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Women’s Tent Embassy and the long campaign for abortion rights

Few would know about the Women's Embassy outside Old Parliament House in Canberra which helped put the campaign for reproductive rights on the political agenda in Australia. Coral Wynter reports.

Ecosocialism conferences kick off important discussion

Peter Boyle reports on Ecosocialism 2020, which brought together activists from Brazil, Malaysia, the Philippines and Australia, to discuss how to step up the fight for system change.

Serco sacks hundreds of frontline Centrelink staff

Contracted by Centrelink, Serco has sacked hundreds of call centre operators in Melbourne, reports Jim McIlroy.

Ecoanarchism must be the alternative to capitalism

Ted Trainer argues that ecoanarchism, not ecosocialism, has the potential to avert catastrophic climate change as the state cannot be relied on as the basic determinant in society.

Venezuela: Maduro’s anti-blockade law deepens debate over revolution’s future

Venezuela has an anti-blockade law the government says will help circumvent US sanctions. But some argue it is a departure from the socialist policies of former president Hugo Chávez, writes Federico Fuentes.

Ecosocialism: an alternative to global capitalism

Ecosocialists and ecoanarchists need to come up with strategies to transcend the problems and avert catastrophic anthropogenic climate change, argues Hans Baer.

Nathan Reynolds’ coronial inquiry hears evidence of systemic neglect, cruelty

The coronial inquest into the death of Dunghutti man Nathan Reynolds has heard a litany of evidence of gross medical neglect and prison indifference, reports Rachel Evans.

10 new albums to help vote out Donald Trump

As the fucked-up doom of the US election looms, Mat Ward looks back at October's political news and the best new music that related to it.

Pakistan: The rise of a politics of resistance in Hunza

The sit-ins demanding the release of 14 political prisoners and justice for the victims of police brutality, in early October in Gilgit-Baltistan, have ignited a movement that crosses gender and religious divides, write Sonia Qadir and Haider Ali.