Gadigal Country/Sydney

Anti-racist activist Stephen Langford had a partial win, with the District Court dismissing charges against him for pasting Governor Lachlan Macquarie’s own words on a piece of paper on his statue in Hyde Park. Jim McIlroy reports.

Abortion rights activists rallied in Martin Place to support NSW Greens MLC Dr Amanda Cohn’s bill to make abortion more accessible to regional and remote communities across NSW. Zebedee Parkes reports.

Independent Citizens Against Apartheid protested in Martin Place with a presentation condemning Israel’s use of starvation as a weapon against the people of Gaza. Jim McIlroy reports.

First Nations people, unionists and environmental activists took their protest about Santos’ coal seam gas plans in the Pilliga Forest to NSW parliament, ahead of a decision by the Native Title Tribunal. Jim McIlroy reports.

Thousands of trade unionists went on strike and marched to New South Wales parliament on May Day, International Workers’ Day, to remind Labor of its need to provide safe working conditions and better pay. Isaac Nellist reports.

Andrew Chuter, NSW Senate candidate for Socialist Alliance, argues that we must stand firmly and unapologetically with the Palestinian people.

Housing activists rallied in Redfern to demand New South Wales Labor stop its planned demolition of public housing in Waterloo and across the state. Kerry Smith reports. 

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Words Under Occupation is a collaboration between poet, artist and performer Jepke Goudsmit and performance and video artist Markela Panegyres.

protests against the Vietnam War and for Palestine

Fifty years ago, the world celebrated the historic victory of the National Liberation Front over the United States-backed puppet regime in South Vietnam, writes Jim McIlroy.

Climate protesters protested Whitehaven Coal outside NSW parliament, the same day the Land and Environment Court was to sentence the corporation. Jim McIlroy reports.

Karyn Brown, Waterloo public housing tenant and activist, said New South Wales Labor’s plan to push ahead with the demolition of the Waterloo estate is “ridiculous”. Isaac Nellist reports.

Miss Kannina and Rhia Alone

Yorta Yorta, Yirendali and Kalkadoon woman Miss Kaninna performed an electric set to a sold-out crowd at The Vanguard in Newtown, reports Isaac Nellist.