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1. Boris Frankel's memoir of 'Soviet life in the raw'

   were also devout Stalinists who saw the Soviet Union as a beacon of peace, freedom and human solidarity ... environmental catastrophe — and that Rosa Luxemburg’s sage reminder will strike a chord: “Freedom only for the ... freedom at all. Freedom is always and exclusively freedom for the one who thinks differently.” And as Mike ...

2. 10 new albums that stand up for the downtrodden

   Women who are in a marriage? The ones who respect their wedding vows? Iye iye, rise up, iye iye iye, ... releasing their new album, Valentines For Palestine, with all profits donated to The Freedom Theatre in ... Palestine. "The Freedom Theatre itself has long endured violence, intimidation and vandalism," they ...

3. United States: Overturning abortion right a major blow to women’s freedom and equality

   Many experts predict that mortality rates among women will rise. With this victory in their sails, ...

4. Ecosocialism 2024: Climate Action Not War

     Jess Spear, Global Ecosocialist Network and RISE, based in Dublin, Ireland. More speakers to be ... Australia's commitment to freedom of expression and human rights. Anything less is a betrayal of our ... young Leila Khaled in the 1960s conducted for the freedom of her people. In respect of history plus ...

5. Canada: Counter-protests held against far-right convoys

   Anti-racism Far right Healthcare North America Transport Jeff Shantz Freedom Convoy Police forces, ... Freedom Convoy and its spin-offs. The convoys in Canada have finally made this clear to many. While police ... a world without either. Counter-protesters rise up Counter-protests started in multiple cities across ...

6. Labor falls short on Robodebt royal commission measures

   of the Freedom of Information Act. This section exempts Cabinet documents from being disclosed. The ... rise a ‘parachute with holes’ Robodebt fiasco reveals Centrelink workers opposed it Analysis ...

7. Canada: Far-right ‘Freedom’ convoy descends on Ottawa

   the culmination of what was deemed “Freedom Convoy 2022”. The convoy was posed by some as the Canadian ... in anger over Trump’s election loss. While Freedom Convoy 2022 did not attempt to enter parliament, ... to one of freedom and against perceived political “traitors” in government. However one wants to ...

8. 'Napoleon': Revolution, reaction and artistic license

   himself Emperor on December 2, 1804. Director Ridley Scott (Gladiator, Kingdom of Heaven) depicts the rise ... forces attacking the revolution at the time. Toulon was also crucial to Napoleon’s rise as it showed his ... Napoleon’s victory at Toulon and Robespierre’s downfall and execution would begin his rise to power. Napoleon ...

9. Canada: Conservatives leader ousted amid far-right ‘Freedom Convoy’ protests

   Far right North America Jeff Shantz Conservative Party of Canada Justin Trudeau Freedom Convoy ... Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) Toronto The far-right Freedom Convoy that rolled into Ottawa at the end of ... there are “ good people on both sides ” of the Freedom Convoy. The Freedom Convoy is a far-right ...

10. Understanding imperialism’s new phase

    a tendency within Brazil’s Socialism and Freedom Party (PSOL). He spoke to �鶹��ý ’s Federico Fuentes ... unequal ecological exchange Crisis within the modern imperial system The rise of the modern imperial ...

11. ‘Freedom’ protests are a far-right con

    (COVID-19) Our Common Cause Naarm/Melbourne Not everyone who has attended the so-called “Freedom” protests is ... throughout these protests. Rising distrust in political institutions has helped create the conditions for ... conspiracists Stand up against the ‘freedom’ movement Analysis ...

12. Stand up against the ‘freedom’ movement

    Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) QAnon Naarm/Melbourne The rise in the number of people attending right-wing ... “freedom” protests since the lifting of COVID-19 restrictions is a concern. Tens of thousands joined the ... Freedom Rally” organisers are opposed to all public health restrictions and vaccine mandates. They are ...

13. What US-China tensions can tell us about the global political and economic orders

    integrated economy and a nation-state-based system help explain, among other things, rising US-China ... How can we best understand this growing rivalry? If by globalisation we are referring to the rise of ... for instance, because of Chinese state constraints on their freedom, US state pressure or, most often, ...

14. After 20 years, occupation has failed Afghanistan – but our struggle for freedom continues

    rise, and now the return, of the Taliban, and the ideological brothers of these extremists, such as ... struggle for freedom, independence, prosperity and social justice, and I have always been on the edge of ... foreign intelligence and military forces have humiliated and tortured our freedom-loving nation and left ...

15. Australia’s trade with Myanmar military junta growing, despite sanctions

    helicopter gunships it is using against the people of Myanmar. In 2021, a freedom of information search by ... coup, there has also been a rise in human trafficking, drug production and scam centres. Zin said the ... use freedom of information laws to find out about their investments. She said those laws had, ...

16. 'Creating Freedom' seeks to reclaim the idea of 'freedom' from the status quo

    Books & music Democracy Economy Mark Tan Alex Salmon Raoul Martinez Creating Freedom: Power, ... language of freedom pervades our lives, framing the most urgent issues of our time and the deepest ... Martinez in Creating Freedom. Martinez says that while freedom is a stirring ideal, it is one whose ...

17. United States: Pro-Palestine movement can stop Israel’s genocidal war

    tens of thousands. The death toll is rising by hundreds each day and thousands are missing under the ... “though many protesters have defended the slogan as a cry for freedom”. Democrat Rashida Tlaib, the only ... aspirational call for freedom, human rights and peaceful coexistence, not death, destruction or hate…” Tlaib ...

18. Ecosocialist Bookshelf, September 2023

    Atmospheric Testing and the Rise of the Risk Society By James C. Rice New York University Press, 2023 For ... freedom cries that rang with world-changing consequences. To understand sugar’s past is to glimpse the ...

19. Live Blog: News and analysis on Catalonia's struggle for self-determination

    And the sum of the "very satisfied" and "satisfied" group rises to only 22.55%. ...

20. The politics of indefinite detention in Australia

    usually given a generous hand in making policies that tend to outrage such conventions, a freedom made ... release of the detainees to the threat of rising antisemitism. In  responding  to Dutton’s conflating ...

21. Sri Lanka: Debt restructuring and restraining dissent

    efforts to curtail fundamental freedoms of speech, association and dissent. This attack on basic human ... jobs. A key component of sky-rocketing costs is the rising price of electricity, implemented as ... protests and dissent. The main protests have targeted pension reforms and rising costs of living. Farmers ...

22. NSW Labor looks into whether children should be allowed to be strip searched

    have been strip searched by NSW Police. Using freedom of information laws, it found that, over 2 years ... Extraordinary rise in NSW police strip searches Anti-strip search campaign gains momentum in NSW Analysis ...

23. Australian civil society statement in solidarity with Gaza

    Palestine, a high-rise building in al-Rimal neighbourhood in Gaza; and the bombing of a crowded market street ... of Bethlehem Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom- Australia National Union of Students ...

24. Japan: ‘The government is taking advantage of Russia’s invasion to push militarism’

    Amid rising tensions in the Asia-Pacific, Japan’s government is ramping up defence spending in an ... declining imperialism is, however, incapable of curbing the challenger’s rise through its own efforts. It is ... notice those crimes and, in the name of “freedom and democracy”, is frantically building up the US’ ...

25. Pakistani socialist: ‘The danger is the Global South will get caught up in this New Cold War’

    global politics in the form of the rise of new players on the global scene. China’s emergence, in ... between a rising industrial power, China, and countries in the Global South has emerged — and has the ... up in rising military tensions between the US and China. Every country will, unfortunately, have to ...

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