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Activists shut down 鈥楧epartment of death鈥

Refugee activists shut down the offices of the Department of Home Affairs in Meanjin (Brisbane) on November 11. Isaac Nellist reports.

Calls for systemic change at rally for Gomeroi man Mark Mason

Relatives of Gomeroi man Mark Mason marked 11 years since his killing by NSW Police and called for justice, Elliott Guerrero 补苍诲听Rachel Evans report.

Crown Melbourne slapped with a feather

A聽Royal Commission found Crown Casino was unfit to run the Southbank complex in Melbourne. But, as Shane Pemmelaar reports,聽it will聽not lose its licence.

Ecuador: Neoliberal reforms face broad opposition

Ecuadorian President Guillermo Lasso's neoliberal economic policies and proposals are facing determined opposition from diverse social sectors, Harvey Goldberg reports.

Imprisoned HDP leader Selahattin Demirtas

Turkey: HDP, Kurds persecuted by the Erdogan regime

November 4 was the fifth anniversary of the imprisonment of Peoples鈥 Democratic Party (HDP) co-chairs Figen Y眉ksekdag and Selahattin Demirtas by the Turkish state, writes Devri艧 脟imen.

Wealth, power and corruption in China

Chris Slee reviews Red Roulette, which gives an insight into the corruption that accompanied the process of capitalist restoration in China.

Uranium mining ban reinstated in Greenland

Greenland鈥檚 Inatsisartut (parliament) passed a law on November 9, reinstating the country's ban on the prospecting, exploration and exploitation of uranium, reports Peter Boyle.

The fraud of 鈥榥et zero鈥 versus the real hope from Glasgow

Greta Thunberg told the massive Fridays for Future rally in Glasgow that the聽COP26聽climate summit was a 鈥渇ailure鈥 because global聽leaders were refusing to commit to real action. Alex Bainbridge argues the bright spot is the leadership coming from the streets.

Blacklisting the merchants of spyware

The US Department of Commerce revealed on November 3 that it would be adding Israeli-based spyware developers NSO Group and Candiru to its blacklist, reports Binoy Kampmark.

Stop the creeping privatisation of community assets

Residents of Inner West Council face growing threats to their public assets, particularly since the聽forced merger of the three previous councils. Bernadette Smith聽explains聽what's at stake.

Greta Thunberg at COP26: No more greenwashing, we need action

Political leaders聽continue to ignore the consequences of their inaction, but history will judge them poorly and we will not accept it, argues聽Greta Thunberg.

COP26: Net zero 2050 and 1.5掳C are not compatible

There was a dangerous underestimation of the scale of the climate crisis we face at COP26,聽argues聽David Spratt. Targets for 2025 补苍诲听2030 need to be the focus.