To stifle growing pro-Palestinian activities on campuses, university authorities are developing and applying techniques of control. Universities as places of free speech, political activism and the right to protest is under attack, argues Jane Kenway.
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Forum told a sanctuary network is being built to protest refugees, asylum seekers
Kon Karapanagiotidis, CEO of the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre, told a refugee rights forum that a sanctuary network, involving churches and unions, is being built. Chris Slee reports.
Photos: Thousands stand with Yuendumu, demand justice for Kumanjayi White
Thousands joined vigils and rallies across the country demanding justice for Kumanjayi White, the 24-year-old Warlpiri-Luritja man who was killed by police in May. Isaac Nellist reports.
Activists calls for end to Australia-Israel two-way weapons trade
Anti-Zionist researcher and journalist Yaakov Aharon told the Green Left Show that the major parties are complicit in Israel’s genocide of starving Palestinians in Gaza. Isaac Nellist reports.
Trinity College Dublin breaks ties with Israel
The Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement won an important victory when Trinity College Dublin cut institutional ties with the Israeli universities. Alex Bainbridge reports.
House of cards: Public housing’s maintenance chaos, safety failures and class actions
New data shows a 63% surge in preventable deaths of homeless people because of critical shortages in housing and support services. Suzanne James reports.
Vic teachers ready to fight for public school funding
The Australian Education Union Victoria told its members in the first week of June it was ready to fight Jacinta Allan’s Labor government for the full funding that it promised public schools. Adam Bremner reports.
First official Rojava administration delegation to Damascus sparks hope for progress towards a united Syria
A senior delegation from the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES/Rojava) had its first official meeting with the central government of Syria, on June 1, reports Peter Boyle.
Gaza doctor: ‘Organised protests can stop this genocide’
‘Brazil must set the example’: Unions, MPs urge Lula to cut ties with Israel over Gaza genocide
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is under increasing pressure from trade unions and civil society to break ties with Israel, reports Federico Fuentes.
Police, state close ranks over Kumanjayi White’s death in custody
Very little is known about the circumstances of young Warlpiri man, Kumanjayi White’s, death in custody because the police and state have closed ranks. Paul Gregoire reports on the push-back against this criminal pattern.
Exiled by the algorithm: Battling for humanity in the age of AI
I lost my Facebook account because I dared to do something apparently unthinkable: I spoke up as a Jewish person who cares about children in Gaza, writes Michael Cohen.