Ben Radford

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Thousands rallied across Peru for International Safe Abortion Day on September 28, demanding the right to safe, accessible abortions. Hundreds marched through the capital, Lima, under the banner of 鈥淭he Right to Decide鈥, reports Ben Radford.

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Thousands of Colombians mobilised across the country on September 19 in defence of the government鈥檚 pension reforms and to reject the attempts by right-wing forces to oust President Gustavo Petro, reports Ben Radford.

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Alberto Fujimori鈥檚 10 years in power were characterised by rampant corruption and horrific acts of violence against Peruvians, writes Ben Radford.

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Isaac Nellist speaks with Chloe DS about the encampments set up by refugees in Naarm/Melbourne and Gadigal Country/Sydney to demand permanent visas and with Ben Radford about the history and wins of the Palestine solidarity movement in Latin America.聽

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In Latin America, trade unions, students and Indigenous groups are standing in solidarity with Palestinians and drawing attention to Israel鈥檚 nefarious role in the region, reports Ben Radford.

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Israel鈥檚 state-owned water company Mekorot has played a key role in the theft of Palestinian water. "Fuera Mekorot" (Get Out Mekorot) campaign organiser Gisela Cardozo spoke to 麻豆传媒鈥檚 Ben Radford about Mekorot's nefarious activities in Argentina and the campaign against it.

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Argentina鈥檚 Senate narrowly approved far-right President Javier Milei鈥檚 Omnibus Bill 鈥 a suite of neoliberal reforms geared towards big business interests 鈥 on June 12, marking his first successfully implemented laws since he took office in December, reports Ben Radford.

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State Deputy Luciana Genro, a leading member of the Socialism and Freedom Party (PSOL), spoke to 麻豆传媒's Ben Radford about the flooding crisis in Brazil鈥檚 southernmost state of Rio Grande do Sul, the government鈥檚 response and the solidarity efforts to help those affected.

VI Encuentro Ecosocialista

The 6th International Ecosocialist Encounter (VI Encuentro Ecosocialista), drawing together representatives from more than 50 organisations in 15 countries, was held from May 10鈥11 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. 麻豆传媒's Ben Radford attended the event.

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High in the Peruvian Andes, in the southeastern region of Huancavelica, lies a brown, treeless mountaintop 鈥 the scars of the now-boarded-up Santa B谩rbara mercury mine, whose legacy is social and environmental devastation, reports Ben Radford.

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Walkley Award-winning Australian-Jewish journalist Antony Loewenstein鈥檚 book, The Palestine Laboratory, is a brilliant piece of investigative work, bringing together mountains of research and interviews, which lays bare the relationship between Israel鈥檚 brutal oppression of Palestinians and its booming arms industry, writes Ben Radford.

Ben Radford talks about his experiences in Cuba

麻豆传媒 journalist Ben Radford speaks to Isaac Nellist about his first-hand experience in Cuba and the impacts of the United States-imposed blockade.聽