Asia & the Pacific

aerial photo of deforestation

In Indonesian occupied West Papua, soldiers are forcing through the destruction of vast areas of rainforest to be replaced by the monoculture plantations of the government’s “food estate” program, reports Chris Lang.

protesting the treaty principles bill

The controversial Treaty Principles bill has been defeated after the people of Aotearoa New Zealand spoke out against it in record numbers, reports Zara Lomas.

warship with flags of Aus USA NZ and China in the crosshairs

After 500 years of almost incessant violence across the globe, Western countries are now rushing to increase military spending — Aotearoa New Zealand being the latest, writes Eugene Doyle.

In the lead-up to the federal election, calls to scrap or, at the very least, closely scrutinise the AUKUS military pact are growing, reports Pip Hinman.

protests against the Vietnam War and for Palestine

Fifty years ago, the world celebrated the historic victory of the National Liberation Front over the United States-backed puppet regime in South Vietnam, writes Jim McIlroy.

Donald Trump graph pointing downwards

In this interview with Federico Fuentes, Marxist economist Michael Roberts explains the recent raft of tariffs announced by United States President Donald Trump and how they fit into Trump’s broader project to reassert US global hegemony.

Protesters with flags and signs

Won Youngsu revisits the historic mobilisations that led to South Korea’s Constitutional Court finally ratifying former president Yoon Suk Yeol’s impeachment, 111 days after parliament voted to remove him for his attempted self-coup.

Adam Hanieh against background of US dollar bills

Adam Hanieh is a professor of Political Economy and Global Development, whose research focuses on capitalism and imperialism in the Middle East. Green Left’s Federico Fuentes sat down with Hanieh to discuss the state of global imperialism today and the significance of Donald Trump’s presidency.

damage from earthquake

Myanmar’s military junta is using the recent earthquake to rehabilitate its image overseas, while consolidating power at home, argues Tharaphi Than.

Trump and tariff list

Liberation Day, as April 2 was described by United States President Donald Trump, had all the elements of reality television perversion, writes Binoy Kampmark.

Both major parties have remained in full support of the AUKUS military pact, which locks Australia into the United States’ war plans. Pip Hinman reports. 

Palau islands from the air

After launching at the Venice Open Space last year, Re-Stor(y)ing Oceania is in Gadigal Country/Sydney at Artspace in Woolloomooloo. Jim McIlroy and Coral Wynter review.