Uncle Kevin Buzzacott, an elder of the Triabunna people in the Lake Eyre region of far northern South Australia, is campaigning for Santos and other gas companies to be prevented from destroying country. Renfrey Clarke reports.
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Socialist Alliance to field ticket for Victorian Senate
The Socialist Alliance will field two long-term activists for the Victorian Senate on People and Planet before Profit platform, reports Chloe DS.
Right-wing anti-lockdown protests a symptom of gov’t failures
A political response is needed to win people away from those peddling conspiracies, or worse, in the growing so-called “freedom” rallies, argues Alex Bainbridge.
John Pilger: The Great Game of smashing countries
As a tsunami of crocodile tears engulfs Western politicians, Afghanistan's history is suppressed, writes John Pilger.
Afghanistan War should prompt us to query ANZUS, US military ties
The US-NATO 20-year war on Afghanistan unleashed terrible suffering, including a massive loss of life and the wholesale destruction of the country’s civil infrastructure. Bevan Ramsden argues the Australia-US military alliance must be questioned.
COVID-19: Policing is not an emergency public health strategy
The NSW government's policing-first approach to the complex health pandemic has led to its own “social harms” including exacerbating existing prejudices held by police, writes Paul Gregoire.
RAWA responds to the Taliban takeover
Afghan Women’s Mission co-director Sonali Kolhatkar spoke with the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA) about the unfolding situation on the ground.
For a health and safety approach to COVID-19
So many aspects of the debate about how best to keep the community safe from COVID-19 relies on blaming individuals. Sue Bull argues governments prefer to focus on an individual's bad behaviour because it takes the focus away from systemic failures.
Extinction Rebellion activists treated as terrorists
Activists were treated to an early-morning raid by an anti-terrorist outift for chalking a protest sign against oil and gas giant Woodside Energy, reports Chris Jenkins.
The imperialist farce of women’s rights in Afghanistan
The Taliban takeover in Afghanistan has generated an imperial nostalgia among liberal feminists.
Extinction Rebellion activists treated as terrorists
Extinction Rebellion activists were raided by an anti-terrorist outift for chalking a protest sign against oil and gas giant Woodside Energy, which has recently been given the go-ahead for its Scarborough gas project. Chris Jenkins reports.
Vaccine inequity and the fight for a people’s vaccine
As some of the world’s wealthiest countries move closer towards fully vaccinating their populations against COVID-19, there could not be a starker contrast when looking at countries in the Global South, writes Ben Radford.