Asia & the Pacific

No Kaliwa Dam

Socialist and environmental activists came together to launch a course of educational seminars on ecosocialism in the Philippines鈥 capital, Manila, on November 25, reports Susan Price.

2022 China protests

Choo Chon Kai, a leading activist in the Socialist Party of Malaysia, has been building solidarity with democracy activists in China for many years. He discusses the recent protests in several cities in China.

B-21 Raider

The United States has unveiled its latest deadly weapon of aggression in the Indo-Pacific, reports Binoy Kampmark.

West Papua Morning Star flag

While Jakarta is busy tearing West Papua apart, Papuans raised the banned Morning Star flag on December 1, to commemorate its independence 鈥 which was stolen in May 1963, writes Yamin Kagoya.

Image showing an island in Tuvalu, with matrix-style figures in background

In response to the existential threat of climate change, the Tuvaluan government has announced it will become the world鈥檚 first 鈥渄igital nation鈥. Binoy Kampmark reports.

This December 1, for the twelfth year in a row, there was a West Papua flag-raising on the historic Leichhardt Town Hall, courtesy of the Inner West Council, reports Peter Boyle.

Anwar Ibrahim

Dr Jeyakumar Devaraj from the Socialist Party of Malaysia聽discusses the recent election result and the challenges facing the new government.

Peter Boyle spoke about the new wave of protests sparked by harsh anti-COVID-19 restrictions with Choo Chon Kai,聽who is聽working with the movement for democracy in China.

The so-called China threat was discussed at a webinar on November 30 of around 150 people. Jim McIlroy reports.

deep sea

Mining companies argue that deep-sea mining is necessary to achieve the global transition to renewables, reports Ben Radford, but this is a lie.

Dr Jeyakumar Devaraj聽from the Socialist Party of Malaysia (PSM) discusses聽the challenges for Malaysia鈥檚 newly formed "government of national unity",聽headed by Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim from the Pakatan Harapan (Alliance of Hope).

Parties from across the Asia-Pacific have issued the following joint statement in response to the attacks by Turkey and Iran on Kurdish communities.