A Papuan leader sought by Indonesian police over the 2019 Papua “Spring” uprising, Victor Yeimo, has been arrested on suspicion of treason, reports Susan Price.

In the face of continuing state repression, the Colombian people remain on the streets and continue resisting, write Laura Capote and Zoe Alexandra.

Twenty Palestinians, nine of them children, were killed in Israeli bombing attacks in the Gaza Strip on May 10, report Ali Abunimah, Maureen Clare Murphy and Tamara Nassar. Israeli forces reportedly moved tanks to the Gaza border on May 12 and have been bombing the city with white phosphorous.

Indonesia is labelling West Papuan national liberation activists as “terrorist” to criminalise the movement and depict them as radical extremists in the eyes of the international community, writes Yamin Kogoya.

Among those most hopeful for the future hydrogen economy is the fossil fuel industry and its allies, writes Justin Mikulka.

The European Super League did not seek to grow the game, but rather promised a heavily marketised and Americanised product saturated with cash at the expense of traditions, writes Leo Crnogorcevic.

The Republican Party is waging a war on the movement for Black rights, while Donald Trump cheers on, writes Malik Miah.

Andreas Malm’s call for minority violence is eloquent and sincere, but self-defeating, writes Simon Butler.

Green Left speaks with Argentine journalist Pablo Stefanoni about the “alt-right” rebellion and what the left can do about it.

Thousands of people mobilised in 50 locations around England on May 1 against the proposed Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill, which activists say will erode the right to protest, writes Susan Price.

In response to days of national strikes and mobilisations across Colombia, security forces have unleashed unprecedented repression against peaceful protesters, reports People’s Dispatch.

Pablo Iglesias’s plan for the left to win the May 4 election for the 136-seat Assembly of Madrid was simple: to inspire the workers and poor of the region surrounding the Spanish capital to vote, writes Dick Nichols.

Branding armed Papuan resistance groups as “terrorists” has sparked strong condemnation from human rights groups across Indonesia and in West Papua, writes David Robie.

The following appeal has been issued by United for Colombia, Australia, in response to the repression of nationwide protests that began in opposition to the government’s tax reform.

For five nights in May, three locations around Warrane (Sydney Cove) will be transformed with images, music and stories of the lives and resistance of Sydney’s Black, queer and grassroots communities, writes Rachel Evans.

The Tamil Refugee Council (TRC) has condemned the Australian government for supplying five drones to the Sri Lankan police, reports Chris Slee.

The leaders of nine opposition parties have joined forces to demand Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro’s impeachment, reports Yanis Iqbal.

Even before the COVID-19 pandemic crisis, food delivery companies’ profits were skyrocketing, while their so-called “self-employed” workers have few rights and are blocked from unionising, reports Taroa Zúñiga Silva.

Despite pandemic shutdowns, atmospheric carbon dioxide and methane levels surged last year, reports Climate and Capitalism.

Information is coming to light about New Zealand’s exports to Indonesia’s military forces, which are engaged in a long-running and escalating conflict in West Papua, reports Maire Leadbeater.

United States President Joe Biden has no proposals for the fossil fuel industries to cut their carbon emissions or a firm timetable for a switch to renewables, writes Barry Sheppard.

To persuade people to join a political movement, write Alex Salmon and Dirk Kelly, leftists need to learn how to use logic to make better arguments.

Ecuador’s April 11 election that led to a 5-point victory by conservative banker Guillermo Lasso over progressive candidate Andrés Arauz was not what it appeared to be, write Medea Benjamin and Leonardo Flores.

Environmental activists and local residents have been waging a long-running campaign against a toxic rare-earths refinery in Malaysia run by Lynas Rare Earths, an Australian corporation, reports Peter Boyle.

The show trial of 108 members of the Peoples Democratic Party (HDP) began on April 26 in Ankara, Turkey, reports Susan Price.

West Papua solidarity activists fear an escalation of violence in West Papua, reports Susan Price.

Alex Salmon reviews a new book documenting one hundred years of war and resistance.

Climate and Capitalism editor Ian Angus introduces seven new books for activists.

The involvement of external powers in Syria’s civil war has led to sheer devastation, writes Yanis Iqbal. Fantasies of “regime change” have fuelled sectarian war and revived jihadi groups.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison had nothing to announce at the US-initiated World Leaders Climate Summit, reports Pip Hinman.