Green Left Weekly

In an era of increasing media consolidation, Green Left Weekly stands out as an independent publication dedicated to advocating for human and civil rights, global peace, environmental sustainability, democracy, and equality. By sharing stories and perspectives that mainstream media often overlook, Green Left Weekly sheds light on the misinformation spread by those in power, helping readers gain a clearer understanding of their surroundings. Founded in 1990 by a group of progressive activists, Green Left Weekly was created to voice the opinions that are typically marginalized by corporate media. Today, it is recognized as Australia’s premier source for local, national, and international news, analysis, and discussions aimed at bolstering anti-capitalist movements. The publication is available both in print and online.

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Singapore: Ruling party maintains supermajority following general election

3 weeks ago | greenleft.org.au | Mark Tan |Álex Sàlmon

Singapore's ruling centre-right People's Action Party (PAP) won the May 3 general election (GE2025), gaining 65.5% — a swing of 4.3% from the 2020 GE result. PAP won 87 out of the 97 parliamentary seats. While this outcome was expected, the vote share told a different story. The PAP government, which has ruled since 1959, used various tactics to cripple the opposition parties and maintain its supermajority, in the lead up to GE2025.
'Corporate Coup' documents US meddling in Venezuela

1 month ago | greenleft.org.au | Anya Parampil

Corporate Coup: Venezuela and the End of US EmpireBy Anya ParampilLondon: OR books, 2024If you ever wondered what happened during the Bolivarian Revolution in Venezuela, what happened after President Hugo Chavez died in 2013, or what has happened since, under President Nicolas Maduro, Anya Parampil’s book Corporate Coup: Venezuela and the End of US Empire, published in 2024, covers the key events in easily digestible form.
Trump’s tariffs are also a war on workers

1 month ago | greenleft.org.au | Sam Gindin |Federico Fuentes

Sam Gindin is a former research director for the Canadian Auto Workers union and coauthor of TheMakingofGlobalCapitalism: ThePoliticalEconomyOfAmericanEmpire (with Leo Panitch), among other works. In the second part of our interview, Green Left’s Federico Fuentes spoke to Gindin about the impact of United States President Donald Trump’s tariff war on workers, and how they can respond. Read part one here. * * *Does the US capitalist class support Trump’s tariffs?
How Trump’s tariff war is upending global capitalism

1 month ago | greenleft.org.au | Sam Gindin |Federico Fuentes

Sam Gindin is a former research director for the Canadian Auto Workers union and co-author of TheMakingofGlobalCapitalism: ThePoliticalEconomyOfAmericanEmpire (with Leo Panitch), among other works. Green Left’s Federico Fuentes spoke to Gindin about the impacts of United States president Donald Trump’s tariff war on global capitalism. * * *Could you set out the context for Trump’s tariffs? For a good many US people, the past four or five decades have brought deepening frustrations.
How developers captured the housing debate

Jan 13, 2025 | greenleft.org.au | Cameron Murray

The Great Housing HijackBy Cameron K MurrayAllen & Unwin, 2024Dr Cameron Murray, economist and property market specialist, brings us this highly accessible and much-needed book about the persistent myths that prevent rational discussion and action to address the housing crisis in Australia. Murray is also the co-author of Game of Mates (2017) with Paul Frijters, and has appeared on the ABC's Q+A program.
Labor’s hollow promises to support whistleblowers

Dec 6, 2024 | greenleft.org.au | Paul Gregoire

Andrew Wilkie, Independent MP, put it to the Attorney General Mark Dreyfus on the final sitting day for the year that Labor “has undeniably declared war on whistleblowers”. He questioned chief lawmaker over whether or not Labor would deliver on its promise to substantially redraft the Public Interest Disclosure Act 2013 (PID Act). Wilkie’s query was prompted by a whistleblower prosecution saga, now in its seventh year.
Confronting global inequality through magical realism

Dec 4, 2024 | greenleft.org.au | Tamara Pearson

The Eyes of the EarthBy Tamara PearsonTehom Center Publishing, 2024Australian-Mexican journalist and author Tamara Pearson’s new novel, The Eyes of the Earth, is exactly what we need at the moment — a poetic story based on Latino magical realism, with tragedy and a victory. The unlikely hero is an elderly, impoverished, uneducated woman of colour, who has spent most of her life in Honduras. Her name is Clementina, but she is known by her nickname La Tortuga, the tortoise.
Towards human-centred cities

Dec 3, 2024 | greenleft.org.au | Henry Grabar

Paved Paradise: How Parking Explains the WorldBy Henry GrabarPenguin Books, 2023When it comes to parking, nearly everyone expects it to be free, convenient and plentiful. Journalist Henry Grabar, citing a growing chorus of progressive urbanists and environmentalists, explains how this is all wrong. Put simply, parking has devastated our cities, wasting valuable space, entrenched car dependency, worsened the climate disaster, and raised the cost of housing and most other goods.
Beneath the sheen of English Premier League football

Nov 13, 2024 | greenleft.org.au | Gary Neville

The People’s Game: How to save footballBy Gary Neville,London: Hachette, 2023293ppResponding to news of a European Super League (ESL) breakaway that included English Premier League (EPL) clubs Manchester United, Liverpool, Arsenal, Chelsea and Manchester City, football comentator and former Manchester United player Gary Neville said “We don’t like it, and we hope it doesn’t happen”.
Prioritising the struggle against US imperialism

Nov 6, 2024 | greenleft.org.au | William Robinson

Steve Ellner is an Associate Managing Editor of Latin American Perspectives and a retired professor of the Universidad de Oriente in Venezuela. In the first part of our interview, Green Left’s Federico Fuentes spoke to Ellner about his views on the need to prioritise the struggle against US imperialism and the challenges this poses for international solidarity. Read part 2 here. * * *You argue the left needs to prioritise the struggle against US imperialism. Why is this the case?