US socialist Malik Miah pays tribute to Jesse Jackson, reflecting on the progress and retreat of civil rights in the United States.
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John Mullen reports that France’s right wing is hoping to use the death of a young fascist, Quentin Deranque, during street fighting in Lyon, to destroy key radical left organisation France Insoumise, even if that means giving a huge boost to the fascists.
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Uncle Lionel Fogarty worked tirelessly on political campaigns for Aboriginal rights, while earnestly and consistently crafting provocative, complex poetry, writes Jim McIlroy.
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Before hearing any evidence, Commissioner Virginia Bell has adopted the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance definition of antisemitism, claiming it is not controversial. Abraham Edwards writes about the antisemitism royal commission’s opening session.
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The Queensland Liberal National government has decided to deal with an alleged antisemitic problem by introducing new laws outlawing certain phrases and prohibiting symbols that “might reasonably” cause someone to “feel menaced, harassed or offended”. Binoy Kampmark reports.
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Despite governmental apologies and promises to do better, the forced removal of First Nations’ children has not slowed down, Cas Smith reports.
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While opinion polls show Pauline Hanson’s One Nation ahead of the Coalition, how substantial or transient this is remains a political question, argues Alex Bainbridge.
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Multiple government agreements have been made to “close the gap” but, as Peter Boyle writes, the 2025 Closing the Gap report reveals that most measures will not be reached by 2030.
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Rallies were held in major cities calling for the release of Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan, who has been imprisoned in Turkey for the past 27 years. Kerry Smith reports.
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Suzette Meade writes that NSW Premier Chris Minns is copying former Queensland Premier Joh Bjelke-Petersen's authoritarian tactics, claiming that “order” requires the silencing of public voices.
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When the masses chanted “Arrest Herzog”, they were not calling for vengeance but accountability, writes Shamikh Badra.
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Israel’s President Herzog has departed leaving less “social cohesion”, while politicians, justices and NSW Police have many questions to answer, writes Wendy Bacon.