben Radford.
Alberto Fujimori’s 10 years in power were characterised by rampant corruption and horrific acts of violence against Peruvians, writes Ben Radford.
Isaac Nellist speaks with Chloe DS about the encampments set up by refugees in Naarm/Melbourne and Gadigal Country/Sydney to demand permanent visas and with Ben Radford about the history and wins of the Palestine solidarity movement in Latin America.
In Latin America, trade unions, students and Indigenous groups are standing in solidarity with Palestinians and drawing attention to Israel’s nefarious role in the region, reports Ben Radford.
Israel’s state-owned water company Mekorot has played a key role in the theft of Palestinian water. "Fuera Mekorot" (Get Out Mekorot) campaign organiser Gisela Cardozo spoke to Green Left’s Ben Radford about Mekorot's nefarious activities in Argentina and the campaign against it.
Argentina’s Senate narrowly approved far-right President Javier Milei’s Omnibus Bill — a suite of neoliberal reforms geared towards big business interests — on June 12, marking his first successfully implemented laws since he took office in December, reports Ben Radford.
State Deputy Luciana Genro, a leading member of the Socialism and Freedom Party (PSOL), spoke to Green Left's Ben Radford about the flooding crisis in Brazil’s southernmost state of Rio Grande do Sul, the government’s response and the solidarity efforts to help those affected.
The 6th International Ecosocialist Encounter (VI Encuentro Ecosocialista), drawing together representatives from more than 50 organisations in 15 countries, was held from May 10–11 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Green Left's Ben Radford attended the event.
High in the Peruvian Andes, in the southeastern region of Huancavelica, lies a brown, treeless mountaintop — the scars of the now-boarded-up Santa Bárbara mercury mine, whose legacy is social and environmental devastation, reports Ben Radford.
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