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Health Care Workers for Palestine is one of many groups that has been organising actions in solidarity with the Palestinian people since Israel’s latest genocidal attack on began. This is a vigil they organised in Liverpool, NSW, on January 19.
Video: Paula Sanchez
An Algerian court has acquitted university lecturer and scientist Kamel Aïssat on all charges related to his opposition to a lead and zinc mine on Algeria’s Mediterranean coast, following an international campaign of solidarity.
An Algerian court has acquitted university lecturer and scientist Kamel Aïssat on all charges related to his opposition to a lead and zinc mine on Algeria’s Mediterranean coast, following an international campaign of solidarity, reports Susan Price.
Hundreds protested outside Labor MP Ged Kearney’s office to demand she speaks up against Israel's genocide in Gaza and calls for a ceasefire.
Hundreds protested outside Labor MP Ged Kearney’s office to demand she speaks up against Israel's genocide in Gaza and calls for a ceasefire. Jacob Andrewartha reports.
A 150-strong Vigil for Palestine was organised by Health Workers for Palestine in Bigge Park, Liverpool, NSW on January 19. Photos: Paula Sanchez
Community picket launched against Israeli ZIM shipping at Webb Dock in Naarm/Melbourne on January 19
Come down and join the picket to help resist Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza
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Despite Israel’s campaign to encourage allies to make supportive statements, Labor has not revealed its position on South Africa’s ICJ case.
Australia has not said much about South Africa’s case against Israel's genocide at the International Court of Justice. Alex Bainbridge writes that while Canberra generally supports the US on Israel, it is also giving itself some wriggle room.
Former Geelong Trades Hall secretary, Tim Gooden, argues that the Labor government is complicit in Israel's genocide against Gaza and that unions should be doing more to stop it.
Tim Gooden, a former Geelong Trades Hall secretary, said the Labor government is complicit in Israel's genocide against Gaza and that unions should be doing more to stop it.
Hundreds protested outside Labor MP Ged Kearney’s office on January 18 to demand an end to Israel's genocide in Gaza.
Despite Kearney's historical support for Palestine, she has still refused to sign an open letter — signed by more than 200 current and former MPs — which calls for a permanent ceasefire and an end to Israel's occupation.
Despite their ballooning wealth, the corporate rich are using their power to demand more tax breaks and protect their industrial-scale tax dodging.
Despite their ballooning wealth, the corporate rich are using their power to demand more tax breaks and protect their industrial-scale tax dodging. Peter Boyle reports.
The dismissal of ABC broadcaster Antoinette Lattouf last year is both the product of a nasty campaign from the outside as well as a weakness from management.
The dismissal of ABC broadcaster Antoinette Lattouf last year is both the product of a nasty campaign from the outside as well as a weakness from management, argues Binoy Kampmark.
CFMMEU national secretary Christy Cain says the union movement needed to take a stronger stand on Palestine.
National secretary of the CFMMEU Christy Cain told the Friends of Palestine WA rally thatthe union movement needed to take a stronger stand on Palestine.
Alarmingly — but not surprisingly — 2023 was the hottest year since 1850, but Labor is dragging its feet and depending on the private sector to handle the climate transition.
Alarmingly — but not surprisingly — 2023 was the hottest year since 1850, but Labor is dragging its feet and depending on the private sector to handle the climate transition. Pip Hinman reports.
DP World, Australia's largest port terminal operator, is refusing to negotiate with the Maritime Union of Australia's demands for fair pay and conditions for wharf workers.
DP World, Australia's largest port terminal operator, is refusing to negotiate with the Maritime Union of Australia's demands for fair pay and conditions for wharf workers. Kerry Smith reports.
LGBTIQ activists and allies celebrated a new Rainbow crossing which was finally completed last December, after a six-year campaign.
LGBTIQ activists and allies celebrated a new Rainbow crossing which was finally completed last December, after a six-year campaign. Isaac Nellist reports.
Argentina will be very important for this process in Latin America, because in Argentina there will be crisis and resistance. This government will not be able to govern as it wants.
In the second part of his interview with Green Left’s Federico Fuentes, Brazilian author and socialist Pedro Fuentes discusses the crisis of imperialist hegemony, the unpredictability of contemporary politics and its impacts on Latin America.
A deceitful historical narrative argues, at best, that the systematic dispossession and genocide of First Nations peoples is something in the distant past. It isn't and it needs to be stopped.
A deceitful historical narrative argues, at best, that the systematic dispossession and genocide of First Nations peoples is something in the distant past. It isn't and it needs to be stopped, argues Peter Boyle.
Today, Palestine is the struggle that opens up the most possibilities for international solidarity and struggle against the global right and the establishment because the entire world establishment supports Israel.
Pedro Fuentes, a leader of the Socialist Left Movement (MES), a tendency within Brazil’s Socialism and Freedom Party (PSOL) speaks to Green Left’s Federico Fuentes about imperialism’s new phase, ecological crisis and international solidarity.
