Mat Ward looks back at April's political news and the best new music that related to it.
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Indigenous Mexicans stand up to multinationals threatening their survival, climate
Indigenous groups, including Nahuas and Otomis, and their supporters have spent the past month travelling in a convoy to nine different states in Mexico, visiting towns and regions where Western corporations are plundering water and resources. Tamara Pearson took part...
Protests against Turkish invasion of South Kurdistan
Demonstrations were held in Sydney and Melbourne to protest the Turkish military offensive against Kurds in South Kurdistan/Northern Iraq, and more are planned. Peter Boyle reports.
How Spanish-speaking migrants shaped their new homes in Australia
Pedro Alvarez reviews Nuestras Voces, a new documentary film about Spanish-speaking migrants who arrived in Victoria in the 1960s and 70s.
Poland: Caught between Western and Russian imperialism
In response to the refugee crisis created by Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Poland opened its borders, just a few months after violently deporting refugees from Africa and the Middle East. Bruno Magalhães looks at why, and examines the country's history of reaction and...
Slaying the dragon of net zero emissions
Queensland Nationals Senator Matt Canavan's “net zero is dead” campaign should hardly come as a surprise, argues Binoy Kampmark.
Sue Bolton: Labor’s ‘small target’ election strategy risks gains for the right
Sue Bolton, the Socialist Alliance candidate for Wills, told Jacob Andrewartha that the Australian Labor Party's "small target" election strategy risks helping the right make more gains.
Left resists as Sweden tilts at NATO membership
Swedish journalist Bella Frank talks to Farooq Sulehria about the debate in Sweden on NATO membership, triggered by the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Refugees celebrate their freedom with a cricket match
The “First taste of freedom cricket match — game not over yet” cricket match was organised by refugees released from the Park Hotel. Mayura Ashok reports.
Israel terrorises Ramadan worshippers at al-Aqsa mosque
Israeli occupation forces attacked Jerusalem’s al-Aqsa mosque, wounding more than 150 Palestinians, reports Maureen Clare Murphy, while it was filled with Ramadan worshippers on one of the holiest days in the Islamic calendar.
Ukraine: Cuba caught in crossfire between US and Russia
Cuba is walking a diplomatic tightrope when it comes to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, writes Ian Ellis-Jones.
Jeremy Corbyn: Now, let us talk peace
Peace is not just the absence of war; it is real security, writes Jeremy Corbyn.