Ken Davis argues that in the lead-up to the 49th Mardi Gras parade, the fight is about the spirit, soul and identity of the parade, and the independence of a key community and social justice movement event.
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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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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 and a Workers’ Voice member, who is active with the Ukraine Solidarity Network and the Labor for Palestine National Network. Green Left’s Federico Fuentes spoke to Missé about the need to reclaim Vladimir Lenin’s method for analysing imperialism.
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Protesters condemned the United States’ threats to Latin America, particularly Venezuela and Colombia. Jacob Andrewartha reports.
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The Istanbul Criminal Court of Peace has issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, defence minister Israel Katz and others. Binoy Kampmark reports.
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In the 1990s, the Turkish state exercised a rule of terror in the Kurdish south-east. Villages were erased, people were disappeared and many activists were sent to jail for “life”. One of those since released, Selahattin Mete, spoke to Sarah Glynn in Strasbourg.
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Protesters called on Labor to speak out against the genocide in Sudan, provide more aid and allow in more refugees. Harry Fairless reports.
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Close to 1000 people marched across the Story Bridge in Magan-djin/Brisbane carrying Palestinian flags. Other solidarity actions were held across the country. Alex Bainbridge, Neville Spencer and Niko Leka report.
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The first neo-Nazi rally in New South Wales, authorised by the NSW Police, took place with police approval. Paul Gregoire looks at how this happened and the responses.
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Amira Mohammed, one of the commanders of the Women’s Protection Units in North East Syria (Rojava), spoke to Firat News Agency’s Cûdî Îbrahîm about the role of women in Syria and the protection of all women living in the country.