Police attacked the Goori Camp Embassy during Reconciliation Week to pave the way for construction work on an Olympic stadium at Barrambin/Victoria Park. Alex Bainbridge reports.
News
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On this episode of On The Streets, we discuss protests resisting government crackdown on the right to protest and the fight against Pauline Hanson’s racism.
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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.
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The investment boom in generative artificial intelligence, spurring the rapid build of data centres across Victoria, is raising widespread concerns. Jacob Andrewartha reports.
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NSW Police sergeant Benedict Bryant, who was sentenced after being found guilty of dangerous driving that led to the death of Dunghutti teenager Jai Wright, has said he will appeal the ruling. Kerry Smith reports.
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Supporters of Palestine rallied in several cities on the day marking Al-Naksa (the setback). Speakers called for Australia to cut ties with Israel and stop the two-way weapons trade.
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Hundreds participated in a Kath & Kim-styled fun run to highlight the absurdity of Queensland’s so-called hate speech laws and raise money for a High Court challenge to them. Alex Bainbridge reports.
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More than 100 activists protested outside the Perth Convention Centre where the Indian Ocean Defence and Security Conference and Exhibition was promoting militarism. Cas Smith reports.
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Civil rights activists outside the Downing Centre Court called for the charges against those who demonstrated against Israeli President Isaac Herzog be withdrawn. Jim McIlroy reports.
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About 100 people gathered at short notice, near NSW Parliament, to protest a far-right, anti-choice gathering. Coral Wynter reports.
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On this episode of On The Streets, we discuss the workers’ campaigns fighting for better pay, workloads and conditions, and upcoming events for Naksa Day.
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Unions and community groups have criticised the federal Labor government for not implementing the radical reforms to the national employment services system recommended by previous inquiries. Jim McIlroy reports.
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While Australia’s minister for war Richard Marles came back from the annual “Shangri-La dialogue” selling AUKUS like never before, a people’s inquiry into AUKUS has been launched. Pip Hinman reports.
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Anti-abortion MPs are coordinating their attacks on hard-won reproductive healthcare rights in three states. Pip Hinman reports.
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More than 300 people rallied against Victorian Labor’s decision to demolish 44 public housing estates and demanded that the Jacinta Allan government put in more public housing. Jacob Andrewartha reports.
Analysis
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With polls showing a surge towards Pauline Hanson’s One Nation party, Max Chandler-Mather discusses the social context behind the declining support for the major parties and what can be done to involve people in transformational politics.
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One Nation’s right-wing populism is built around a big lie, writes Peter Boyle, because it defends the very capitalist system that has created the widespread pain and insecurity it seeks to channel into racist scapegoating.
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Anny Mokotow spoke publicly for the first time at the Palestine rally on Gadigal Country/Sydney about the Global Sumud Flotilla and how those supporting Palestine need to maintain hope.
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Redistributing the wealth and making mining sustainable requires transitioning to a democratic and publicly run industry. Sam Wainwright argues this is not Pauline Hanson’s vision for the mining industry. Hers is about enabling billionaire owners more ability to profiteer.
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Northern Territory police announced that the cause of Kumanjayi White’s death last year was “equivocal”. The family say justice is not being done and their hearts are broken. Paul Gregoire reports.
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Jacob Andrewartha speaks to Bhaskar Sunkara about the United States under the Donald Trump administration and prospects for building socialist politics.
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Karyn Brown, a resident at the Waterloo Estate, skewered Labor’s proposition that it was delivering “positive outcomes” for tenants. Pip Hinman reports.
World
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More than two months after Denmark's March 24 snap election, the Social Democrats, the Socialist People’s Party, the Moderates and the Social Liberals have formed a minority government, reports Duroyan Fertl.
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Having supported Iván Cepeda as the candidate to succeed Colombian President Gustavo Petro, most left-wing and democratic Latin Americans were not surprised by the meteoric rise of a Javier Milei-style far-right candidate in the final weeks of the presidential campaign, writes Ana Cristina Carvalhaes.
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In this interview with Indymedia Argentina, Claudio Katz assesses the newfound prominence of socialist MP Myriam Bregman from the Workers’ Left Front — Unity in Argentine politics, and examines the country’s political situation, economic crisis and President Javier Milei’s declining support.
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Dick Nichols reports on the Seventh International Ecosocialist Gathering, which took place in Brussels.
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United States President Donald Trump created a US$1.776 billion government slush fund to funnel public money to allies and supporters he claims were “harmed” by the Joe Biden administration, reports Barry Sheppard and Malik Miah.
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Tamara Pearson visited Nahua indigenous towns in Guerrero state, Mexico, who are being terrorised by criminal gangs and have formed a community self-defence force to protect their towns from attack.
Culture
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Coral Wynter reviews Chris Gilbert’s 2023 book, Commune or Nothing: Venezuela’s communal movement and its socialist project, one of the best available accounts of Venezuela’s communal movement.
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Earth’s Greatest Enemy, directed by radical journalist and filmmaker Abby Martin and ex-GI Mike Prysner, reveals a hidden truth behind the climate crisis, writes Jim McIlroy.
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Bill Nevins attended the Santa Fe International Literary Festival, which drew about 20,000 attendees to the Santa Fe Community Convention Center in New Mexico, from May 15–17.
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Suzanne James sat down with Melbourne musician Les Thomas and got a history lesson in colonialism, feminism, trade unionism and making music in defense of the working class.
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Cold War Kid: Resisting the Vietnam War is a lively and compelling account of a young man's journey from Sydney suburban larrikin to activist in the historic struggle against conscription and Australia's involvement in the Vietnam War. Jim McIlroy reviews.
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Zara Lomas pays tribute to Jools Topp, one half of Aotearoa New Zealand’s iconic duo The Topp Twins, who died last month.
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Mat Ward looks back at May's political news and the best new music that related to it.