Nurses, hospital staff and supporters held a lunchtime rally outside Newcastle’s Mater Hospital, to demand better patient and staff safety. Steve O'Brien reports.
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Climate activists appeared at Newcastle Court, charged with blockading the world’s largest coal port. Steve O’Brien reports.
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Green Left journalist and Socialist Alliance member Ben Radford outlined why we need ecosocialism and decolonisation at the Rising Tide People’s Blockade.
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The fourth day of Rising Tide’s People’s Blockade ended on a triumphant note after multiple actions forced the NSW Ports Corporation to stop bringing coal ships into Newcastle Port. Alex Bainbridge reports.
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Demilitarise Newcastle began a protest against weapons, with future actions planned at several locations. Kerry Smith reports.
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Hundreds of activists will jump on kayaks at the Rising Tide People’s Blockade to demand that Labor end all coal and weapons shipments to Israel. Isaac Nellist reports.
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Rising Tide, the People’s Blockade of the world’s largest coal port in Muloobinba/Newcastle, is now one of the most iconic climate uprisings in the world. Darren Saffin writes this one will be the biggest yet.
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Zack Schofield, an organiser with Rising Tide, joins Green Left Radio to discuss this year’s People’s Blockade.
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Legal experts are calling on NSW Police to drop the charges against 129 climate activists after the Newcastle local court found four protesters not guilty. Jim McIlroy reports.
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As Labor pitches AUKUS as an opportunity for “high tech” jobs, the City of Newcastle is conducting a survey that urges respondents to approve of a missile factory, adjacent the Newcastle Airport/Williamtown Air Force base.
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Trade unions have led the fight for peace since the fight against conscription in World War I. Steve O’Brien argues that we need to resist attacks on the trade union movement, because it will stymie the peace movement.
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Protestors say war parts manufacturer Nupress could do “plenty of positive things” for medical technology, green energy and infrastructure rather than help Israel commit genocide in Gaza. Niko Leka reports.