Gadigal Country/Sydney

Hundreds of people gathered at Sydney Town Hall to mark 16 years since Mullivaikkal became a graveyard for over 165,000 Tamil civilians — the peak of the Tamil genocide. Kerry Smith reports.

More than 200 students at the University of Sydney voted to reject the Universities Australia definition of antisemitism at a Student General Meeting convened by the Student Representative Council. Kerry Smith reports.

Heavy rain did not deter about 1000 people from rallying at Sydney Town Hall to mark 77 years of Nakba and demand an end to Israel’s genocide in Gaza. Isaac Nellist reports.

NSW Parliament agreed to the Greens’ abortion access bill after rejecting a conservative scare campaign, including from former Prime Minister Tony Abbott. Kerry Smith reports.

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.