A teacher in Turkey’s southern province of Mersin, was issued a fine for communicating in Kurdish and Arabic with his students, reports Medya News.
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Deadly boarding house fire highlights a serious housing problem
A ferocious fire in a neglected boarding house in inner city Newtown has renewed calls for tenants’ rights and greater government regulation of these often neglected places.
Pat O’Shane: ‘Racists should be put last’
Kuku Yalanji woman Pat O’Shane is calling on voters to put the Liberal National MP Warren Entsch last on the ballot given his support for the racist One Nation party. Renee Lees reports.
‘Regenerating Australia’ — a film for our times
Progressive film maker, Damon Gameau spoke with Green Left about his new film, made in response to the devastating 2019–20 bushfires.
Behind the popular protests in Sri Lanka
Since the beginning of March, protests have erupted across Sri Lanka demanding the resignation of President Nandasena Gotabaya Rajapaksa, writes Janaka Biyanwila. These protests emerged in the context of rising costs of living, exacerbated by a foreign debt crisis.
Socialist candidate: ‘War is a racket!’
"War is a racket," said Socialist Alliance Victorian Senate candidate Felix Dance in this interview about the Scott Morrison Liberal-National Coalition's "khaki election" strategy.
Stonewalled Beetaloo Basin fracking inquiry extended until after elections
For a fourth time a Senate committee investigating contentious oil and gas exploration in the Beetaloo Basin in the Northern Territory has had to ask for an extension, largely because of corporate favours. Pip Hinman reports.
Ukrainian refugee: ‘This war has divided us’
For Ukrainian refugees in Berlin, like those in Warsaw, Chisinau, and elsewhere, this war isn’t about support for Zelensky or NATO, writes Marcel Cartier. It is about defending their identity as Ukrainians.
What’s behind Sudan’s Janjaweed militia’s economic and political power?
Sudan's democratic forces are up against a brutal militia, which is determined to strengthen its forces, buy influence and take power, reports T Hassan and W Madit.
Blessings, bigots and discrimination
It is what we have come to expect from the Prime Minister — comments that reflect age-old prejudice and which put him firmly in the bigot camp, argues Janet Parker.
Inflation, interest rates and who’s really in charge?
Cost-of-living pressures and the economy are critical issues in most election campaigns, and they certainly are in this one. William Briggs reports.
Wave of protests across Sri Lanka
A wave of protests has spread throughout Sri Lanka in recent weeks, sparked by an economic crisis. Chris Slee reports.