National liberation

Riley Breen caught up with Nasser Mashni, Australia Palestine Advocacy Network President, to ask him what the federal government must do to help stop Israel’s genocide.

Elbit systems, the Israeli weapons and surveillance company, is a key focus of pro-Palestine activists who want their governments to stop supplying it with component parts, as William Maxwells reports.

Hundreds turned out to a snap rally at the Prime Minister’s electorate office to protest Israel’s illegal boarding of the Madleen and its taking 12 Gaza Flotilla activists hostage. Jepke Goudsmit reports.

Hands off the Gaza Freedom Flotilla, Naarm/Melbourne, June 9

Hundreds of people joined emergency protests against Israel’s illegal arrest of 12 activists from the Gaza Freedom Flotilla. They followed regular weekend protests on the 610th day of Israel’s genocide in Gaza. Pip Hinman, Jacob Andrewartha and Alex Bainbridge report.

To stifle growing pro-Palestinian activities on campuses, university authorities are developing and applying techniques of control. Universities as places of free speech, political activism and the right to protest is under attack, argues Jane Kenway.

Trinity College Dublin, 2019

The Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement won an important victory when Trinity College Dublin cut institutional ties with the Israeli universities. Alex Bainbridge reports.

a displaced family in a tent in Gaza city

Jude Alexander spoke via text message with Dr Mohammed Hamad, who is now living in a tent in Gaza with his wife and five children. He and his family have been repeatedly displaced due to the war and are barely surviving due to the blocking of distribution of food and humanitarian aid.

People sitting around a large table having a meeting

A senior delegation from the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES/Rojava) had its first official meeting with the central government of Syria, on June 1, reports Peter Boyle.

I lost my Facebook account because I dared to do something apparently unthinkable: I spoke up as a Jewish person who cares about children in Gaza, writes Michael Cohen.

Pro-Palestine protesters continue to demand that Labor stop playing games and sanction Israel. Janet Parker, from Jews For Palestine WA, gave this speech to a protest outside the United States Consulate.

The successful Activism for Palestine conference to discuss building solidarity was an impressive effort by Justice for Palestine Magan-djin. Alex Bainbridge reports.

Soviet era poster

Green Left’s Victor Osprey speaks to left-wing Ukrainian Andriy Movchan about Ukraine’s long and complex relationship with Russia, and how this history can help us better understand the nature of the current war. This is part one of a two-part interview.