On this episode of On The Streets we discuss the protests for Palestine and public housing outside the NSW Labor conference at Sydney Town Hall and rallies against US imperialism and in solidarity with Latin America.
News
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A rally near the Royal Commission into Antisemitism and Social Cohesion protested the conflation of pro-Palestinian voices with anti-Jewish hate speech. Jim McIlroy reports.
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Trans Queer Solidarity and Trans Action Network organised a “noise demonstration” in opposition to the anti-trans group Street Action Victoria’s rally. Jordan Shukri AK Armaou-Massoud reports.
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Australia’s role in the global arms trade and its connection to the AUKUS pact is coming under increasing scrutiny, particularly over the past near three years of Israel’s genocide in Gaza. Cas Smith reports.
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As the rising cost of living and housing pressures continue to bite, the Hume for Humanity group has called a protest to challenge the populist non-solutions being proposed by One Nation. Jordan Shukri AK Armaou-Massoud reports.
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NSW Premier Chris Minns’ entrance to the NSW Labor conference was met with cheers as well as those wanting to show their opposition to Labor’s position on Palestine and its anti-free speech laws. Brennan Dick reports.
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Activists gathered at the Ibero-American Plaza on July 4 to contrast the beginning of the US struggle for independence from Britain with the US’ unceasing oppression of Latin America. Jim McIlroy reports.
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Justice for Palestine Magan-djin organised a Palestinian flag drop on the Goodwill Bridge to mark 1000 days of Israel’s genocide. Photos by Alex Bainbridge.
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The healthcare watchdog has adopted the controversial International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance definition of antisemitism, prompting a backlash from healthcare workers and organisations, which fear being targeted for lawful advocacy. Justin Beevers reports.
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The NSW Labor government’s rezoning of the Bellambi public housing estate, north of Wollongong, is being sold as “renewal”. However, residents do not agree and are campaigning to save their homes. Andrew Chuter reports.
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On this episode of On The Streets we discuss a Cuba solidarity film screening, nationwide protests against Swisse and upcoming protests outside the NSW Labor conference.
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Anti-racist activists, including a union secretary, discussed countering the rising support for One Nation at a public meeting hosted by Socialist Alliance. Jacob Andrewartha reports.
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As dozens of activists faced court for defying Queensland’s anti-free speech law banning Palestine freedom slogans, others were arrested for defying it. Alex Bainbridge reports.
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The Northern Territory is once again set to debate a voluntary assisted dying bill, 30 years after being robbed of its world-first assisted law. Suzanne James reports.
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Health professionals and community groups have condemned the Nothern Territory Country Liberal Party government’s decision to deploy armed officers on public buses and into public housing. Stephen W Enciso reports.
Analysis
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Fergus Green, of The Australia Institute, joins the Green Left Show to discuss his report about Labor’s Safeguard Mechanism.
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As record-breaking heatwaves scorch the northern hemisphere and another El Niño summer is predicted here, new research from The Australia Institute says Labor’s safeguard mechanism is failing. Alex Bainbridge reports.
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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.
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The AUKUS Public Inquiry is looking into how much toxic nuclear waste Australia will be required to store, how many jobs will be created and why we are being prepared to potentially join a war against China — the country’s largest trading partner. Binoy Kampmark reports.
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Isaac Nellist spoke to longtime socialist and anti-racist activist Peter Boyle on the Green Left Show about the rise of Pauline Hanson’s One Nation and how to stop its racist, anti-worker agenda.
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Channel Nine’s former star Karl Stefanovic is the latest Australian media personality to reveal their sympathies for the far right, Isaac Nellist reports.
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Jim McIlroy remembers the Australian Council of Trade Union’s national general strike to defend Medibank — Australia’s first universal, tax-funded public health insurance scheme, which predated Medicare.
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Sarah Baarini joined Green Left Radio to discus the political situation in Lebanon.
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Narendar from the Indian community joins Green Left Radio to discuss the upcoming protest against the Indian prime minister.
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School teacher Izzy joined Green Left Radio to discuss Labor’s recent enterprise agreement offer to school teachers and education support staff.
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Socialist Alliance candidate Sue Bolton joined Green Left Radio to discuss the rising support for One Nation and how we can fight back.
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South Australian Labor is preparing for a huge expansion of the state’s data centre industry, arguing the state has renewable energy in abundance. Renfrey Clarke argues that environmentalists need to carefully examine the pros and cons of this new industry.
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The three-day inquiry into Labor’s devastating National Disability Insurance Scheme bill has been extended, after disability advocacy and human rights organisations outlined the significant risks to NDIS participants if it were to become law. Graham Matthews reports.
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The rise of One Nation comes off the back of four decades of neoliberalism delivering declining wages, less union strength and a worsening housing crisis. Zane Alcorn argues that a robust campaign for public housing could help take the wind out of its sails.
World
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A new report demonstrates that Israel is using LGBTIQ rights as a public relations shield for occupation, apartheid and now genocide, reports Paula Corvalan.
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During the debate on ending the United States’ economic, commercial, and financial embargo on Cuba in the United Nations General Assembly, Cuban foreign affairs minister Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla delivered a stinging rebuke to remarks made by US ambassador to the UN Mike Waltz. Kerry Smith reports.
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Advocates warn that imprisoned Palestinian paediatrician Dr Hussam Abu Safiya’s life is in danger, following a recent visit with him, reports Ana Vračar.
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Indonesian security forces massacred scores of people in Biak, West Papua, on July 6, 1988. Although the Australian government knew about the massacre, it failed to condemn the Indonesian military for the atrocity — a practice successive Australian governments have continued, reports Susan Price.
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Sarah Glynn asked Peoples’ Equality and Democracy (DEM) Party MP Berdan Öztürk — who was in Strasbourg for the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe — about the “Peace Process” between the Turkish state and the Kurdistan Workers’ Party.
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United States sanctions ensure that most of the foreign currency Venezuela generates from oil sales remains under US control, drastically limiting the funds available for reconstruction following the recent earthquakes, writes Venezuela's Autonomous and Independent Workers’ Committee.
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In the aftermath of Venezuela’s devastating twin earthquakes,reconstruction must not follow free-market logic nor become a source of profits for financial elites, argues Venezuela’s Autonomous and Independent Workers’ Committee.
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Far-right candidate Abelardo de la Espriella narrowly defeated leftist Iván Cepeda in Colombia’s run-off presidential election, reports Ben Radford.
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In a sweeping victory, candidates endorsed by Democratic Socialist Mayor Zohran Mamdani were preselected as the Democratic Party's congressional candidates for November’s midterm elections, report Barry Sheppard and Malik Miah.
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Environmental activists have applauded a decision by the Greenlandic government to reject an extension to a controversial exploration license held by Western Australia-based mining company Energy Transition Minerals, reports Peter Boyle.
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Mohammed Hamad, a clinical nutritionist working at Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza, told Jude Alexander about the ongoing difficulties Palestinians have to deal with as the war and blockade continue.
Culture
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In Buried in Practice, author John Wilson has preserved a record of truth for the Indigenous peoples of West Papua, writes John Seed.