International

The Left Lane’s latest international news digest highlights stories on the truth about a purported nerve gas attack in Syria in 2018, whether Spain’s policy on Israel can shift EU opinion, China’s ‘involution’ problem, Trump’s Iran fiasco and how OPEC oil pricing decisions affect us all.

Belgian workers are on the streets again demonstrating against public spending cuts and austerity measures being imposed by the governing coalition.

As Donald Trump renews his warning that he could take action against Cuba, John Tummon reports on a recent visit to the island and offers some thoughts on the current situation facing Cubans.

The Left Lane’s latest international news digest highlights stories on Germany’s military build-up, sectarian politics in the Middle East, Sudan’s civil war and the decline in press freedom.

As Australians face rising prices and increasing bank and rent charges, Ali Keshtkar argues that the case for a nationwide campaign against the Iran war in Australia is now clear.

South Africa still lacks a credible, independent left alternative, but will the current split between the African National Congress and the South African Communist Party create the space for one? Rob Dyer reports.

A new report highlights the impacts of climate change on people and biodiversity across the world’s fastest-warming continent.

There is an ongoing debate about whose strategic interests the US/Israel war serves. Is the Israeli tail wagging the US dog or do the US war aims fit into a broader global power struggle? Brian Green says that US interests will prevail in the region and quite possibly at Israel’s expense.

There is an ongoing debate about whose strategic interests the US/Israel war serves. Is the Israeli tail wagging the US dog or do the US war aims fit into a broader global power struggle? Here, John Bernard argues that Israel is calling most of the shots.