Elections

woman votes in election

Kerry Smith sat down with Latin American politics writer Federico Fuentes to break down the July 28 Venezuelan presidential elections and its aftermath.

With 71% of Territorians supporting the right of the terminally ill to die with dignity, and such laws in every state and the ACT, it is inevitable the NT will eventually have its world-first VAD rights restored, argues Suzanne James.

Socialist Alliance launched its “liveable city” campaign for the City of Sydney Council. That and housing justice are the ticket’s campaign priorities. Jim McIlroy reports.

 

CNE building in Caracas

Venezuela solidarity activist Arnold August travelled from Canada to Venezuela to observe the July 28 election. He explains below how Venezuela’s National Electoral Council (CNE) was created through a popular democratic process following the election of Hugo Chavez in 1998.

Laura Wadlin Rashida Tlaib UAW protest

Laura Wadlin is a member of the Democratic Socialists of America and a leading member of its Bread and Roses caucus. She spoke to Green Left’s Susan Price about the challenges in building a political alternative.

Community leaders, activists and campaigners packed into the Fawkner Seniors Citizen Centre to help launch Sue Bolton’s reelection bid for a spot in Merri-bek Council in the Bababi Djinanang ward. Chloe DS reports.

woman holding a sign at a protest

Keir Starmer’s Labour government has the power to reshape Britain. However it is likely to maintain policies protecting the wealthy, targeting the vulnerable and supporting US foreign policy, and must be challenged, argues Derek Wall.

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Venezuela's far-right opposition has refused to accept defeat in the country's presidential election amid simmering unrest and violence in the streets of Caracas, sparking warnings of another coup attempt, reports Jake Johnson.

Giorgia Meloni, Viktor Orban, Marine Le Pen

Pablo Stefanoni is a journalist, editor and author of Has Rebellion Become a Thing of the Right?. Green Left’s Federico Fuentes spoke to him about the far right’s success in the recent European elections.

Marine Le Pen and Jean Luc Melenchon

Journalist and author Pablo Stefanoni spoke to Green Left’s Federico Fuentes from Paris about the rise of France's far-right National Rally and how the left stopped it winning the parliamentary elections held over June 30 and July 7.

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French President Emmanuel Macron does not plan to appoint a new Prime Minister until at least mid-August and is holding out hope he can cobble together a coalition and block the left from government, writes John Mullen.

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Two years after the popular anti-government uprising, the struggle for democracy in Sri Lanka remains fragile, writes Janaka Biyanwila.