Does the massive outpouring of support for the Palestinian people, demonstrated by the Sydney Harbour Bridge march and the National March for Palestine, mark a turning point, asks Sam Wainwright.
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Voices for the Valley is a powerful documentary about the “small, but mighty” community of Wollar, NSW, which has spent more than 20 years resisting the relentless damage of coal mining, reports Jim McIlroy.
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As Israel pursues its genocidal plans to displace or kill people who are determined to stay in Gaza City, protests for justice in Palestine continued in several cities on the weekend. Pip Hinman and Jacob Andrewartha reports.
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More than 100 staff working at the Art Gallery of NSW and their supporters protested NSW Labor’s plan to cut 51 jobs from the gallery workforce. Jim McIlroy reports.
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Climate and Capitalism editor Ian Angus presents six important books on slavery, capitalist diseases, climate action, scientists resisting, economic planning, and technofossils.
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Protesters gathered outside the electorate office of Queensland health minister Tim Nicholls office to demand the Liberal National Party reinstate gender affirming care. Elias Boyle reports.
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Byron Shire Council adopted an Ethical Procurement Policy, mandating council to boycott all companies operating in illegal Israeli settlements. Nick Fredman reports.
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Anti-genocide activists left their message on SEC Plating, which manufactures parts for F-35 stealth bombers used by Israel to kill Palestinians in Gaza. Ben Radford reports.
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Mat Ward looks back at August's political news and the best new music that related to it.
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A resident-driven petition calling on Inner West Mayor Darcy Byrne to not attend a Zionist-supported summit, which purports to be against antisemitism, has attracted close to 800 signatures within a few days of being online. Peter Boyle reports.
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Markela Panegyres speaks to artist Elaheh Mahdavi about her and her brother Arman’s recent exhibition, The Seasick, in Kaurna Yerta/Adelaide, which explores the plight of Iranian refugees who arrived in Australia by boat, and those they left behind.
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Israel’s real estate, property development, defence and finance industries are all represented at next month’s antisemitism summit on the Gold Coast. Yaakov Aharon and Wendy Bacon report.