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Labor’s position is the culmination of a decades-long process of eroding United Nations' convention commitments and obligations, argues Peter Henning.

Protests across Australia demanded the Labor come out strongly against the Israel-United States attacks on Iran, and reiterated the need for sanctions on Israel for its war crimes in Gaza and the West Bank. Pip Hinman and Peter Boyle report.

Warlpiri Elder Ned Jampijinpa Hargraves wrote this open letter to Prime Minister Anthony Albanese demanding he take action to deliver justice for Kumanjayi White, the 24-year-old Warlipiri man who was killed by police in May.

Chalk on a footpath says 'ICE kidnaps people here'

Isaac Nellist speaks to Thomas Malone, an LA-based socialist and union organiser about the anti-deportation protests that broke out on June 6, the deployment of police, National Guard and marines to suppress them and how a broader movement against Donald Trump’s mass deportation campaign could grow.

Three faces

As the United States and Israel bomb Iran, Barry Sheppard looks at why the US and its Zionist allies want to bring Iran to heel and surveys the revolution that toppled the US-backed regime of Shah Reza Pahlavi.

Activist panel at the Magan-djin/Brisbane Turning the Ship film launch

More than 100 people launched the new Rising Tide documentary Turning the ShipAlex Bainbridge reports.

 

CFMEU members rally outside the union's Bowen Hills office to protest the High Court decision

Construction, Forestry and Maritime Employees Union members rallied to demand that the administrators and High Court tell the truth. Jonathan Strauss reports.

NSW Premier Chris Minns has said he will not appear before the NSW Legislative Council inquiry established to ascertain how long he had known that an explosive-laden caravan, found on a Dural property, might be a setup. Paul Gregoire reports.

Northern Beaches Councillors voted down a ceasefire and divest from Israel motion, with only Greens councillors voting in support of the pro-Palestine resolution. Buffy Mair, Manly and Rachel Evans report.
 

Palestine solidarity and civil rights campaigners rallied outside the NSW Supreme Court to support the Palestine Action Group’s Supreme Court challenge to NSW Labor’s anti-protest laws. Isaac Nellist reports.

Democratic Party (DP) candidate Lee Jae-myung defeated the ruling right-wing People Power Party in South Korea’s presidential elections. However, the DP’s failure to win an absolute majority leaves the new government in a troublesome position, writes Youngsu Won.

Sign reads 'No Kings'

More than 5 million people turned out in more than 2000 cities and towns across the United States to oppose President Donald Trump’s anti-immigrant, racist policies and his authoritarian offensive, report Malik Miah and Barry Sheppard.