Youth & students

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Green Left's Peter Boyle spoke with "Zaria", a Bangali activist with @deshisforliberation, about the struggle by students in Bangladesh for justice in the face of unprecedented repression.

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The University of Melbourne is threatening 21 students with expulsion for taking part in the Palestine solidarity encampment and holding a sit-in at Mahmoud’s Hall. Isaac Nellist spoke to an activist from UniMelb for Palestine, about management’s threats.

Green Left News podcast Ep 45, July 22, 2024

Isaac Nellist and Riley Breen discuss the death toll in Gaza, healthcare workers taking action, the University of Melbourne's crackdown on activists and the campaign to disrupt Burrup Hub. 

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Students and supporters of the University of Newcastle Palestine solidarity encampment are resisting management's attempts to shut it down. Niko Leka reports.

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In the middle of a cost-of-living and housing crisis, it makes sense that a majority of young people think Australia should be more socialist, argues Isaac Nellist.

Green Left News podcast Ep 44, July 12, 2024

Isaac Nellist and Riley Breen discuss Fatima Payman's decision to resign from Labor over its support for Israel's genocide in Gaza, the recent elections in Britain and France and speak to artist, academic and National Tertiary Education Union member Markela Panegyres about the University of Sydney's draconian Campus Access Policy. 

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Protests for Palestine coincided with the beginning of Eid al-Adha on the weekend of June 15–16, reports Isaac Nellist.

With universities about to go on summer break in the United States, Green Left’s Isaac Nellist, Jacob Andrewartha and Chloe DS caught up with US pro-Palestine solidarity campus activists Cyn Huang, Daniil Sapunkov and Amey about the state of the student protests.

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Isaac Nellist and Riley Breen discuss the student Gaza encampments, public servants speaking out for Palestine and the South African elections.

Nimiah and Leon, students at the University of Newcastle, told Niko Leka that there is strong popular support for the encampment.

The Aboriginal Legal Service has described NSW Labor’s new knife laws as “another setback to Closing the Gap”. Kerry Smith reports.

The Australian National University has expelled a student for their pro-Palestine comments on ABC Radio. Kerry Smith reports.