CFMMEU national secretary Christy Cain addressed the Friends of Palestine WA rally in Boorloo/Perth on January 14.
He condemned Israel's genocide in Gaza and called on the union movement and Sally McManus of the Australian Council of Trade Unions to take a stronger stand.
National secretary of the CFMMEU Chris Cain told the Friends of Palestine WA rally thatthe union movement needed to take a stronger stand on Palestine.
LGBTQ activists and allies celebrated the opening of the rainbow crossing in Djilang/Geelong after six years of campaigning.
They chanted “Whose streets? Our streets!” and “What do we want? Trans rights!” as they crossed Yarra St in the Djilang city centre.
Geelong Socialist Alliance councillor Sarah Hathway told Green Left that having public and visible sign of support for LGBTQ rights was a positive step.
Geelong Rainbow are holding a Pride March and festival on February 17, check their socials or the Green Left calendar at greenleft.org.au/events for more info.
'Uprising: the October Rebellion in Ecuador' is essential reading for better navigating the complex new terrain facing not just the Ecuadorian left but its counterparts in the region.
Federico Fuentes reviews Uprising: The October Rebellion in Ecuador, an exceptional look at the October 2019 anti-neoliberal insurrection from the perspective of one of its central leaders.
Refugee rights supporters gathered outside the Scots Presbyterian Church in Walyalup/Fremantle on January 12 for a silent vigil.
It was the 180th week activists, including Grandmothers for Refugees, had taken such action.
Protesters are demanding refugees are given permanent visas and to bring those still offshore to Australia. The vigils take place every Friday from 5-6pm.
Meanwhile, the Asylum Seekers Action Group Albany organise their weekly vigil outside the Kinjarling/Albany Town Hall every Saturday from 11.30am to 12.30pm.
Photos: Alex Salmon
More than 2000 people rallied for Palestine in Boorloo/Perth on January 14.
Friends of Palestine WA demanded an end to Israel’s invasion of Gaza in which more than 22,000 people, mainly women and children, have been killed. They demanded a ceasefire.
The rally called on the Australian government to support South Africa’s case against Israel in the International Court of Justice.
No Western government has backed South Africa’s case in the ICJ; meanwhile they continue to give Israel political and military support.
Photos: Alex Salmon
Three Indigenous land defenders were found guilty of criminal contempt in a Canadian court on January 12 for their opposition to the construction of the Coastal GasLink fracked gas pipeline on unceded Wet’suwet’en territory.
Three Indigenous land defenders were found guilty of criminal contempt in a Canadian court on January 12 for their opposition to the construction of the Coastal GasLink fracked gas pipeline on unceded Wet’suwet’en territory, reports Jeff Shantz.
The Socialist Alliance national conference is meeting now and has heard from Socialist Alliance councillor Sue Bolton, MUA deputy branch secretary Dave Ball, and Muayad Ali from Free Palestine Melbourne on "Palestine Imperialism and War".
These photos are from a solidarity action with the people of Gaza held immediately after that session.
Israel’s current war — with its bombs leveling cites, destroying hospitals and homes, killing more than 20,000, with more than 6000 missing, presumed dead under the rubble, and with those numbers growing every day — is genocide.
When the overwhelming majority of world governments call for a cease fire, it indicates Israel and its key ally the United States are under intense pressure from below, argue Malik Miah and Barry Sheppard.
The two primary movements of late 2023 — climate and Palestine solidarity— must win some far more profound victories in the coming months, as a step towards reconstructing our forces against both imperialism and also now sub-imperialism.
In part 2 of his interview with Green Left's Federico Fuentes, South African politial economist, author and activist Patrick Bond discusses some of the limitations in Vladimir Lenin’s views on imperialism and the need to incorporate the concept of "unequal ecological exchange" into any analysis of...
'Knocking the top off' contains more than 60 essays recounting the people, moments and struggles in Australia’s history with alcohol, told from the vantage point of indentured convicts, immigrants, unionists, Indigenous people, women, socialists and qu**rs.
Alex Salmon reviews Knocking the top off: A people’s history of alcohol in Australia, edited by Alex Ettling and Iain McIntyre.
Reporting Israel’s war on Gaza has become the greatest credibility challenge for journalists and the media in our time.
Reporting Israel’s war on Gaza has become the greatest credibility challenge for journalists and the media in our time, writes David Robie.
The Save the Powerhouse group is concerned that NSW Labor is going back on its promise to end the secrecy surrounding this much loved and internationally admired arts and sciences museum.
The Save the Powerhouse group is concerned that NSW Labor is going back on its promise to end the secrecy surrounding this much loved and internationally admired arts and sciences museum. Kerry Smith reports.
