The Civil Liberties Defence Centre was launched at a packed-out and star-studded event in Lidcombe. Stephen Langford reports.
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Public Protection Safety Officers, a new armed quasi-police force, will be deployed across the Northern Territory’s public transport network, liquor stores and public housing from June. Briar Bailey reports.
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A few hundred people attended a moving silent ceremony at Sydney Town Hall for Kumanjayi Little Baby, one of many around the country. Coral Wynter reports.
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Unionists rallied outside the United States Consulate, calling for an end to the US bombing of Iran. Jim McIlroy that they also highlighted the great cost of US wars on Australian workers.
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Jews Against the Occupation ’48 organised a “From Gadigal to Gaza Origami Flotilla” action at Coogee Beach in solidarity with the Global Sumud Flotilla and the people of Gaza. Judith Treanor reports.
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Noongar man and unionist Clint Uink told the May Day rally on Whadjuk Noongar Country that truth-telling and political education can challenge and replace the system that harms workers.
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Workers across Australia joined millions around the world in marking May Day as the symbol of class solidarity and internationalism.
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At least 350 people attended the annual Appin Massacre Memorial Day event, which blended mourning with a celebration of survival. Stephen Langford reports.
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In her submission to the Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion, Janet Parker writes that while antisemitism does exist, the only discrimination, harassment and abuse she has experienced has come from supporters of Zionism in the Jewish community.
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Israel’s interception of the Global Sumud Flotilla and abduction of civilians, including Australians, demands an explanation, argues Shamikh Badra.
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Video of the proud and dignified Coloured Diggers March through Redfern by Peter Boyle.
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Twenty Palestine justice activists were arrested by Queensland Police at a Not Our Law rally in Magan-djin/Brisbane. Paul Gregoire talks to Alex Bainbridge, an arrestee, about the campaign against the LNP’s criminalisation of Palestine freedom slogans.