Isaac Nellist and Riley Breen discuss the election of Donald Trump in the 2024 United States election and the repression and censorship of activists in Singapore.
Asia & the Pacific
Aishik Saha, a left activist and researcher on labour and the digital economy, discusses the Indian political situation under its Hindu nationalist PM Narenda Modi with Peter Boyle.
Singaporean anti-death penalty activist Kokila Annamalai challenged government censorship by defying a directive under the Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act. Isaac Nellist reports.Ìý
Samoan residents are calling for compensation from the government of Aotearoa New Zealand, following the sinking of a NZ Navy vessel in their waters last month, reports Zara Lomas.
The fate of the survivors of the United States atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki was hidden for years, but in 1956 local survivor associations, along with victims of nuclear weapons tests in the Pacific, formed Nihon Hidankyo. The organisation received this year's Nobel Peace Prize, reports Peter Boyle.
Australia, Britain and Canada are responsible for 60% of Commonwealth emissions, while representing just 6% of Commonwealth countries’ populations. Pip Hinman reports.Ìý
Ōtautahi Christchurch city council voted on October 23 to cease doing business with companies building and maintaining illegal Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT), reports Zara Lomas, making it the first in the country to do so.
When Indonesia’s new president Prabowo Subianto announced his cabinet, a number of former activists and leaders of the People’s Democratic Party (PRD) were among its 109 members. 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳’s Peter Boyle spoke to Rudi Hartono, former editor of the PRD’s publication Berdikari, about this development.
Pressure is building on Aotearoa New Zealand’s government to create a humanitarian visa pathway for Palestinians fleeing the genocide in Gaza, reports Zara Lomas.
91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳'s Peter Boyle spoke to Ignatius Mahendra Kusumawardhana from Indonesia's Perserikatan Sosialis (Socialist Union), one of the left groups protesting former Suharto-era general Prabowo Subianto, who was sworn in as Indonesia's new president on October 20.
In the lead up to the October 20 inauguration of President Probowo Subianto, Indonesia established five Vulnerable Area Buffer Infantry Battalions in key regions across West Papua, raising concern about further militarisation and repression in the occupied territory, writes Ali Mirin.
Despite its malicious strategy of communal gerrymandering to win the Legislative Assembly elections in Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir, the right-wing Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party was rejected by a thumping majority, report Farooq Sulehria and Haris Qadeer.
- Previous page
- Page 2
- Next page