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Israel’s siege of Northern Gaza and its violation of the recently signed ceasefire deal in Lebanon were the people’s focus at the 60th consecutive week of protests for Palestine.

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United States Senator Bernie Sanders’ bills to stop US weapons transfers to Israel were defeated, with just under 20% of Democrats voting to support the resolutions, writes Dan La Botz.

Isaac Nellist and Riley Breen discuss the 2024 People’s Blockade of the world’s biggest coal port in Muloobinba/Newcastle. 

Nicolas Maduro and Venezuelan flag

Green Left’s Federico Fuentes sat down with Malfred Gerig, a sociologist from the Central University of Venezuela, to discuss what he calls Maduro’s “neoliberalism with patrimonialist characteristics”. This is the final in a three-part interview.

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Thousands protested across Peru against rising violence against women, police culpability and government inaction, reports Ben Radford. The marches were organised as part of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, which is marked on November 25.

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Thousands took to the streets in Montreal in combined protests in solidarity with Palestine and against a NATO gathering being held in the city, reports Jeff Shantz.

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In the second of a three-part interview, Green Left’s Federico Fuentes sat down with sociologist Malfred Gerig to discuss Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro’s economic policy response to what he terms the country’s “Long Depression”.

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Uruguayans chose to return the centre-left Frente Amplio (Broad Front) coalition to government, by electing its candidate Yamandú Orsi in the run-off presidential election, reports Pablo Meriguet.

While socialist and Green candidates received higher votes in the Victorian local government elections, Labor’s bid to reduce small party representation with single-member wards worked. Jacob Andrewartha reports.

Protest albums from November 2024

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

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Peter Boyle reviews Sarah Glynn and John Clarke’s new book, Climate Change is a Class Issue, which explains the link between capitalism and the climate crisis and provides a short and down-to-earth primer on ecosocialism.

Gunnai, Gunditjmara and Djab Wurrung independent Victorian Senator Lidia Thorpe told a rally that First Nations and climate movements need to unite to win just demands for land and climate. Jim McIlroy reports.