A case against the Department of Home Affairs and International Health and Medical Services over the death of an Iraqi refugee held in the Villawood detention centre has been adjourned. Chris Slee reports.
Green Left
Paula Sanchez: ‘When we believe in justice, we can fight for it anywhere’
Paula Sanchez told an International Women's Day function, hosted by the Sydney's Kurdish community, that IWD was for women and men “because equality is something we all have to fight for”. Pip Hinman reports.
Killing of West Papuan protesters condemned
Indonesian security forces killed two demonstrators and wounded several more when they fired into the crowd of peaceful protesters in West Papua on March 15, reports Susan Price.
Ukrainian left activists: ‘We need a peoples’ solidarity with Ukraine and against war’
Shaun Matsheza and Nick Buxton from the Trans National Institute spoke with social researcher Denys Gorbach and Denis Pilash a poitical scientist and activist involved in Sotsialnyi Rukh (Social Movement), about the situation in Ukraine.
Ukraine and Catalonia: using Putin’s aggression to help Spain’s
In the context of Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, supporters of Spanish unionism are taking every opportunity to attack independentist figures, reports Dick Nichols.
Say NO to a nuclear submarine base in Australia
Sign on to this open letter to the Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Defence Minister Peter Dutton, initiated by several peace groups, at the Independent and Peaceful Australia Network site.
The invasion of Ukraine and challenges for the left
It may be hard, but Sam Wainwright argues we can show solidarity with the Ukrainian people's struggle for self-determination and the Russian peace movement and, at the same time, call out the West's hypocrisy and militarism. However, we cannot take our eyes off our...
#PeopleNotProfit: young people demand action on climate emergency
Young people are leading the modern climate movement; they understand the link between war and climate destruction and that the most vulnerable are the first, and worst, affected. Isaac Nellist urges you to get to the climate strike on March 25.
Sudan: Resistance Committees are the ‘spearhead’ of the revolution
The Resistance Committees formed in neighbourhoods and cities across Sudan were the secret to bringing down the 30-year-long regime of dictator Omar al-Bashir, write T Hassan and W Madit.
Climate change, not war, is the greatest security threat
The Morrison government’s focus on the need to ramp up “defence” spending for national security reasons is being challenged from security experts who say the biggest threat to Australia is from extreme weather events. Jacob Andrewartha reports.
Sydney’s Kurdish community celebrates International Women’s Day
Sydney's Kurdish community celebrated 2022 International Women's Day at a well-attended gathering at the Democratic Kurdish Community Centre in Kings Park. Guest speakers included former NSW Greens Senator Lee Rhiannon, Socialist Alliance NSW Senate candidate Paula...
Corporations’ ‘philanthropy’ or real disaster relief?
As the Prime Minister plays down the support flood-affected communities can expect, corporate spin doctors claim Harvey Norman and others are good corporate citizens for organising charities. Alex Bainbridge argues the corporations should be properly taxed to generate...