On this episode of On The Streets we discuss Ecosocialism 2026, arts workers on strike in Naarm/Melbourne and the student rally against sexual violence.
News
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Thousands of high school and university students again walked out of class a second time to protest Pauline Hanson’s racism and bigotry. Isaac Nellist reports.
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Speakers at the Palestine Action Group-called protest demanded that the Anthony Albanese government sanction Israel and end the two-way arms trade. Brian Mahony reports.
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Socialist Alliance has announced three active trade union candidates in its bid for a seat in the Legislative Council at the Victorian elections. Jackie Kriz reports.
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There appears to be no breakthrough for unions representing workers at BHP’s iron ore operations in Port Hedland, despite a historic strike last month in which the majority downed tools for two days. Cas Smith reports.
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High school and university students organised an action against sexual violence and called for urgent action to address the crisis. Oscar Nellist reports.
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The NSW Council for Civil Liberties and Aboriginal Legal Service are calling on NSW MPs not to pass a dangerous new law, which they say will restrict civil liberties. Kerry Smith reports.
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Anti-war and solidarity groups are protesting across the country on the International Day of Peace to demand an end to the war alliance with the United States and for AUKUS to be scrapped. Kerry Smith reports.
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Chris Sidoti, a human rights lawyer and United Nations commissioner, told a public forum that the Israeli military had deliberately targeted Palestinian children in Gaza over the last three years. Zara Lomas reports.
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More than 150 university workers, with support from students, took a half-day strike at the University of Queensland. Jacob Andrewartha reports.
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About 200 people protested Israel’s campaign of pogroms against Palestinians in the West Bank and the ongoing genocide in Gaza. Cas Smith reports.
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Activist groups came together to support the Retail and Fast Food Workers Union, currently under attack in Victoria. Alex Bainbridge reports.
Analysis
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AUKUS is about so much more than submarines. Abigail Boyd argues that its more sinister part is AUKUS Pillar II, which is about warfighting using artificial intelligence, hypersonics and counter-hypersonics and electronic warfare.
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These are videos and podcasts from Ecosocialism 2026.
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The Ecosocialism 2026 conference, in Magan-djin/Brisbane, brought together ecosocialist, anti-colonial, feminist and anti-racist activists for an empowering exchange of ideas and experiences. Peter Boyle reports.
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Federal Labor maintained its support for the fossil fuel industry against community demands for genuine climate action, by voting down a motion that would have blocked the so-called Improved Native Forest Management system. The Greens were split on the vote. Alex Bainbridge looks at what is at stake.
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Administration was imposed on the Construction, Forestry and Maritime Employees Union in Queensland because it supposedly brought bikies into the industry as union enforcers. But hearings have revealed that a major contractor was responsible for bikies intimidating CFMEU members. Jonathan Strauss reports.
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We can push back against capitalist politicians and their billionaire mates by getting better organised and using our collective power. Jacob Andrewartha argues this is why Socialist Alliance puts its energy into organising with others in struggle.
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Former Greens leader Bob Brown said Australia is “culpable” for the devastation in Nepal because it was not acting seriously on the dangers of carbon emissions changing the climate. Alex Bainbridge reports.
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Premier Chris Minns is allowing NSW Police to continue drone surveillance on Gomeroi Country in Moree for two more years, despite having done no assessment about how effective the drones have been in preventing crime. Paul Gregoire reports.
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The disaster in Nepal, Tibet and China has been described as being like a “horror movie” — only it is too real to ignore the fact that climate change is the greatest security threat of our time. Pip Hinman argues for the need to challenge Australia’s head-in-sand approach.
World
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Ayesha Ahmad, a Pakistani socialist-feminist activist, researcher, educator and labour rights practitioner with the Haqooq-e-Khalq Party, was one of the guest speakers at the Ecosocialism 2026 conference in Magan-djin/Brisbane. She spoke to Green Left’s Peter Boyle about the impact of the mounting global ecological crisis on politics in Pakistan.
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Governments and global institutions around the world — including some of Israel’s closest allies — have released statements in opposition to the Israeli government’s issuing of a tender for the colonial E1 project, located in the eastern outskirts of occupied Jerusalem city, reports The Electronic Intifada’s Zena Al Tahhan.
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Indonesia is facing another wildfire catastrophe, reports Chris Lang.
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Anti-death penalty activists Jolovan Wham and Elijah Tay have been charged with 19 offences under Singapore’s Public Order Act and Penal Code over organising vigils and Palestine solidarity actions. Susan Price reports.
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See Yong Feng was one of the guest speakers at the Ecosocialism 2026 conference in Magan-djin/Brisbane. He illustrated in his presentation, “Degrowth and Ecosocialism”, how it would be possible for all people — in the Global South and Global North — to have a good life without crossing planetary boundaries.
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Twelve countries, largely friendly to the Israeli government, have decided to take a stand on the illegally occupied West Bank and will introduce sanctions or restrictions on trade with settlers. Binoy Kampmark reports.
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The 55th Pacific Islands Forum leaders’ meeting in Koror, Palau, placed West Papua back at the centre of Pacific diplomacy, writes Ali Mirin.
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Australia digs fossil fuels; Türkiye burns them. One exports coal, the other imports it. They are co-hosts of the COP31 in November. Önder Algedik reports.
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The United Nations and the International Committee of the Red Cross and Red Crescent have issued a warning about the world crossing a moral red line — the autonomous targeting of humans by machines. Binoy Kampmark reports.
Culture
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Chris Slee reviews Vannessa Hearman’s new book, The Good Sea: The Journey of the ‘Tasi Diak’ and the Politics of Refugee Protection in Australia, which tracks Australia’s treatment of refugees and the development of the solidarity movement with Timor-Leste.
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Green Left’s Jordan Shukri AK Armaou-Massoud caught up with award-winning Palestinian writer director Ala’a Al Qaisi about her play, The Return, which has been touring Sydney, Melbourne and regional Victoria from September 1–22.
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In his six-part oral history series with Pintjin (PJ) Thum, Dr Poh Soo Kai — a former student activist and political prisoner detained for nearly 17 years without trial — reveals how Singapore’s history is an ongoing site of ideological contestation, writes Ilyas Muzaffar.