Baran Sogut speaks to Peter Boyle about the gains and challenges of the Rojava revolution and, in particular, about his visit to Kobane, a city that was liberated from several Islamic fundamentalist militias in 2014–15.
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Abdullah Zeydan, of the pro-Kurdish leftist Peoples’ Equality and Democracy Party, was elected in a landslide as co-mayor of the Turkish city of Van last year, before the Turkish government suspended him and replaced him with a government-appointed trustee. He spoke to Green Left’s Sarah Glynn in Strasbourg.
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Three activists from Singapore’s Letters for Palestine campaign — Mossammad Sobikun Nahar (Sobi), Siti Amirah Mohamed Asrori (Camira) and Annamalai Kokila Parvathi (Koki) — were acquitted on October 21 of violating the nefarious 2009 Public Order Act (POA), reports Alex Salmon.
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As Palestinians continue to suffer under the so-called “peace plan” in Gaza, protesters called for an end to the weapons trade with Israel. Pip Hinman, Peter Boyle, Riley Breen and Alex Bainbridge report.
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Greens senator David Shoebridge speaks to Green Left’s Peter Boyle about his trip to the Democratic Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria.
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Photos from the Boycott Caltex action by Justice for Palestine in Dutton Park, Magan-djin/Brisbane.
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The International Court of Justice’s advisory opinion is the first to be handed down after the ceasefire centred on the straining 20-point peace plan of United States President Donald Trump, reports Binoy Kampmark.
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The failure of UEFA and FIFA to sanction Israel’s football teams amounts to complicity in genocide, argues Leo Earle.
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Celebrate Palestine South West drew around 200 people to the national day of action protest in early October in Wooditjup/Margaret River. Hannes Nitzsche reports.
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Anti-war protesters took direct action on October 21 in several cities to protest the continuing supply of weapons parts to Israel. Alex Bainbridge reports.
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Fahim Hashimy, an Afghan filmmaker and founder of the Ghan International Film Festival Australia, spoke to Markela Panegyres about the resilience of Afghan filmmakers.
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Sydney's Maroubra Beach hosted a poignant and beautiful memorial for the children of Gaza, murdered since October 2023 by the genocidal state of Israel. Judith Treanor reports.