The WA Supreme Court has disallowed Woodside’s demand for more information on Disrupt Burrup Hub activists, prompting one to say it should serve as a warning to corporations to think twice before abusing the legal system to stifle protest and freedom of expression. Cas Smith reports.
The Ansell 100 shareholder campaign will propose resolutions at its annual general meeting, in November, calling for remediation and justice for Bangladeshi Mediceram workers in Malaysia. Ron Guy reports.
On this episode of On The Streets we discuss the the nationwide protests to protect the NDIS and rallies marking 81 years since the bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Join students across the country protesting One Nation’s racism and anti-worker agenda.
The Australia-Cuba Friendship Society marked the 73rd anniversary of the attack on the Moncada Barracks with a Poetry in Motion event. Alex Bainbridge reports.
Justice for Palestine has launched a High Court challenge to the Queensland law prohibiting Palestine freedom slogans. Alex Bainbridge reports.
Activists from Rising Tide joined a national day of action to protest against ANZ funding fracking in the Beetaloo Basin. Elias Boyle reports.
The Sydney Knitting Nannas and Friends reminded politicians of their responsibilities to protect the environment, phase out coal and generally telling them to “do a lot better”. Jim McIlroy reports.
The Greens said while the NT has some of the worst protections for renters in Australia, the Country Liberal Party is doing nothing to address the problem. Stephen W Enciso reports.
Hundreds of people marched for Palestine, demanding the federal Labor government impose sanctions Israel. Jacob Andrewartha reports.
A voluntary assisted dying bill has finally been re-introduced to Northern Territory parliament, after years of campaigning. But as Suzanne James reports, the Country Liberal Party is intent on making it unnecessarily restrictive.
Australian Manufacturing Workers’ Union construction and maintenance members, employed by United Group Limited at the Viva Viva Oil Refinery have won a new agreement. Tim Gooden reports.
National protests on August 1 condemned Labor plans to cut $38 billion from the National Disability Insurance Scheme and reduce all participants’ funding. Renfrey Clarke reports.
On this episode of On The Streets we discuss protests outside Labor's national conference in Kaurna Yerta/Adelaide, health workers opposing AHPRA's decision to silence criticism of Israel's genocide and solidarity rallies with the Indian youth movement.
In a break from the usual loud protests, more than 200 people joined a silent protest in Boorloo/Perth to demand an end to the genocide of children in Gaza. Cas Smith reports.
The Country Liberal Party has passed a new law allowing police to detain a child in a watch house for up to 48 hours if it is “not reasonably practicable” to take them to a detention centre. Stephen W Enciso reports.
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.
Djab Wurrung Gunnai Gundjitmara woman and independent Senator Lidia Thorpe kicked off a statewide Truth and Justice tour to foster discussions about truth-telling and achieving justice for First Nations communities. Darren Saffin reports.
Join the rallies across the country to protect the NDIS from Labor's cuts. Isaac Nellist reports.
Almost one hundred workers and community activists joined a three-hour picket outside the Dubai-based logistics and port company DP World, at Port Botany, for better pay and conditions for security guards. Rachel Evans reports.
With only 48 hours’ notice, tens of thousands of teachers and Education Support staff stopped work again to demand the Victorian Labor government make a better pay and conditions offer. Mary Merkenich reports.
More than 150 people turned out to support a community-initiated anti-racism rally in Broadmeadows, where community speakers were invited to speak out how to defeat One Nation. Jacob Andrewartha reports.
The Community and Public Sector Union is pursuing a case in the Fair Work Commission against labour hire companies undermining workers’ rights in the Australian Tax Office. Jim McIlroy reports.
Hundreds protested outside the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency offices to condemn its decision to implement the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance definition of antisemitism, which conflates criticism of Israel with antisemitism. Peter Boyle reports.
Gas company Beetaloo Energy has rebranded as Beetaloo Digital as part of an attempt to use data centre investment to drive more fossil fuel energy expansion. Justin Tutty reports.
Fossil fuel companies are targeting young people in schools, early childhood centres, museums and community organisations to propagandise about the industry, downplaying its role in causing climate change. Ben Radford reports.
Traditional water owners from the northern Murray Darling Basin have set up a new First Nations group to ensure that cultural and personal connections to local rivers are restored as part of their water rights and to stop environmental degradation. Tracey Carpenter reports.
Sam Wainwright argues we urgently need to step up the fight within the union movement to stop AUKUS and the associated drive to militarism. If there is a war we need to fight right now, it is the one to destroy their attempt to claim social license for these death machines.
The resignation of the Bharatiya Janata Party’s education minister is the Asian Gen Z movements’ latest blow against government corruption and repressive far-right politics. Jonathan Strauss writes that Ecosocialism 2026 will discuss this and many other global struggles, allowing attendees to get a deeper grasp of these movements’ dynamics.
People shared their horror experiences about Work for the Dole programs, including not having training, the lack of safety equipment and very little supervision, at an Australian Unemployed Workers’ Union event. Pip Ryan reports.
