Labor's deputy leader Tanya Plibersek's office fence on Broadway in Ultimo was adorned with cardboard cut-outs of children trapped behind bars on August 15, with some holding messages urging that the refugees be bought to Australia.
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Five new books for green lefts and left greens 鈥 as compiled by ecosocialist site , which is edited by Facing the Anthropocene author Ian Angus.
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro warned his country鈥檚 right-wing opposition leaders on August 9 not to stir up violent unrest as the threat of a recall vote against him waned, the .
Fidel Castro, the historic leader of the Cuban Revolution, turned 90 on August 13. Progressive, anti-war and social justice forces across the world join in the celebration of the life of one of the world's most influential and significant leaders.
Venezuelan labour minister Oswaldo Vera announced on August 10 that the government had taken over another shut-down manufacturing firm, the said on August 12.
Vera said the Guardian de Venezuela laminated glass plant in Monagas state would be occupied and re-opened by its workers.
Since the mid 1930s, self-styled progressives and many socialists have often justified supporting one of the United States' two major capitalist parties by claiming that it is the 鈥渓esser evil鈥 compared to the other one.
The 鈥渓esser evil鈥 is frequently the Democratic Party. In this year's election, the 鈥渓esser evil鈥 is the war hawk and neoliberal Hillary Clinton as opposed to right-wing populist Donald Trump.
Deaths in Custody Watch Committee WA and Refugee Rights Action Network WA released this joint statement on August 10.
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Every afternoon at 4pm on Nauru, asylum seeking adults and children stage a peaceful protest at the gate of the OPC3 family camp, which they have done since March 20 (Palm Sunday). Four weeks into their protest, refugees in the RPC3 camp opposite joined them.
Left-wing opposition Peoples Democratic Party (HDP) co-chair Selahattin Demirta艧 and HDP Ankara MP and Imral谋 Delegation Spokesperson S谋rr谋 S眉reyya 脰nder have both been indicted and threatened with five years imprisonment after the removal of their parliamentary immunity.
Author Ian Angus at the launch of 'Facing the Anthropocene'. Sydney, May 13.
Facing the Anthropocene: Fossil Capitalism & the Crisis of the Earth System
By Ian Angus
Monthly Review Press
New York, 2016
We are living in a time of unparalleled ecological breakdowns and the crisis is much worse than most people realise. There are other books that tell this harrowing story, but Ian Angus's Facing the Anthropocene is different.
In the recent controversy over the proposed sale of key NSW state-owned electricity company Ausgrid to Chinese bidders, the primary issue seems to have been lost: a vital public asset such as Ausgrid should not be privatised in the first place, whoever the potential buyers might be.
A storm broke out over the planned sale of Ausgrid by the state government to either of two Chinese corporations: the government-owned State Grid Corporation of China; or the privately-owned Hong Kong-listed Cheung Kong Infrastructure Group (CKI), controlled by billionaire Li Ka-shing.
鈥淲hile police tactics and accountability measures are being examined, many black people are also questioning their safety and place in society,鈥 the San Francisco Chronicle wrote on July 31. 鈥淭hey worry about the next time they interact with police, and about the difficult conversations they must have with their children.鈥
Black people make up 6% of San Francisco's population 鈥 and suffer 40% of the city's shootings by cops. The city's statistics on police stops of Blacks and violence mirror other cities, especially in the Midwest and South.
A United States federal appeals court ruled on August 8 in favour of the oil giant Chevron in a case that dates back more than 20 years. The ruling blocks an Ecuadorean indigenous community from collecting a judgement of nearly US$8.6 billion for environmental damage to the Amazon rainforest.
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