Markela Panegyres

Corroboree and march against racism in Gadigal Country/Sydney, September 13

Anti-racism corroborrees and Sovereignty Never Ceded rallies were organised across the country in a powerful pushback to the right’s attempts to declare that immigration must end and migrants are not welcome. Chloe DS, Markela Panegyres and Peter Boyle report.

The National Tertiary Education Union, together with the Australian Services Union and the Community and Public Sector Union, among others, joined a national protest to demand that Labor impose sanctions on Israel. Pip Hinman, Jim McIlroy, Jacob Andrewartha and Markela Panegyres report.

A national day of action for Palestine has been called by rank-and-file National Tertiary Education Union members in the NSW division. Markela Panegyres 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.

More than 200,000 people took the streets across the country in a national day of protest to demand Labor sanction Israel and stop the two-way arms trade.

Words won't feed starving Gazans. Activists call for sanctions now!

The global outcry from the streets against Israel’s starvation genocide in Gaza continues to grow, pushing some Western governments to wring their hands — a sign the Palestine movement is starting to exert some power.

Markela Panegyres argues that while the global movement for Palestine has shifted public opinion, it has to become more organised to stop this genocide.

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Words Under Occupation is a collaboration between poet, artist and performer Jepke Goudsmit and performance and video artist Markela Panegyres.

The new Universities Australia definition of antisemitism is an ugly attempt to silence the pro-Palestine movement on campuses and academics, university workers and students who critique Israel and Zionism. Markela Panegyres and Jonathan Strauss report.

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Isaac Nellist and Riley Breen discuss the protests against the visit of “King” Charles and talk to NTEU national councillor Markela Panegyres about the recent vote to boycott Israel.

 

Responding to the global Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions campaign, the National Tertiary Education Union National Council has decided, overwhelmingly, to support an academic institutional boycott of Israeli universities. Jonathan Strauss and Markela Panegyres report.

Green Left News podcast Ep 44, July 12, 2024

Isaac Nellist and Riley Breen discuss Fatima Payman's decision to resign from Labor over its support for Israel's genocide in Gaza, the recent elections in Britain and France and speak to artist, academic and National Tertiary Education Union member Markela Panegyres about the University of Sydney's draconian Campus Access Policy.