World

Protesters with a banner reading We are all Palestine Action and a cop

The British Labour government has proscribed protest group Palestine Action as a terrorist organisation in a frightening overreach of power, reports Simon Hannah.

Iranian flag behind a prisoner in a cell

Sarah Glynn looks at the brutal crackdown on Kurds and other minorities and activists since the Israeli-United States bombings of Iran.

protester holding sign

Malik Miah looks back at the police murder of George Floyd five years ago, which sparked the Black Lives Matter movement.

B-2 bomber in a hangar

The aftermath of Operation Midnight Hammer, a strike by the United States Air Force on three nuclear facilities in Iran authorised by President Donald Trump, was raucous and triumphant. But that depended on what company you were keeping, writes Binoy Kampmark.

Iranian broadcasting studio on fire after missile strike

Left organisations in Malaysia, the Philippines, India and Australia have responded to Israel’s illegal “pre-emptive” strikes on Iran and the bombing of Iran’s nuclear facilities at Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan by the United States, reports Susan Price.

woman marching with a sign

Community members and tourists in Pisac, a small town in Peru’s southern region of Cusco, gathered in the main square to show solidarity with Palestinians, as Gaza’s death toll mounts, reports Ben Radford.

Chalk on a footpath says 'ICE kidnaps people here'

Isaac Nellist speaks to Thomas Malone, an LA-based socialist and union organiser about the anti-deportation protests that broke out on June 6, the deployment of police, National Guard and marines to suppress them and how a broader movement against Donald Trump’s mass deportation campaign could grow.

Three faces

As the United States and Israel bomb Iran, Barry Sheppard looks at why the US and its Zionist allies want to bring Iran to heel and surveys the revolution that toppled the US-backed regime of Shah Reza Pahlavi.

Democratic Party (DP) candidate Lee Jae-myung defeated the ruling right-wing People Power Party in South Korea’s presidential elections. However, the DP’s failure to win an absolute majority leaves the new government in a troublesome position, writes Youngsu Won.

Sign reads 'No Kings'

More than 5 million people turned out in more than 2000 cities and towns across the United States to oppose President Donald Trump’s anti-immigrant, racist policies and his authoritarian offensive, report Malik Miah and Barry Sheppard.

Jewish anti-Zionist activists from around the world came together in a historic first Jewish Anti-Zionist Congress to share experiences on fighting for justice for Palestine. Ron Guy reports from the gathering.

people holding signs

Peter Boyle speaks to Indonesian socialist Ignatius Mahendra Kusumawardhana about the disturbing return to the former Suharto dictatorship era’s notorious “dual function” policy for the military.