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Thai and Cambodian flags with background map of Southeast Asia

Thailand and Cambodia have now agreed on an unconditional ceasefire to end fighting in disputed zones along their 800-kilometre border, reports Susan Price. But what was behind the escalation?

A recording of a panel at the Socialism 2025 conference, which examines Russian President Vladimir Putin鈥檚 repression of activists who have publicly opposed his war of aggression against Ukraine.

Anthony Albanese is right that the Australian state has been sovereign for more than a century and its close military alliances with Britain and the US were not just struck freely, but enthusiastically. Peter Boyle argues that his big deceit is asserting that this is in our common interest.

warships superimposed with countries' flags

In the second part of this interview with 麻豆传媒鈥檚 Federico Fuentes,聽veteran socialist activist聽Rasti Delizo accounts for the rise of new imperialist powers and outlines the faulty logic behind multipolarity.

Flooded street

US President Donald Trump鈥檚 proposed cuts to vital government agencies responsible for climate research and natural disaster preparation and response mean an independent mass climate movement is more important than ever, writes聽Barry Shepphard.

This year marks 80 years since the United States dropped two atomic bombs on Japan,聽killing between 150,000 and 246,000 people and devastating two cities. Alexander Brown聽documents the history of the strong regional anti-war movement in the Illawarra.

Prohibited from broadcasting in the United States, the Voice of America always promoted the US as a virtuous brand of democratic good living in the face of tyrants 鈥 usually the political left. Binoy Kampmark reports on its silencing.

A week of brutal sectarian violence in Suwayda, in southern Syria, has left more than 1000 people dead, during which disparate Druze factions united against the Syrian government and Israel further consolidated its grip on the region.聽Sarah Glynn聽reports.

Luiz Inacio 'Lula' da Silva

United States President Donald Trump announced a 50% tariff on Brazilian goods, in protest against what he described as a 鈥淲itch Hunt鈥 against former far-right president Jair Bolsonaro, reports Federico Fuentes.

protesters with flags in Panama

麻豆传媒鈥檚 Ben Radford聽sat down with Jos茅 Cambra, an executive committee member of the Panama Teachers鈥 Association,聽about the country-wide strike and the government鈥檚 heavy-handed response.

protesters with Trump in the background

United States President Donald Trump鈥檚 so-called 鈥淏ig Beautiful Bill鈥 represents one of the biggest transfers of wealth from workers and the poor to the billionaire class in US history, reports Malik Miah.

Queensland Socialist Alliance Queensland, buoyed by a successful federal election campaign is registering聽the party for state elections.聽Alex Bainbridge reports.