Palestinian Prisoners’ Day was marked at protests and rallies across Australia over April 17-19, reports Kerry Smith.
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Hannah Jamal writes that every Palestinian and Lebanese person in the Diaspora knows the feeling of seeing yourself and your family mirrored in every martyr, every injured and displaced person.
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Liberal opposition leader Angus Taylor’s new immigration policy, built around what he calls “Australian values”, is nothing of the sort. Shamikh Badra argues it directly targets Palestinians.
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Most people were hoping for big petrol tax cuts or cost-of-living adjustments from the PM’s rare address to the nation. He claims to support a ceasefire but he didn't even criticise Trump and Netanyahu’s illegal attacks on Iran and Lebanon. Sue Bolton outlines what Labor should do.
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Staff at the University of Sydney have spoken out against Vice-Chancellor Mark Scott’s decision to appoint Dr Michael Abrahams-Sprod as a special advisor on antisemitism. Isaac Nellist reports.
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The Redfern Legal Centre believes that NSW Police are undermining the Law Enforcement Conduct Commission’s investigation into their conduct at the protest against Israeli President Isaac Herzog’s visit. Kerry Smith reports.
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Zack Schofield, Ethan Floyd and Jayden Kitchener-Waters said they were proud to join this international mission to break the illegal blockade to bring urgent aid to Gaza. Isaac Nellist reports.
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Activist Stephen Langford was charged with trying to add a direct quote from Governor Lachlan Macquarie to the statue of Macquarie in Hyde Park, in which he outlines his determination to massacre First Nations people. Jesse James reports.
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Seven Jewish groups, including Jews for Palestine WA, sent the following letter to Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and foreign minister Penny Wong demanding that Australia cut ties with Israel following the Knesset’s new death penalty law.
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After just four weeks of the illegal war on Iran and Lebanon, working people are struggling to afford the higher petrol/diesel and other essential consumer goods, making this war already very unpopular. Mary Merkenich argues we have to find the ways to organise to force Labor to oppose it.
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Successive Australian governments’ misplaced priority on military “security” against a fictitious threat has left us without adequate fuel, food and transportation security, argues Bevan Ramsden.
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Protests were held across the country calling for peace, justice and refugee rights on Palm Sunday. Isaac Nellist reports.