Protesters condemned the threats by United States President Donald Trump and his administration to attack, and perhaps invade, Venezuela. Kerry Smith reports.
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War is not an unfortunate accident that occasionally interrupts “normal” economic life; it is built into a system that puts private profit and imperialist rivalry above human need, argues Warren Smith.
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Nearly 100 delegates from two dozen unions and peace organisations discussed the need to build the peace movement and how to go about it. Tim Gooden reports.
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Surya McEwen was one of hundreds imprisoned by Israel in October after participating in the Global Sumud Flotilla to Gaza. He told the Green Left Show’s Isaac Nellist that when he realised that people were “going to be sailing directly into the holocaust”, he felt it was his “historic duty” to get involved.
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Palestinian Australian Shamikh Badra and his brother Majid are determined to campaign to make sure the law against hate crimes applies equally for all sections of the community. Peter Boyle reports.
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A powerful wave of international labour and civil society solidarity with Palestine, focused on blocking supplies to Israel, was led by striking Italian dockworkers, report Majid S and Rachel Evans.
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Israel’s continued bombardment of Gaza, despite the so-called ceasefire and “stage one” of a US-brokered “peace” plan, was the trigger for another national day of action across Australia. Pip Hinman, Peter Boyle, Elizabeth Bantas and Sarah Hathway report.
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Blanca Missé is an associate professor at San Francisco State University, a Workers’ Voice member, and active with the Ukraine Solidarity Network and the Labor for Palestine National Network. In part two of our interview, Green Left’s Federico Fuentes spoke to Missé about the need to confront all imperialisms with a class-based internationalism.
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The Antisemitism in Australia report is so methodologically flawed and ideologically driven, Gwenaël Velge argues it is less a study of hatred and more an instrument of propaganda — manufacturing the hatred it purports to condemn.
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Supporters of self-determination for West Papua joined together for the annual Morning Star flag raising at Leichhardt Town Hall. Peter Boyle reports.
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Green Left’s Susan Price spoke with Ibrahim Izzeldeen, from the Free Sudan Gazette, about this new media project and how it is centring Sudanese voices and ensuring that the struggle of the Sudanese people for their country’s future is visible in the international media landscape.
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COP30 lacked any concrete commitments to climate action, promoted false solutions and denied indigenous voices, writes Ben Radford. Meanwhile, the grassroots Peoples’ Summit laid the blame for the climate crisis squarely at capitalism’s feet and called for indigenous-led solutions and the non-proliferation of fossil fuels.