The Feminism in the Time of Gaza forum, organised by Australian Palestine Advocacy Network, was packed to capacity, writes Mary Merkenich.
Issue 1430
News
Polly Cutmore, a Traditional Gomeroi Owner, has rejected the Native Title Tribunal’s findings that the NSW government can lease the Pilliga Forest for its 850-well coal seam gas mining project. Kerry Smith reports.
New South Wales Labor is planning to scrap workers’ rights to access compensation for psychological injuries. Isaac Nellist reports.
Hundreds of people gathered at Sydney Town Hall to mark 16 years since Mullivaikkal became a graveyard for over 165,000 Tamil civilians — the peak of the Tamil genocide. Kerry Smith reports.
After waiting 27 years for a Restoring Territory Rights Bill to return their right to re-legislate voluntary assisted dying, Northern Territorians are furious the Country-Liberal Party has moved to delay action. Suzanne James reports.
As capitalism’s inherent barbarism is being exposed via the West’s enabling of genocide in Gaza, organisers of the Ecosocialism 2025 conference are confident its program will attract significant interest. Jacob Andrewartha reports.
Tickets to the Activism for Palestine conference are selling fast, with organisers saying it will be an important forum to assess the pro-Palestine solidarity campaign and plan united actions. Alex Bainbridge reports.
Pro-Palestine activists protested at the office of Justine Elliot, Labor MP for Richmond, in Tweed Heads South, to mark the 77th commemoration of the Nakba. Susan Price reports.
More than two months since Israel refused to enter stage two of an agreed ceasefire with Hamas, the streets continue to demand Israel be stopped from continuing its genocide in Gaza. Pip Hinman, Isaac Nellist, Susan Price and Stephen W Enciso report.
The campaign to establish a Richmond River Koala park is gaining momentum, with a coalition of local conservation groups pushing for NSW Labor to act on its promises. Kerry Smith reports.
More than 200 students at the University of Sydney voted to reject the Universities Australia definition of antisemitism at a Student General Meeting convened by the Student Representative Council. Kerry Smith reports.
Community members gathered outside Labor MP for Solomon Luke Gosling’s office to mark the 1948 Nakba and condemn Labor’s complicity in the Palestinian genocide. Stephen W Enciso reports.
Heavy rain did not deter about 1000 people from rallying at Sydney Town Hall to mark 77 years of Nakba and demand an end to Israel’s genocide in Gaza. Isaac Nellist reports.
Michael Hiscox, Construction Forestry Maritime Employees Union ACT branch secretary, has been sacked by the appointed administrator Mark Irving and the branch placed into administration. Zane Alcorn reports.
NSW Parliament agreed to the Greens’ abortion access bill after rejecting a conservative scare campaign, including from former Prime Minister Tony Abbott. Kerry Smith reports.
Following the alleged murder of a small-business owner recently by an 18 year old on bail, the Northern Territory Country Liberal Party has passed what it boasted are the “strongest” bail laws in Australia. Stephen W Enciso reports.
Western Australian ambulance workers entered their third week of protected industrial action against St John Ambulance, the principal provider of ambulance transport. Ned Reilly reports.
Israel has refused to allow aid into Gaza for more than 60 days, pushing hundreds of thousands of Palestinian children to starvation as part of its genocidal campaign. Pip Hinman reports.
Hundreds joined in 17 protests organised by What You Were Wearing? in cities across the country to demand governments take real steps to drop domestic and family violence. Rachel Evans and Liv Carney report.
Thousands rallied on Parliament House lawns to oppose the Liberal government’s plans to proceed with a new Australian Football League and AFL Women’s stadium at Macquarie Point. Philippa Skinner reports.
Anti-racist activist Stephen Langford had a partial win, with the District Court dismissing charges against him for pasting Governor Lachlan Macquarie’s own words on a piece of paper on his statue in Hyde Park. Jim McIlroy reports.
Analysis
Ali Kazak, former Palestinian ambassador and representative of the Palestine Liberation Organisation in Australia, will be remembered for his steadfast and unwavering commitment to the fight for Palestinian liberation, write Susan Price and Pip Hinman.
The federal election results show that young people are looking for alternatives to the two major parties and the capitalist system, argues Isaac Nellist.
It is a Sunday evening and I am shopping online looking for baby formula — in Gaza. This is how delivering aid in Gaza works; chasing disappearing supplies before they are gone, writes Amin Abbas.
Anti-Zionist researcher and journalist Yaakov Aharon joined Isaac Nellist on the Green Left Show to discuss Australia's arms ties with genocidal Israel.
The Chaser's election quip, "Labor secures bigger majority, excited to do nothing with it", was spot on. Sue Bolton argues that the left has to focus on building the extra-parliamentary movements if it wants real change.
An irony of the federal election result is that while some rejected Peter Dutton for his support for Donald Trump, the re-elected PM looks like he will continue to support Trump’s foreign policies and wars, including the genocide of Palestinians, writes Peter Henning.
A catastrophic algal bloom — fuelled by warming oceans and calm marine conditions — is killing marine life on the shores of South Australia on an unprecedented scale. Tracey Carpenter reports.
World
Green Left’s Isaac Nellist spoke to Ammar Ali Jan, Pakistan socialist and general secretary of the Haqooq-e-Khalq (Peoples’ Rights) Party, about the tensions between India and Pakistan, which broke out into war after India launched missile strikes.
Protests have been held across Aotearoa New Zealand against the right-wing coalition government, after it forced through a bill amending the country’s Equal Pay Act. Zara Lomas reports.
Singapore’s People’s Action Party, which has ruled since 1959, used various tactics to cripple opposition parties and maintain its supermajority in the lead up to the general election, report Mark Tan and Alex Salmon.
Jewish American Dave Knieter was one of two International Solidarity Movement volunteers arrested in occupied Palestinian territory in January, while documenting the illegal theft of Palestinian land.
Ammar Ali Jan of the Haqooq-e-Khalq Party speaks to Isaac Nellist on the Green Left Show about the pathway to justice for Kashmir, Pakistan and India.
While the world focuses on superpower competition, Indonesia is quietly striking deals with its Pacific neighbours in an effort to weaken support for occupied West Papua, writes Ali Mirin.
In the context of the global growth of far-right and fascist groups, grassroots activists in Brazil are organising the 1st International Antifascist Conference in March next year, in Porto Alegre, reports Ben Radford.
Culture
Climate and Capitalism editor Ian Angus presents new books on the German peasants’ war, air, Amazonian struggles, climate history, class rule and Karl Marx’s later views on oppression and revolution.
Maree F Roberts reviews Dear Unknown Friend, which brings to life the letters exchanged by American and Soviet women during World War II and the first half of the 20th century.
Sydney-based Palestinian activist Khaled Ghannam recently travelled to the occupied West Bank in Palestine and wrote an account of his visit.
Given that renewable energy has become the cheapest energy source in recent years, it should be supplanting fossil fuels. But, as Brett Christopher points out in The Price is Wrong, contemporary neoliberal capitalism does not operate on such logic. Neville Spencer reviews Christopher’s book.
The Power of Choice is a raw and beautiful eulogy and an irrefutable testimonial to the relief and comfort VAD gives the dying, writes Suzanne James.