Steve O’Brien, the Socialist Alliance candidate for Newcastle in next year’s New South Wales election, said the decision to approve Glencore’s extension of a massive coal mine in the Hunter is bad for...

Lucy Millett argues that it has become clear that federal Labor’s net-zero deadlines mean nothing, despite its promises to act on the climate emergency. She is urging organisations to support the pre-...

As the third anniversary of Israel’s assault on Gaza nears, a coalition of anti-war activists is preparing to protest against the Land Forces International Land Defence Exposition. Cas Smith reports.

Coffs Harbour City Council voted to rescind the council’s 2022 declaration of a climate emergency. Brian Mahony reports.

An anti-war action at Newtown Station called on the federal government to remove pro-Palestine groups from the terrorism list. Rachel Evans reports.

The Prime Minister delivered a sort of homily to the United Nations, saying Australia “understands the dangers of global warming and the urgency of climate action”. But his actions belie his words, ar...

A community speak-out and banner drop against racism drew a wide range of endorsements and many toots in support in the inner city suburb of Glebe. Arlo Valmai reports.

The Alice Springs Magistrates Court decided not to record a criminal conviction against two anti-genocide activists for protesting on a public road near the United States spy base Pine Gap in the Nort...

NSW Activist Teachers Network organised a snap rally outside the Department of Education for a teacher who was suspended without pay for posting about Palestine on his own social media page. Beau Lyon...

Students at the University of Sydney have overwhelmingly voted for an academic boycott of Israel in a referendum held alongside elections for the Student Representative Council. Isaac Nellist and Chia...

A mixed-bill hardcore concert, titled No Bystanders, featured 14 local bands, face painting and a memorial to the slain women. Cameron Mitchell reports.

Governments must heed communities’ demands for a moratorium on the construction of artificial intelligence mega data centres not only because of the resources issue, but because of what they are being...

Tim Gooden and Sue Bull, members of the Construction Forestry Mining Employees Union in Victoria, described the royal commission into the union set up by Premier Ben Carroll as a “farce”. Jackie Kris ...

In response to the escalating wildfire crisis in Indonesia since July, which has covered much of Southeast Asia in a protracted and hazardous smoke haze, activists are calling for companies behind the...

Australia has previously blindly followed the United States into the war on terror and, as Cathy Eatock writes, now the Anthony Albanese government has, astoundingly, followed Scott Morrison into AUKU...

Many workers are now enjoying a four-day work week and a longer weekend every week due to a campaign run by the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union. Tim Gooden reports.

A snap action called to protest NSW Police raids on gay bars in Oxford Street, Darlinghurst, drew 100 people to Taylor Square. Kerry Smith reports.

Home affairs and immigration minister Tony Burke’s new immigration policy is a boost to Pauline Hanson’s One Nation and its Trumpite politics of hate, racism and division, argues Sue Bolton.

Journalist Mary Kostakidis, after the Zionist Federation of Australia dropped its case in the Federal Court against her, said it is a “humiliating withdrawal by them” because they did not stop her cri...

Protesters took to the streets across Australia to protest the Australian government’s controversial embrace of AUKUS and its support for Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza. Kerry Smith reports.

The Ecosocialism 2026 conference, in Magan-djin/Brisbane, brought together ecosocialist, anti-colonial, feminist and anti-racist activists for an empowering exchange of ideas and experiences. Peter Bo...

Indonesia is facing another wildfire catastrophe, reports Chris Lang.

Videos and podcasts from Ecosocialism 2026

Governments and global institutions around the world — including some of Israel’s closest allies — have released statements in opposition to the Israeli government’s issuing of a tender for the coloni...

Green Left’s Jordan Shukri AK Armaou-Massoud caught up with award-winning Palestinian writer director Ala’a Al Qaisi about her play, The Return, which has been touring Sydney, Melbourne and regional V...

Chris Slee reviews Vannessa Hearman’s new book, The Good Sea: The Journey of the ‘Tasi Diak’ and the Politics of Refugee Protection in Australia, which tracks Australia’s treatment of refugees and the...

On this episode of On The Streets we discuss Ecosocialism 2026, arts workers on strike in Naarm/Melbourne and the student rally against sexual violence.

AUKUS is about so much more than submarines. Abigail Boyd argues that its more sinister part is AUKUS Pillar II, which is about warfighting using artificial intelligence, hypersonics and counter-hyper...

Ayesha Ahmad, a Pakistani socialist-feminist activist, researcher, educator and labour rights practitioner with the Haqooq-e-Khalq Party, was one of the guest speakers at the Ecosocialism 2026 confere...

Speakers at the Palestine Action Group-called protest demanded that the Anthony Albanese government sanction Israel and end the two-way arms trade. Brian Mahony reports.

Thousands of high school and university students again walked out of class a second time to protest Pauline Hanson’s racism and bigotry. Isaac Nellist reports.

Anti-war and solidarity groups are protesting across the country on the International Day of Peace to demand an end to the war alliance with the United States and for AUKUS to be scrapped. Kerry Smith...

High school and university students organised an action against sexual violence and called for urgent action to address the crisis. Oscar Nellist reports.

Socialist Alliance has announced three active trade union candidates for its pitch for a seat in the Legislative Council at the Victorian elections. Jackie Kriz reports.

Anti-death penalty activists Jolovan Wham and Elijah Tay have been charged charged with 19 offences under Singapore’s Public Order Act and Penal Code over organising vigils and Palestine solidarity ac...

There appears to be no breakthrough for unions representing workers at BHP’s iron ore operations in Port Hedland, despite a historic strike last month in which the majority downed tools for two days. ...

The NSW Council for Civil Liberties and Aboriginal Legal Service are calling on NSW MPs not to pass a dangerous new law which they say will restrict civil liberties. Kerry Smith reports.

The 55th Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) leaders’ meeting in Koror, Palau, held from August 30 to September 3, placed West Papua back at the centre of Pacific diplomacy, writes Ali Mirin.