Hundreds participated in a Kath & Kim-styled fun run to highlight the absurdity of Queensland’s so-called hate speech laws and raise money for a High Court challenge to them. Alex Bainbridge reports.
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Unruly WA, a multi-media exhibition, at the Kidogo Arthouse in Walyalup, brings together artists, photographers and other storytellers to “celebrate political dissent while it is still legal”. Cas Smith reports.
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The United States has launched fresh attacks on southern Iranian territory, raising concerns about the fate of the Pakistan-mediated peace talks, reports Abdul Rahman.
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Sarah Glynn examines two recent blows to democracy in the Kurdish region of the Middle East.
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The detention and humiliation of Global Sumud Flotilla activists not only reveals Israel’s approach to Gaza, it raises questions about Australia’s response to an ally that is responsible for genocide, writes Shamikh Badra.
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Foreign minister Penny Wong joined the international condemnation of Israel’s national security minister Itamar Ben-Gvir over a video of him abusing Global Sumud Flotilla activists, but still refuses to cut ties with Israel. Isaac Nellist reports.
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About 50 students and staff at the University of Sydney protested university management’s repression of those showing solidarity with Palestine. Chiara Reeves reports.
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Israel intercepted 60 Global Sumud Flotilla ships, imprisoning 400 participants on May 19. Rachel Evans talks to Subhi Awad, a GSF organiser, about why these missions are important.
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Shamikh Badra asks if “securitisation”, when a political or social issue becomes framed as an exceptional security matter, is being used to shut down freedom of speech over Israel's war on Gaza.
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Protests across Australia marked 78 years since Israeli forces unleashed its genocide, ethnically cleansing Palestinian villages in 1948. Kerry Smith reports.
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While the United States-Israeli war against Iran and Lebanon has distracted world attention, Israel has intensified its genocidal attack against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, reports Barry Sheppard.
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This year’s Ecosocialism conference will, for the first time, be held in Magan-djin/Brisbane, once again drawing ecosocialists and activists from across the world, reports Fred Fuentes.