Excessive police violence against some anti-war activists protesting a Labor government-sponsored weapons expo at the Melbourne Convention Centre has been condemned by legal and human rights organisations. Jacob Andrewartha reports.
Imperialism & war
We Vote For Palestine is urging local government candidates in New South Wales and Victoria to sign the pledge supporting an end to Israel’s genocide in Gaza. Isaac Nellist reports.
In part two of our interview, Green Left’s Federico Fuentes speaks to community organiser and Chavista activist Gerardo Rojas about the current state of community organising in the country under the combined impacts of sanctions, opposition political violence and the government’s shift away from promoting people’s participation.
Federico Fuentes spoke to community organiser and Chavista activist Gerardo Rojas on September 4, about why we might be witnessing the Nicolás Maduro government’s final break with the Bolivarian process of radical change initiated by former president Hugo Chávez.
In the occupied West Bank, Israel’s project of ethnic cleansing of Palestinians reached a new stage on August 28, when it launched its biggest invasion and assault on the territory in 22 years, report Malik Miah and Barry Sheppard.
The Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre will host a weapons bazaar that ought to be called “The Merchants of Death”. Binoy Kampmark reports.
Protesters marked 11 months of Israel’s genocidal assault against the people of Gaza over September 7–8, as Israel thwarts negotiations for a ceasefire and Israelis take to streets. Isaac Nellist reports.
Protesters took to the streets of Coburg to protest Labor's complicity in Israel's genocide against Palestine. Photos by Alex Bainbridge.
Isaac Nellist and Riley Breen discuss the A30 global day of action for West Papua, the tragic death of 23-year-old refugee Mano and plans for a new weapons manufacturing hub in Muloobinba/Newcastle.
Peter Boyle speaks to Epeli Lesuma about what the recent Pacific Island Forum revealed about Australian colonialism.
Labor and the Coalition have mostly agreed on harsh measures for refugees who flee here to escape war and persecution. Mano Yagolingam had been struggling in limbo for 12 years, Chloe DS writes, before setting himself alight.
A new global campaign has been launched to demand the freedom for former People's Democratic Party (HDP) co-chair Figen Yüksekdağ and other activists imprisoned by the Turkish state, reports Peter Boyle.
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