Glencore’s guarantee of jobs cannot be trusted, based on its own history, writes Steve O'Brien. Its bid to expand its coal mining must be rejected and it must be forced to offer a strong transition package to affected miners and their communities.
For more than 60 years, Bevan Ramsden dedicated himself to the pursuit of an independent, peaceful and sustainable Australia, free from US domination and its war machine.
Ruth Mitchell, a doctor and neurosurgeon, argues that the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombs showed the unacceptable effects they have on humans and the environment, and that Australia must sign the United Nations Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.
Maccas joined Green Left Radio to discuss the weekend's rallies to protect the NDIS.
Sue Bull joined Green Left Radio on July 31 to discuss the turmoil and right wing shift in the Victorian ALP
Veteran activist Coral Wynter joined hundreds of anti-war and First Nations activists at the Close Pine Gap, Sacred Land Back Convergence at Mparntwe/Alice Springs.
Victoria has a new premier four months out from a state election, showing that Labor is terrified it will face annihilation at the election. Sue Bull and Jacob Andrewartha argue that Ben Carroll is just as prepared to do the bidding of big business as his predecessor.
The population of the inner-west suburb of Leichhardt is set to double with 10,000 new homes proposed for the area. Isaac Nellist spoke to Doodie Herman from Leichhardt Matters about how residents are responding.
Pauline Hanson comments regarding domestic violence are part of her base building strategy. Lisbeth Latham argues that it is not around indifference to violence against women, but around active opposition to the specific measures — funding, services, legal reform — that would address it.
The Queensland Liberal National Party government is not only hiding domestic and family violence reports from public scrutiny, it has abandoned its own taskforce’s recommendations and cut $40 million from important services. Justin Beevers reports.
Joe Hill recounts what happened after he reported safety concerns on a site. He argues that the best way for safety issues to be addressed is when workers have a fully unionised job site, with a union agreement and an elected union health and safety representative.
Tom Sulston, from Digital Rights Watch, joined Green Left Radio to discuss the government’s policy on artificial intelligence.
Keiko Fujimori, leader of the far-right Popular Force party, was sworn in as Peru’s president, after narrowly defeating leftist candidate Roberto Sánchez in the run-off election in June, reports Ben Radford.
India’s youth-led ‘Cockroach’ movement forced the education minister to resign over corruption and exam leaks. Isaac Nellist spoke to Manish Kumar, from the All India Students’ Association, about this powerful movement against Narendra Modi’s right-wing government.
Tanking in the polls, United States President Donald Trump repeated his charge that the 2020 elections were “stolen” from him, preparing the ground to challenge the results of November's midterm election, writes Barry Sheppard.
On this episode of the Green Left Show, Isaac Nellist speaks to Manish Kumar, Uttar Pradesh state president of the All India Students’ Association, about the powerful Cockroach Janata Party movement that forced education minister Dhamendra Pradhan to resign.
An international call for solidarity has been issued by progressive organisations as the people of Pakistan-administered Jammu Kashmir face one of the bloodiest episodes of state repression in recent history.
Following an escalation in attacks on Rohingya refugees in Malaysia, Green Left’s Peter Boyle spoke to Angeline Shannan, an independent observer and refugee rights advocate, and Madhavi Madhu, a member of the Socialist Party of Malaysia (PSM) and a longstanding refugee rights activist.
After the June earthquakes, United States and Israeli troops have arrived in Venezuela, but economic and political interests, not humanitarian recovery, appear to be driving their presence, writes Jessica Dos Santos Jardim.
Clinical nutritionist Mohammed Hamad lives in Gaza with his family. Activist journalist Jude Alexander has been in regular contact with him throughout Israel’s genocidal war.
Isaac Nellist spoke with An Cú from the Welsh Underground Network — a Marxist group that campaigns for a Socialist Welsh Republic through community action — about the significance of the May 7 elections for the 96-seat Senedd Cymru (Welsh parliament), the rise of the far right and the developing Welsh nationalist movement.
Ana Cristina Carvalhaes is a founding activist of Brazil’s Socialism and Liberty Party. In this interview with Green Left’s Federico Fuentes, Carvalhaes explains US President Donald Trump’s aggressive neo-colonialist shift and the imperialist and sub-imperialist role played by some 'middle-sized economies'.
Ana Cristina Carvalhaes is a founding member of Brazil’s Socialism and Liberty Party. In this interview with Green Left’s Federico Fuentes, Carvalhaes argues for a non-dogmatic theory of imperialism that incorporates ecology.
Isaac Nellist spoke to An Cú from the Welsh Underground Network about its community action approach to campaigning for an independent, socialist Wales.
Green Left’s Jordan Shukri AK Armaou-Massoud spoke with activist journalist and filmmaker Abby Martin during her visit to Australia from the United States to promote her film, Earth’s Greatest Enemy.
Climate and Capitalism editor Ian Angus presents new books on denial, green colonialism, wildfires, energy, the far right, global crises and our ties to nature.
Mat Ward looks back at July’s political news and the best new music that related to it.
