Peter Boyle speaks to Rudi Hartono, managing editor of the Indonesian progressive publication Merdika.id about the impact of the country's new criminal laws, which maintain provisions introduced under Dutch colonial rule.
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The international legal system was torn to shreds on January 3, when the United States military intervened in Venezuela, kidnapping President Nicolás Maduro and his spouse, National Assembly deputy Cilia Adela Flores de Maduro, writes Luís Bonilla-Molina.
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Socialist Alliance strongly condemns United States President Donald Trump’s military invasion of Venezuela and demands that the Australian Labor government reject the US’ flouting of international law and break the AUKUS war alliance.
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With its violent military intervention into Venezuela, the United States has begun this year with entitled and undisguised imperialism, writes Tamara Pearson.
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Daylesford New Years Eve Parade Committee called Victorian Police to remove a participant waving a Palestine flag. Kerry Smith reports.
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NSW Labor has rushed in new laws, ostensibly to combat antisemitism, and federal Labor said it would adopt all the Special Envoy to Combat Antisemitism’s 13 recommendations. Khaled Ghannam argues against the sudden crack down on freedom of speech and assembly.
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Jepke Goudsmit argues that we need to untangle the conflation between Zionism and Judaism and make clear the distinction between the worldwide community of Jews and the State of Israel.
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Change comes when enough see that a better world is possible and work towards it. Therefore, Jepke Goudsmit argues, we cannot give up. Palestinians have a word for it — “sumud”.
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Members of Queer Liberation Boorloo sent an open letter to the organisers of Perth’s annual Pride Parade, expressing concern about the inclusion of armed and uniformed police officers. Cas Smith reports.
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Isaac Herzog cannot be welcomed in Australia as the government he represents has breached international law, including crimes against humanity including war crimes, apartheid, illegal occupation and ethnic cleansing, argue Margaret Reynolds and Stuart Rees.
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The trilateral meeting held in Port Moresby on December 3 between the Indonesian, Australian and Papua New Guinean defence ministers took place in the shadow of Indonesia's brutal occupation of West Papua, writes Ali Mirin.
