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Members and supporters of the APSP following the raids in St Louis, Missouri. Photo: APSP

Members of the African People's Socialist Party (APSP) in the United States are expecting to be indicted this month over spurious allegations, reports Don Fitz, prompting a grassroots solidarity defence campaign.

Lula's victory rally. Photo credit: Ricardo Stuckert/@PTBrasil

The key to defending Luiz Inacio "Lula" da Silva's government and ensuring progress will be the revitalisation of the popular organisations and indigenous and labour movements, argues Dave Kellaway.

Food Not Bombs Newcastle Organiser Bronte is finding ways to build community through food

Food Not Bombs Newcastle is building community by providing warm vegan meals for locals. Theodore L Catt reports.

Barry Healy reviews an inspiring new history of the 1960's New York Puerto Rican radicals, the Young Lords, who challenged those in power to attend to people's suffering in East Harlem.

Raqqa

Following its liberation from Islamic State, Raqqa is rebuilding its damaged infrastructure, economy, health and education sectors, and constructing a pluralistic, grassroots democracy, reports ANF English.

Tax the billionaires, scrap the stage three tax cuts

Greens, Socialist Alliance and Australian Progressives protested against the stage 3 tax cuts for the rich at Treasurer Jim Chalmers' Logan office. Alex Bainbridge reports.

Thousands protest in London’s King’s Cross on October 1.

Hundreds of thousands rallied across Britain calling on the government to address the cost of living crisis. Susan Price reports.

Tsunami

An inflationary tsunami is passing through the world economy, creating economic disorder — in some cases acute political crisis — in every country it touches, writes John Ross.

Clean up after Hurricane Ian in Cuba

Cuba's world-leading disaster management system sprang into action when  Hurricane Ian struck the country’s western province of Pinar del Río, on September 27, report Vijay Prashad and Manolo De Los Santos.

Ulf Kristersson, Jimmie Ã…kesson

The Swedish Social Democrats lost government and the country will now be led by conservatives reliant on the right-wing, xenophobic Sweden Democrats for support, reports Kjell Östberg.

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Readers can now connect with Â鶹´«Ã½ on the video-sharing platform TikTok. Isaac Nellist reports.

Pakistan flood

As Pakistan struggles to respond to catastrophic floods, calls are growing to demand the suspension of the country’s external debt repayments, reports Susan Price.