There is widespread opposition in Aotearoa New Zealand to the opening of a United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) office in the country’s capital, Pōneke/Wellington, reports Zara Lomas.
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United States: Behind Trump’s military deployment in Washington
United States President Donald Trump’s troop deployment sets a dangerous precedent and is another step toward authoritarianism, reports Malik Miah.
Sam Wainwright: ‘the momentum and morale is behind our campaign’
Socialist Alliance national co-convenor, Sam Wainwright, addresses the extraordinary momentum behind the August 24 national day of action for Gaza and the Australian government needs to sanction Israel
Tensions rising between SDF and Syrian regime forces
There have been clashes between the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and Syrian Caretaker Government (SCG) forces in parts of North East Syria, while drones have been flying over Kurdish majority neighbourhoods in Aleppo, reports the Rojava Information Center.
Canada: Québec holds vigil for murdered Palestinian journalists
About 100 people gathered in central Québec City, Canada, on August 14 to hold vigil for the journalists murdered by Israel in Gaza and protest the Canadian government’s complicity in Israel’s genocide, reports Ben Radford.
‘Ukraine also knows artificial famine’: Kyiv rally in solidarity with Gaza
Bearing witness under fire: Reflections of the killing of human rights activist Aysenur Ezgi Eygi
Almost one year ago, Helen O'Sullivan was at a peaceful protest in Beita in the occupied West Bank with 26-year-old human rights activist Aysenur Ezgi Eygi, when an Israeli sniper shot and killed Aysenur.
ACTU proposes four-day workweek with no loss of pay
The Australian Council of Trade Unions has urged a national move towards a four-day workweek, in a proposal put to the federal Labor government’s Economic Reform Roundtable. Jim McIlroy reports.
Peru: Wampís Nation building a future beyond extractivism
Indigenous Wampís leader Galois Flores Pizango spoke to Green Left’s Ben Radford about the struggle to defend territory and advance a vision of sustainable Indigenous development.
Challenges facing Tasmanian unions
Tasmanian unions’ bargaining power has dramatically weakened since the 1970s, not only because of changing nature of traditionally union-strong industries. As Solomon Doyle writes, anti-worker laws have had their impact.
Gaza genocide: How is it possible?
Judith Treanor, on behalf of Jews Against the Occupation ’48, asked at the Palestine Action Group’s rally, how it is possible that 22 months into a live-streamed genocide and the world is still debating whether it is even happening?
Palestine solidarity movement gears up for August 24 national rally, targets media complicity
The Israeli military continued attacks on Gaza City as protesters in Australia gear up for a major national rally.











