Home affairs and immigration minister Tony Burke’s new immigration policy is a boost to Pauline Hanson’s One Nation and its Trumpite politics of hate, racism and division, argues Sue Bolton.
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Chris Slee reviews Vannessa Hearman’s new book, The Good Sea: The Journey of the ‘Tasi Diak’ and the Politics of Refugee Protection in Australia, which tracks Australia’s treatment of refugees and the development of the solidarity movement with Timor-Leste.
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The disaster in Nepal, Tibet and China has been described as being like a “horror movie” — only it is too real to ignore the fact that climate change is the greatest security threat of our time. Pip Hinman argues for the need to challenge Australia’s head-in-sand approach.
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Under capitalism, the drive for never-ending profit is creating an uninhabitable planet, argues Layla Cee.
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Protests were held to counter the far-right “March for Australia” protests held across the country on August 30. Isaac Nellist reports.
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Rohingya Genocide Remembrance Day was commemorated with a rally in Lakemba, NSW, reports Peter Boyle.
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With less than 24-hours’ notice, more than 100 mostly young people organised a vibrant protest to show Pauline Hanson and One Nation that they are not welcome in Toronto, NSW. Niko Leka reports.
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While mass rallies and marches are often the go-to approach for activists, there has always been scope for creative activity to play a part in shaping how wider society thinks about an issue, writes Cas Smith.
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More than 150 people joined a community-initiated anti-racism rally in Dandenong, where speakers with lived experience addressed the dangerous policy failures of both major parties. Jacob Andrewartha reports.
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United States President Donald Trump’s government overturned the temporary protected status (TPS) of 350,000 Haitians living in the US, following a June 25 Supreme Court decision to greenlight the administration's actions. Malik Miah and Barry Sheppard explain the history behind this move.
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While home affairs minister Tony Burke’s expected announcement of new anti-immigration measures has been postponed, migrant workers, refugees and international students have already been hit by big rises in discriminatory visa fees. Peter Boyle reports.
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A Refugee Action Collective forum discussed how to push back against politicians and the media’s scapegoating of refugees for the cost-of-living and housing crises. Chris Slee reports.