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Protesters outside the Nature Positive Summit at the Sydney Convention Centre demanded that environment minister Tanya Plibersek take strong action to save natural habitat. Jim McIlroy reports.

Peter Greste, who was once a journalist hungry to get the story, now wishes to set “professional” standards for the craft and, problematically, define press freedom in Australia. Binoy Kampmark reports.

 

Free Boris Kagarlitsky

A stellar roster of left publications are sponsoring the October 8 online conference in solidarity with jailed Russian anti-war socialist Boris Kagarlitsky, reports Kerry Smith.

Mural reads 'Viva Cuba Libre'

A Drop Site News report has found that former United States President Donald Trump’s tightening of the 60-year-long blockade of Cuba, which is maintained by current President Joe Biden, has caused a devastating humanitarian crisis. Barry Sheppard reviews.

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.

At protests marking 12 months of Israel’s latest genocide in Gaza, Green Left spoke to people about the impact of the year-long Palestine solidarity movement. 

Attempts to shut down protests marking 12 months of Israel’s genocide in Gaza backfired, leading to the biggest protests this year in Gadigal Country/Sydney and Naarm/Melbourne. Pip Hinman reports.

Australia is a world leader in species extinction and forest destruction, a March for Nature rally was told. Jim McIlroy reports.

aftermath of invasion of Bucha in Ukraine

In the second part of our interview, Russian socialist and political economist Ilya Matveev sat down with Green Left’s Federico Fuentes to discuss how Putin’s Russia transformed from friend to foe of Western imperialism.

Students at the University of New South Wales passed three pro-Palestine and anti-war motions at a historic Student General Meeting. Isaac Nellist reports.

Two men in a marquee

As Israel launches a new front in its year-long hot war on Palestine, the risk that the conflict, backed by the United States, could become nuclear is a frightening possibility, writes Pip Hinman.

Ilya Yashin

Ilya Yashin is a Russian opposition politician who was released from prison on August 1 in the prisoner exchange between Russia and the United States. Yashin spoke to Ara journalist Cristina Mas on September 30, where this interview was first published in Catalan.