Analysis

Green Left Show #39: How protest rights are under threat in Australia

David Mejia-Canales from the Human Rights Law Centre speaks to Alex Bainbridge about its new report Protest in Peril: Our Shrinking Democracy.

Ecosocialism can save our future

Ecosocialist activist and organiser Jess Spear argues that we need to place an understanding of the ecological crisis at the centre of our struggles, in order to move beyond capitalism and secure a future for humanity and the Earth.

Capitalism kills: The case for ecosocialism

There is compelling evidence that we need to shift away from a market-based economic system to a needs-based economy with people and nature at its centre, argues Susan Price.

Fatima Payman’s stand on Palestine exposes undemocratic political system

The controversy created by Senator Fatima Payman’s exit from federal Labor points to the crisis of the two-party parliamentary system. Sue Bull reports.

Does Australia need a special antisemitism envoy?

Sarah Schwartz of the Jewish Council of Australia said the appointment of an antisemitism envoy is needlessly provocative. Binoy Kampmark reports.

Sleeping with the enemy: More pork to PwC amid inquiry fallout

What happened at PwC is the entirely predictable result of the Australian Public Service being sacrificed for the politically expedient, but false, economy of outsourcing to the private for-profit sector, writes Suzanne James.

Green Left Show #38: A South African perspective on resisting genocide

South African human rights activist Salim Vally speaks to Jonathan Ramnac in the latest episode of the Green Left Show.

Dutton’s nuclear push heats up debate, energy prices, but won’t cool the climate

Bullying your way to nuclear power might play out well in the Coalition party room, but it’s unlikely to win favour with the states or voters, writes Jim Green.

Julian Assange's release a victory for those fighting for truth, against war

Whistleblowers and journalists who expose the hypocrisy, double standards and crimes of the powerful must be protected and supported, write Peter Boyle and Pip Hinman.

Assange returns to Australia to the resentment of hacks

The Canberra press corps earn their crust in an often uncritical relationship with the political establishment. Binoy Kampmark writes that the last thing they want is Julian Assange scuppering this neat understanding.

Up the garden path

Climate denier Dutton’s nuclear ‘plan’ a dangerous dead end

Peter Dutton's nuclear power push needs to be opposed but Labor is compromised on nuclear, writes Alex Bainbridge.

The release of Julian Assange: plea deals and dark legacies

One of the longest political persecutions is coming to its end, although nothing about the fate of Julian Assange seems determinative. Binoy Kampmark reports.