Distinguished Kuku Yalanji woman Pat O’Shane is running for Socialist Alliance in the seat of Leichhardt. A retired barrister and a former New South Wales magistrate, she spoke to Alex Bainbridge about what fires her up and why she decided to contest the federal...
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Aboriginal Tent Embassy marks the illegal 1778 occupation
Invasion Day in 1972, when the Tent Embassy was set up, dawned bright in Sydney, New South Wales. As far as I have been able to ascertain, history doesn’t record what the day was like in 1778 when Captain Arthur Phillip sailed into what is now known, variously, as...
Bloody Sunday 50 years on – a symbol of ongoing injustice
On the streets of Derry in British-occupied Northern Ireland on January 30, 1972, writes Stuart Munckton, British soldiers opened fire on an unarmed civil rights protest. Forteen civilians — six of them teenagers — died in the massacre remembered as Bloody Sunday.
Serbia cancels Rio Tinto’s lithium mining project
Rio Tinto's plan to mine lithium in Serbia has been scuttled in the wake of Novak Djokovic's deportation and against a backdrop of huge anti-mining protests and the country's upcoming elections in April, reports Binoy Kampmark.
Where’s the meat? The avoidable supply crisis
The lack of meat on supermarket shelves under the latest wave of the pandemic is a story of poor working conditions in the meat processing plants. Ema Moolchand and Shelley Marshall report.
Off to the Supreme Court: Assange’s appeal continues
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange's legal team has been granted leave to appeal to Britain's Supreme Court against his extradition to the United States, reports Binoy Kampmark.
Australia’s middle power dream
The average Australian has been enveloped by the inevitability of the US alliance as if it were a natural result of our history and “shared” values, writes Roger Davies.
Sydney Invasion Day 2022 march
Thousands marched peacefully through the streets of Sydney to mark Invasion Day on January 26. Peter Boyle reports.
Invasion Day protest demands Don Dale ‘Get the kids out of that jail’
“Nobody would want their children in there,” Josie Crawshaw told a 150-strong Invasion Day protest outside the Don Dale Youth Detention Centre. Stephen W Enciso reports.
Activists stage anti-‘Australia Day’ protest at Captain Cook statue in London
Activists in London gathered at Captain Cook's statue in solidarity with mass rallies and dawn services held to mark Invasion Day in Australian cities on January 26, reports Kerry Smith.
Thousands march on 50th Anniversary of Tent Embassy
Thousands of First Nations people and allies marked Invasion Day on Ngunnawal and Ngambri country, marching to the Aboriginal Tent Embassy outside Old Parliament House. Adam Trumper reports.
Invasion Day 2022: ‘We are fighting for justice’
Scenes from the Invasion Day rally in Meanjin/Brisbane