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Hundreds of striking school students in Gadi/Sydney are marching on the electorate office of environment minister Tanya Plibersek to protest the Labor government’s failure to act responsibly on the climate emergency. Video: Peter Boyle
Suzanne Weiss, a Holocaust survivor, socialist activist and author of Holocaust To Resistance, made this speech at a 25,000-strong November 4 Palestine solidarity rally in Toronto, Canada calling for an immediate ceasefire and a stop to the genocide in Gaza. "Gas chambers and the hundreds of concentration camps which starved, tortured, and eliminated Jews by disease, is repeated today in the Gaza concentration camp — the largest concentration camp in the world! Death chambers and ovens have been replaced in Gaza with tons of bombs that destroys all in their path. Gaza has become a death camp," Weiss said, condemning Zionism as racist colonialism. "Conflating Zionism and Judaism is an unforgiveable crime to the Jewish people, to the Palestinians and to humanity."
Whistleblower David McBride receives a heros welcome as he arrived at court in Canberra yesterday. See: https://www.greenleft.org.au/content/war-crimes-whistleblower-david-mcbride-ill-eventually-win-public-support https://www.greenleft.org.au/video/video-david-mcbride-says-government-cares-more-about-secrecy-crimes
As tens of thousands marched through Gadi/Sydney and other major cities in Australia once again this weekend demanding ‘Ceasefire now’, it is becoming clear that the Anthony Albanese Labor government is losing the battle for hearts and minds over Israel’s genocidal war on #Gaza. Video by Peter Boyle
Anti-war and Palestine solidarity activists marched on the Sydney Convention Centre in Darling Harbour on November 7 to protest against the 2023 Indo-Pacific Naval Expo, where representatives of the world's major arms manufacturers, naval and government delegations from around the world have gathered for the next three days. Video footage by Pip Hinman, Socialist Alliance and Peter Boyle for Green Left.
Another huge march through the streets of Gadi/Sydney today. The front of the crowd had completed a circuit of of several blocks of the city and returned to Hyde Park shortly after the end of the march exited the park. Video footage by Peter Boyle for Green Left.
Here's this month's best protest music, including... DREAM NAILS Problem Patterns The boy of many colors Nitin Sawhney The Mary Wallopers Checkpoint 303 https://www.greenleft.org.au/content/10-new-albums-heal-world-war
Massive march through Gadi/Sydney to stop Israel’s genocide in #Gaza. Video by Peter Boyle for Green Left.
Thousands march from Sydney Town Hall to the Sydney Opera House protesting Israel’s occupation of Palestine and standing in solidarity with the Palestinian resistance! #freepalestine
Retail and Fast Food Workers Union (RAFFWU) members at hundreds of Coles and Woolworths supermarkets took part in a historic nationwide “superstrike” on October 7 as they escalated industrial action for a living wage and better working conditions. READ MORE: https://www.greenleft.org.au/content/supermarket-workers-take-historic-superstrike This video is from the Meanjin/Brisbane action on October 7. #GreenLeft #AusUnions #SuperStrike We acknowledge that this video was produced on stolen Aboriginal land. We express solidarity with ongoing struggles for justice for First Nations people and pay our respects to Elders past and present. If you like our work, become a supporter: https://www.greenleft.org.au/support Support Green Left on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/greenleft Green Left online: https://www.greenleft.org.au/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GreenLeftOnline/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/greenleftonline YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/greenleftonline TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@greenleftonline Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/greenleftonline/ Podbean: https://greenleftonline.podbean.com/ Telegram: https://t.me/greenleftonline Music by: https://www.bensound.com/free-music-for-videos License code: ZJBJIQP30PZCIEY9 READ MORE: https://www.greenleft.org.au/content/supermarket-workers-take-historic-superstrike
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Protesters took a stand against the dumping of Fukushima’s nuclear waste into the Pacific Ocean on September 16. The action was organised by the Sydney Candlelight Action (SCA), based in the Korean community, and was part of a global day of action. Katti Jisuk Seo, a Korean-German who has just moved to Australia, was enjoying her first scuba dive on the Great Barrier Reef when the news about the toxic waste came through. “Japan plans to release 1.3 million tons of radioactive contaminated wastewater into the ocean over the next decades: that’s enough to fill at least 500 Olympic-sized swimming pools. From the Pacific it will reach beaches and seas globally, entering fish, marine plants, other sea creatures and mammals throughout the marine food chain. Via evaporation, through rainfall, it will find its way back onto the lands across our planet.” Video by Peter Boyle for Green Left. Read more about the protest here: https://www.greenleft.org.au/content/protesters-call-labor-protest-fukushima-nuclear-waste-dumping
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Crowds swelled to about 50,000 in Gadi/Sydney as part of the national Walk For Yes march ahead of the October 14 referendum on the Voice to Parliament. Video by Peter Boyle #walkforyes #voicetoparliament #voicereferendum #firstnations
Crowds swelled to about 50,000 in Gadi/Sydney as part of the national Walk For Yes march ahead of the October 14 referendum on the Voice to Parliament. Video by Peter Boyle #walkforyes #voicetoparliament #voicereferendum #firstnations
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