Nick Riemer and John Keane, long-time advocates of freedom and justice for Palestinians, are being sued in the Federal Court of Australia on trumped-up charges of antisemitism. Jim McIlroy reports.
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Opposition is mounting to the Labor-controlled Inner West Council’s developer-friendly, high-rise housing plan, which only provides for 2% of “affordable” housing and would degrade the living environment. Hall Greenland reports.
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Two hundred people joined a spirited protest outside the Inner West Council’s extraordinary meeting, demanding it scrap its pro-developer plan. Rachel Evans reports.
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Residents protested outside the City of Sydney council meeting to call on Labor councillor Zann Maxwell to repay public funds for his pro-Israel junket. Jim McIlroy reports.
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Latin American solidarity activists called a snap protest against the United States military deployment in the Caribbean and demanded federal Labor publicly oppose the threat to Venezuela’s sovereignty. Jim McIlroy reports.
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How is it that a peaceful, family-oriented gathering at Bondi Beach, initiated by Jews Against the Occupation ’48, was met with racist, intimidating abuse from Zionists waving Israeli flags and white supremacists draped in Australian flags, asks Judith Treanor?
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Blak Caucus organised a protest outside Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s electorate office in Marrickville to demand sanctions be placed on the Country Liberal Party government of the Northern Territory over its racism. Zebedee Parkes reports.
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Voices for the Valley is a powerful documentary about the “small, but mighty” community of Wollar, NSW, which has spent more than 20 years resisting the relentless damage of coal mining, reports Jim McIlroy.
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More than 100 staff working at the Art Gallery of NSW and their supporters protested NSW Labor’s plan to cut 51 jobs from the gallery workforce. Jim McIlroy reports.
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A resident-driven petition calling on Inner West Mayor Darcy Byrne to not attend a Zionist-supported summit, which purports to be against antisemitism, has attracted close to 800 signatures within a few days of being online. Peter Boyle reports.
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A contingent from the Korean community joined the nationwide march for Palestine, reports Peter Boyle.
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Professor Mazin Qumsiyeh, an environmental scientist from Bethlehem University, was a keynote speaker at a forum on the Palestine ecocide. Jim McIlroy reports.