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Maduro, flag, supermarket shelves

Salvador De León — a member of the Autonomous and Independent Workers’ Committee in Venezuela — spoke to 鶹ӳ’s Federico Fuentes about the Nicolás Maduro government’s economic policies.

US flag book cover

William Jefferies is Senior Lecturer at SOAS University of London and author of the recently published War and the World Economy: Trade, Tech and Military Conflicts in a De-globalising World. 鶹ӳ’s Federico Fuentes spoke to Jefferies about imperialism today and why the period of globalisation is coming to an end.

two flags and FBI jacket

There is widespread opposition in Aotearoa New Zealand to the opening of a United States Federal Bureau of Investigation office in the country’s capital, Pōneke/Wellington, reports Zara Lomas.

Socialist Alliance national co-convenor Sam Wainwright talks to Alex Bainbridge about the extraordinary momentum behind the August 24 national day of action for Gaza, and why the Australian government needs to sanction Israel.

Trump National Guard troops

United States President Donald Trump’s troop deployment sets a dangerous precedent and is another step toward authoritarianism, writes Malik Miah.

There have been clashes between the Syrian Democratic Forces and Syrian Caretaker Government forces in parts of northeast Syria, while drones have been flying over Kurdish majority neighbourhoods in Aleppo, reports the Rojava Information Center.

protesters with flags in Kyiv

Left-wing activists held a solidarity rally in Kyiv with the residents of Gaza suffering from famine, highlighting how Ukrainians also experienced an artificial famine under imperialist oppressors. Andreu Movtxan reports.

Memorial to journalists killed by IDF

About 100 people gathered in central Québec City, Canada, to hold vigil for the journalists murdered by Israel in Gaza and protest the Canadian government’s complicity in Israel’s genocide, reports Ben Radford.

People sitting and talking

Almost one year ago, Helen O'Sullivan was at a peaceful protest in Beita in the occupied West Bank with 26-year-old human rights activist Aysenur Ezgi Eygi, when an Israeli sniper shot and killed Aysenur.

Indigenous Wampís people on a boat and Galois Flores Pizango

Indigenous Wampís leader Galois Flores Pizango spoke to 鶹ӳ’s Ben Radford about the struggle to defend territory and advance a vision of sustainable Indigenous development.

Calendar showing 4-day workweek

The Australian Council of Trade Unions has urged a national move towards a four-day workweek, in a proposal put to the federal Labor government’s Economic Reform Roundtable. Jim McIlroy reports.

Tasmanian unions’ bargaining power has dramatically weakened since the 1970s, writes Solomon Doyle, because of the changing nature of traditionally union-strong industries and the impact of anti-worker laws.