Anti-racist activist Stephen Langford had a partial win, with the District Court dismissing charges against him for pasting Governor Lachlan Macquarie’s own words on a piece of paper on his statue in Hyde Park. Jim McIlroy reports.
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Sydney-based Palestinian activist Khaled Ghannam recently travelled to Jordan and the occupied West Bank in Palestine. This is part two of his account.
We need to keep the issue of settler colonialism here and in Palestine front and centre, argues Michelle Berkon, as Australia and Israel have shared values.
The new Universities Australia definition of antisemitism is an ugly attempt to silence the pro-Palestine movement on campuses and academics, university workers and students who critique Israel and Zionism. Markela Panegyres and Jonathan Strauss report.
Multimedia journalist and producer Michael Fox is back with a new podcast series, Stories of Resistance, which is packed with glimpses of inspiration in these dark times, reports Federico Fuentes.
Climate and Capitalism editor Ian Angus presents seven new books on capitalist ecology myths, petroleum industry lies, forests, cities, incipient fascism, agribusiness and disease.
Susan Price reviews Adam Hanieh’s new book, Crude Capitalism, which analyses oil’s place in the global capitalist system and the changes in the world oil market.
Prehistoric findings counter the view that humans are naturally greedy, self-centred creatures, as cohabitation and cooperation were part of the evolutionary picture for thousands of years. Rupen Savoulian reports.
The Sydney Basin Aboriginal Tent Embassy was officially opened at Victoria Park, Camperdown, with about 100 supporters showing solidarity. Jim McIlroy reports.
The fate of the survivors of the United States atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki was hidden for years, but in 1956 local survivor associations, along with victims of nuclear weapons tests in the Pacific, formed Nihon Hidankyo. The organisation received this year's Nobel Peace Prize, reports Peter Boyle.
Climate and Capitalism editor Ian Angus presents new books on oil, empire, the science of death, fungal health threats, degrowth and socialist strategy.
Lebanese activist and University of London professor Gilbert Achcar discusses Israel's escalating violence in Lebanon, analysing the broader regional dynamics, histories, allegiances and the need for international solidarity.
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