The Inner West Council voted for Labor's pro-developer housing plan despite significant resident opposition. Isaac Nellist reports.
-
-
A Sydney cardiologist is being targeted by an anti-free speech campaign by conservative media outlets and the Zionist lobby. Pip Hinman reports.
-
A preparatory meeting for the First International Antifascist Conference, which will take place in Brazil next March, was hosted in Porto Alegre, reports Tatiana Py Dutra.
-
Timor-Leste is the latest country in the Asia-Pacific region to be rocked by Gen Z protests against the corruption of political elites. Green Left’s Peter Boyle speaks to Konfrontu Vencer, one of the student protest organisers.
-
Deepak Joshi argues that while structural racism must be challenged, migrants have responsibilities too, including to refuse to be vote banks for careerist politicians.
-
Adam Hanieh, professor of political economy and global development, linked Israel’s genocide in Gaza to global imperialism and the climate crisis, framing Palestine as central to understanding the ecosocialist struggle. Ben Radford reports.
-
The $240 million fine imposed on the ANZ Bank is a reminder that the banking oligopoly continues to behave badly, despite their promises to lift their game. Peter Boyle reports.
-
Nick Riemer and John Keane, long-time advocates of freedom and justice for Palestinians, are being sued in the Federal Court of Australia on trumped-up charges of antisemitism. Jim McIlroy reports.
-
Opposition is mounting to the Labor-controlled Inner West Council’s developer-friendly, high-rise housing plan, which only provides for 2% of “affordable” housing and would degrade the living environment. Hall Greenland reports.
-
Two hundred people joined a spirited protest outside the Inner West Council’s extraordinary meeting, demanding it scrap its pro-developer plan. Rachel Evans reports.
-
The Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting in Honiara, Solomon Islands, once again offered cautious words and postponed action on West Papua, writes Ali Mirin.
-
Bayside City Council voted to adopt a discredited definition of antisemitism, which silences criticism of Israel. It was moved by a councillor who attended a controversial Zionist conference bankrolled by the United States. Lanie Stockman reports.