On this episode of On The Streets we discuss a Cuba solidarity film screening, nationwide protests against Swisse and upcoming protests outside the NSW Labor conference.
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Anti-racist activists, including a union secretary, discussed countering the rising support for One Nation at a public meeting hosted by Socialist Alliance. Jacob Andrewartha reports.
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As dozens of activists faced court for defying Queensland’s anti-free speech law banning Palestine freedom slogans, others were arrested for defying it. Alex Bainbridge reports.
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South Australian Labor is preparing for a huge expansion of the state’s data centre industry arguing the state has renewable energy in abundance. Renfrey Clarke argues that environmentalists need to carefully examine the pros and cons of this new industry.
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The Northern Territory is once again set to debate a voluntary assisted dying bill, 30 years after being robbed of its world-first assisted law. Suzanne James reports.
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Mohammed Hamad, a clinical nutritionist working at Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza, told Jude Alexander about the ongoing difficulties Palestinians have to deal with as the war and blockade continue.
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The three-day inquiry into Labor’s devastating National Disability Insurance Scheme bill has been extended, after disability advocacy and human rights organisations outlined the significant risks to NDIS participants if it were to become law. Graham Matthews reports.
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The rise of One Nation comes off the back of four decades of neoliberalism delivering declining wages, less union strength and a worsening housing crisis. Zane Alcorn argues that a robust campaign for public housing could help take the wind out of its sails.
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Australia’s richest person Gina Rinehart wants to advance the military industrial complex in Townsville, at least, and invite the Israeli war machine to develop and build their drones here. Binoy Kampmark reports.
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As 'Gen Z' youth revolts rock many countries in Asia, Peter Boyle spoke to Arveent Kathirtchelvan, a youth activist in the Socialist Party of Malaysia, about how right-wing politicians are channeling rising mass dissatisfaction into racist scapegoating of minorities.
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Two prominent Baloch human rights defenders were sentenced to life imprisonment, on June 22, under Pakistan's notorious anti-terrorism laws, reports Peter Boyle.
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Hatam Yekta, a 36-year-old Kurdish refugee from Iran, is on the brink of death in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, Dr Hawzhin Azeez, a Kurdish human rights defender, told Peter Boyle.