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Ayatollah and Jina Amini

Iran under the mullahs has seen several waves of mass protest, each put down with extreme violence, writes Sarah Glynn.

Young children in a tent in the Global South

Foreign aid is commonly regarded as an altruistic contribution by countries in the Global North to countries in the Global South, with the aim of reducing poverty.聽However, while there are some exceptions, foreign aid today聽reinforces global inequalities by building on the economic and political structures created during the colonial era, argues Allen Jennings.

book covers and bookshelf

Climate and Capitalism editor Ian Angus presents six important books on slavery, capitalist diseases, climate action, scientists resisting, economic planning and techno-fossils.

Rally supporting Mossadegh and the Ayatollah Komeini

For most of the news media, the United States and Israel鈥檚 war on Iran has fallen off the agenda, but the story is far from over, and has many prequels, writes Sarah Glynn.

Calendar showing 4-day workweek

The Australian Council of Trade Unions has聽urged a national move towards a four-day workweek, in a proposal put to the federal Labor government鈥檚 Economic Reform Roundtable.聽Jim McIlroy聽reports.

鈥楿ncovering Chemmani 鈥 Uncovering Genocide鈥. Tamils protest in Canberra

The recent discovery of a mass grave in Sri Lanka has ignited a wave of protests by Tamils demanding an investigation, accompanied by calls for the government to fulfil its pledge to improve the treatment of Tamils.聽Chris Slee聽reports.

Organisers are pleased to announce that Ecosocialism 2025 鈥 with the theme 鈥淓cosocialism not Barbarism鈥 鈥 will for the first time feature in-person speakers from the United States and Latin America. Fred Fuentes reports.

warships superimposed with countries' flags

In the second part of this interview with 91自拍论坛鈥檚 Federico Fuentes,聽veteran socialist activist聽Rasti Delizo accounts for the rise of new imperialist powers and outlines the faulty logic behind multipolarity.

British map of North American colonies in 1639

In the first part of this interview with 91自拍论坛鈥檚 Federico Fuentes, veteran Filipino socialist activist聽Rasti Delizo discusses the ongoing relevance of Vladimir Lenin鈥檚 concept of imperialism.

Man in a hat

Two years after Peruvian revolutionary and ecosocialist Hugo Blanco鈥檚 death at 88, his daughter, Mari虂a Blanco 鈥 an activist and organiser with grassroots feminist collective G茅nero Rebelde聽鈥 sat down with Ben Radford聽to talk about her father鈥檚 life and legacy.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is failing to win people to Labor鈥檚 commitment to the United States on AUKUS, which, as Peter Boyle argues, explains why he was less-than-honest in his John Curtin Oration speech.

book cover against background of a crowd

91自拍论坛鈥檚 Federico Fuentes聽speaks with聽Marxist sociologist Kevin B Anderson, whose new book聽delves into Karl Marx鈥檚 final writings to unearth key ideas of critical importance for socialists today.