The Islamophobia Register found a disturbing doubling of in-person and online incidents of Islamophobia over 2023–24, compared with the previous year. Janet Parker spoke to report author Naser Alziyadat.
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If Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, the state premiers and the media are serious about tackling antisemitism, Jews for Palestine WA calls on them to do three simple things.
NSW authorities are considering whether a caravan packed with explosives found abandoned in Dural, which politicians have implied is linked to a spate of antisemitic attacks, might be an elaborate set-up. Paul Gregoire reports.
The Labor PM and NSW Premier have been quick to demonise community members supporting justice in Palestine and quick to wrongly conflate anti-Zionism with antisemitism — all of which have repercussions, as Paul Gregoire points out.
Donald Trump’s victory has sent a wave of depression around the world, especially after the right-wing advances in Europe and the anti-immigrant race riots in England. Peter Boyle argues that the challenge for progressive movements has never been greater.
Isaac Nellist and Riley Breen are joined by Socialist Alliance national co-convenor Jacob Andrewartha to discuss the latest Closing the Gap report, far-right riots in Britain and the political situation in the United States heading towards the November election.
While far-right violence has blighted much of Britain this month, Muslim communities, trade unionists and the wider left have mobilised against it, reports Derek Wall.
The controversy created by Senator Fatima Payman’s exit from federal Labor points to the crisis of the two-party parliamentary system. Sue Bull reports.
Sarah Schwartz of the Jewish Council of Australia said the appointment of an antisemitism envoy is needlessly provocative. Binoy Kampmark reports.
The Jewish Council of Australia and the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community of Australia are among many condemning efforts to weaponise the tragic stabbings at Westfield shopping Centre in Bondi. Kerry Smith reports.
Three 20-year-old Palestinian university students, Hisham Awartani, Kinnan Abdalhamid and Tahseen Ahmed, were shot in broad daylight on November 25, as they walked down a street in Burlington, Vermont in the United States, reports Malik Miah.
A mass demonstration in Paris on November 12 purported to oppose rising antisemitism, but was, in fact, aimed at crippling the pro Palestine movement. John Mullen explains.