Democracy

When听Istanbul Mayor Ekrem 陌mamo臒lu was detained by the Turkish state, the country was rocked by its largest protests in a decade, which, despite a violent crackdown, have only grown more creative and resilient, writes听Ela Buruk.

The anti-union Coalition wants to attack workers鈥 rights and conditions, but Labor鈥檚 attack on the Construction Forestry and Maritime Employees Union shows it is no friend to workers, argues Isaac Nellist.

Daniel Noboa with bananas in background

The re-election of far-right President Daniel Noboa has prompted allegations of electoral fraud and calls to publish the full results, reports Ben Radford.

The mainstream media pushes the idea that elections are only about deciding which major party forms government. Tony Smith argues that the government-opposition duopoly is wearing thin and preferential voting helps.

Two University of Sydney academics accused of antisemitism have successfully had the first phase of their case听terminated by the Australian Human Rights Commission. Kerry Smith reports.

Protesters with banners

Workers in Peru鈥檚 Lima and Callao regions went on strike in protest over the Dina Boluarte government鈥檚 failure to combat rising violence and insecurity, reports Ben Radford.

In this election season, politicians will try to set the rules by which we must play so that they be taken seriously. Tony Smith argues that this is the way theyavoid being genuinely answerable.

Members Coalition, the challenger in the NSW Public Service Association elections, won 12 of the 39 central councillor positions and one of the three vice president positions on the executive. Kerry Smith reports.

United States President Donald Trump has tried to justify his tariff war on the world on the basis that the US has been听鈥渓ooted, pillaged, raped and plundered鈥. Peter Boyle听argues that this is an inversion of reality.

Peter Dutton鈥檚听new policy to force gas companies to increase supply to the domestic market merely appears to听stand up to听the gas corporations. Alex Bainbridge听argues it does the opposite.

Protesters with flags and signs

Won Youngsu revisits the historic mobilisations that led to South Korea鈥檚 Constitutional Court finally ratifying former president Yoon Suk Yeol鈥檚 impeachment, 111 days after parliament voted to remove him for his attempted self-coup.

Human Rights Watch criticised the Western Australia government for the alarming rise in the forcible removal of Aboriginal children from their families. Paul Gregoire reports.听