Imperialism & war

Greens Senator David Shoebridge and anti-war activists spoke out against the global rise in military spending. Jim McIlroy reports.

Free Palestine, Gadigal/Sydney, April 21

Palestinian prisoners highlighted on the 28th consecutive week of protests against Israel's genocide, reports Alex Bainbridge.

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Green Left journalists Isaac Nellist and Riley Breen discuss the latest news from across the continent and around the world.

Socialist Alliance condemns Israel and its Western allies, including Australia, for their role in escalating conflict in the Middle East.

Palestinian refugees

Khaled Ghannam writes that desperate Palestinians are selling their assets, at a quarter of their value, to merchants who exploit their need for funds to leave Gaza, while Western governments refuse to shoulder responsibility for their displacement.

Ecosocialist Bookshelf

Climate and Capitalism editor Ian Angus presents seven important new books on slavery, capitalism, rebellion and ecological revolution.

Questions are being raised about the potential use of Australian-supplied weaponry to Saudi Arabia, following a Human Rights Watch report on a mass killing at the Yemen-Saudi border. Suzanne James and Michelle Fahy report.

Richard Marles and submarine

Richard Marles, Deputy Prime Minister and defence minister committed hundreds of billions of dollars to defence spending over the next decade. Pip Hinman reports.

Sue Bolton, Socialist Alliance councillor for Merri-bek in Naarm/Melbourne, addressed the rally organised by Hume for Palestine.

The Blockade Ferra campaign prevented all deliveries from going in or out

The Ferra Engineering factory in Magan-djin/Brisbane was one of several targets of an internationally coordinated day of disruptive action against genocidal Israel on April 15. Alex Bainbridge reports.

Cuban doctors in the Henry Reeve Brigade

Aotearoa/New Zealand-based solidarity and labour activist Mike Treen visited Cuba in January, where he witnessed the impacts of the United States' cruel and illegal blockade.

Stella Assange criticised the United States for raising hope and then limiting itself to “blatant weasel words”, claiming that Julian Assange can “seek to raise” the First Amendment if extradited. Binoy Kampmark reports.