The campaign to establish a Richmond River Koala park is gaining momentum, with a coalition of local conservation groups pushing for NSW Labor to act on its promises. Kerry Smith reports.
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Green Left Show #58: Australia’s arms ties with Israel
Anti-Zionist researcher and journalist Yaakov Aharon joined Isaac Nellist on the Green Left Show to discuss Australia's arms ties with genocidal Israel.
Aotearoa: Coalition government wages war on women
Protests have been held across Aotearoa NZ, reports Zara Lomas, against the right-wing coalition government after it forced through a bill amending the country’s Equal Pay Act, on May 6.
When the personal can be political: Letters between post-war Soviet and US women
Maree F Roberts reviews Dear Unknown Friend, which brings to life the letters exchanged by American and Soviet women during World War II and the first half of the 20th century.
Student general meeting demands USyd drop specious definition of antisemitism, cut ties with Israel
More than 200 students at the University of Sydney voted to reject the Universities Australia definition of antisemitism at a Student General Meeting convened by the Student Representative Council. Kerry Smith reports.
Glimpses of Palestine Part 4 — ‘Food is especially delicious in the company of friends’
Sydney-based Palestinian activist Khaled Ghannam recently travelled to the occupied West Bank in Palestine and wrote an account of his visit for Green Left.
Why cheap renewables aren’t saving the planet
Given that renewable energy has become the cheapest energy source in recent years, it should be supplanting fossil fuels. But, as Brett Christopher points out in The Price is Wrong, contemporary neoliberal capitalism does not operate on such logic. Neville Spencer...
Singapore: Ruling party maintains supermajority following general election
Singapore's Peoples Action Party, which has ruled since 1959, used various tactics to cripple the opposition parties and maintain its supermajority, in the lead up to the May 3 general election, report Mark Tan and Alex Salmon.
Witnessing Israel’s ethnic cleansing in the West Bank
Jewish American Dave Knieter was one of two volunteers from the human rights organisation International Solidarity Movement arrested in occupied Palestinian territory in January this year, while documenting the illegal theft of Palestinian land.
Sydney marks 77 years of Nakba
Heavy rain did not deter about 1000 people from rallying at Sydney Town Hall to mark 77 years of Nakba and demand an end to Israel’s genocide in Gaza. Isaac Nellist reports.
Palestinian protesters demand action from ‘Genocide Gosling’
Challenging Labor’s small target strategy requires building movements
The Chaser's election night coverage, “Labor secures bigger majority, excited to do nothing with it” was spot on. Sue Bolton argues that the left has to focus on building the extra-parliamentary movements if it wants real change.