The attempt to silence United States rapper Macklemore has galvanised Palestinian and non-Palestinian artists and their supporters for a free Palestine and unmasked the capitalists behind the campaign to silence Palestinian and pro-Palestinian artists, writes Markela Panegyres.
Delegates to Labor’s national conference were greeted by two large protests, as well as smaller actions, demanding that AUKUS be scrapped and communities and climate action be funded. Markela Panegyres reports.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese claims he wants Labor’s national conference to “showcase” the party as inclusive, open and democratic. But he is just as committed to avoid discussing AUKUS and Palestine, despite sharp internal divisions on both. Markela Panegyres reports.
Sarah Game, a former One Nation now Family First MP, has been pushing to restrict abortion rights in South Australia since last year but she recently failed again. Markela Panegyres reports.
About 1000 people attended the Stop the Chop rally to demand Premier Peter Malinauskas and the Labor government stop destroying the city’s trees and parks. Markela Panegyres reports.
Extinction Rebellion SA organised a series of creative protests outside the Australian Energy Producers conference to protest the push for more fossil fuels in a climate emergency. Markela Panegyres reports.
Markela Panegyres spoke to Aunty Sue Coleman-Haseldine, a senior Googatha elder and anti-nuclear activist, who is leading a campaign against rocket and weapons testing on sacred Googatha Country.
Workers across Australia joined millions around the world in marking May Day as the symbol of class solidarity and internationalism.
Disenfranchised, working-class voters looking to lodge a protest vote against the major parties helps explain the high vote for Pauline Hanson’s One Nation. Markela Panegyres looks at the issues in the South Australian election.
Socialist Alliance is running Anne McMenamin as an independent for the seat of Port Adelaide in the South Australian elections. Markela Panegyres reports.
Extinction Rebellion activists are focused on stopping Santos’ sportswashing and they told Markela Panegyres that their disruptive actions are educating people, including cyclists, about the dangers of climate change and the promotion of fossil fuel corporations.
Tens of thousands of people joined protests across the country to oppose Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s invitation to war criminal Israeli President Isaac Herzog.
