When Istanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu was detained by the Turkish state, the country was rocked by its largest protests in a decade, which, despite a violent crackdown, have only grown more creative and resilient, writes Ela Buruk.
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The anti-union Coalition wants to attack workers’ rights and conditions, but Labor’s attack on the Construction Forestry and Maritime Employees Union shows it is no friend to workers, argues Isaac Nellist.
The re-election of far-right President Daniel Noboa has prompted allegations of electoral fraud and calls to publish the full results, reports Ben Radford.
The mainstream media pushes the idea that elections are only about deciding which major party forms government. Tony Smith argues that the government-opposition duopoly is wearing thin and preferential voting helps.
Two University of Sydney academics accused of antisemitism have successfully had the first phase of their case terminated by the Australian Human Rights Commission. Kerry Smith reports.
Workers in Peru’s Lima and Callao regions went on strike in protest over the Dina Boluarte government’s failure to combat rising violence and insecurity, reports Ben Radford.
In this election season, politicians will try to set the rules by which we must play so that they be taken seriously. Tony Smith argues that this is the way they avoid being genuinely answerable.
Members Coalition, the challenger in the NSW Public Service Association elections, won 12 of the 39 central councillor positions and one of the three vice president positions on the executive. Kerry Smith reports.
United States President Donald Trump has tried to justify his tariff war on the world on the basis that the US has been “looted, pillaged, raped and plundered”. Peter Boyle argues that this is an inversion of reality.
Peter Dutton’s new policy to force gas companies to increase supply to the domestic market merely appears to stand up to the gas corporations. Alex Bainbridge argues it does the opposite.
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.
Human Rights Watch criticised the Western Australia government for the alarming rise in the forcible removal of Aboriginal children from their families. Paul Gregoire reports.
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