Members of Sydney's Brazilian community and socialist and LGBTQ activists organised a vigil in Martin Place on March 26 to demand justice for the assassinated Brazilian socialist city councillor Marielle Franco and her driver Anderson Pedro. Massive demonstrations have taken place throughout...
Videos
This episode covers the protests outside Channel 7's Sunrise studio in response to the show running a segment that advocated for the removal of Aboriginal children from Aboriginal families. It looks at the segment, the silencing of the protest by Channel 7, the pressure Sunrise is under and...
There were multiple protests on March 17 in Sydney as Australia hosted the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) 2018 Summit. Australia is not a member of ASEAN but its government was keen to cosy up to the leaders of several undemocratic governments.
While the ASEAN leaders...
In this episode we cover five reasons to come to the Palm Sunday refugee rights rallies on March 25 and three things you can do to help build the rallies.
A list of all the Palm Sunday rallies across the country:
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Queensland Council of Unions General Secretary Ros McLennan speaking at International Women's Day in Brisbane: 10 March 2018.
In this episode I join dozens of community groups from across NSW at the "Fix NSW Transport" rally. The battle between WestConnex and public transport is explored.
To get involved in the campaign: www.facebook.com/NoWestconnex
We can fix the public transport crisis
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In the first episode of Activist Stories we travel up to Canberra to join activists from around the country protesting against the Adani mega coal mine on the first day of parliament on February 5. We then look back at the campaign, the pressure mounting on Labor to oppose the mine and how you...
Last year Fremantle was the first council in Australia to not celebrate Invasion Day on January 26. Instead they hosted an event on another day called "One Day in Fremantle". Hear the voices of grassroot activists and Aboriginal leaders at the event including Unlce Ben Taylor, Dylan Voller and...
Footage from Sydney's massive invasion day march.
Over 100 people took part in an emergency demonstration in Sydney on January 21 to protest the Turkish government's military assault on Afrin in the Democratic Federation of Northern Syria (previously known as Rojava).
This video profiles one of the speeches at that rally by Socialist...