A student is appealing his conviction of assault during a protest last year which demanded Western Sydney University cut ties with companies linked to the genocide in Gaza. Neville Spencer reports.
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PNG sovereignty under threat from ‘defence’ treaty with Australia
Anthony Albanese’s government is pushing bilateral security treaties with Pacific Island states as a matter of urgency in a bid to shut China out. Binoy Kampmark reports.
UN says Israel is committing genocide in Gaza
Nearly two years into Israel’s war on Gaza, a United Nations inquiry concluded on September 16 that it is committing a genocide. Pip Hinman and Jordan Shukri AK Armaou-Massoud report.
Mexican unions, left parties to host continental gathering for migrant rights, national sovereignty
Against the US government's attacks on immigrants and countries in the region, representatives of Latin America’s trade unions, social movements and progressive parties will meet in Mexico City this month. Federico Fuentes spoke to conference organisers.
‘Back to Bilo’ and the contested ground of ‘Australian values’
Back to Bilo takes a look at the campaign to bring a Tamil family home to their rural Queensland town, writes Jonathan Strauss.
Fighting fascism with solidarity and song
As far-right extremists ran amok in Naarm/Melbourne on August 31, folk musicians Les Thomas and Kavisha Mazzella brought much needed compassion, solidarity and song to a strong audience at the John Curtin Hotel, reports Suzanne James.
Decades of campaigns behind Great Koala National Park, NSW logging moratorium
Decades of grassroots campaigns have finally delivered the Great Koala National Park in NSW, where an immediate logging moratorium has also been announced. Ben Radford reports.
First Nations-led rallies say ‘Racists are not welcome here’
Anti-racism corroborrees and Sovereignty Never Ceded rallies were organised across the country in a powerful push-back to the right’s attempts to declare that immigration must end, and migrants are not welcome. Chloe DS, Markela Panegyres and Peter Boyle report.
Ecosocialism 2025 helps strengthen struggles for a just world
Ecosocialism 2025 was the meeting place for hundreds of activists and many guest speakers from left parties and groups from the Indo-Pacific and Asia. Jacob Andrewartha reports.
Abigail Boyd: ‘Ableism’ ignores housing accessibility standards
Disabled people are furious at NSW Labor’s failure to implement even basic recommendations of the Disability Royal Commission, the NDIS review and countless NSW Housing and Ombudsman reports. Suzanne James reports.
First Nations fight back for sovereignty
In the context of racist far-right marches — including attacks on First Nations-led Camp Sovereignty — the recent Ecosocialism 2025 conference in featured a panel of four First Nations women deeply involved in the struggle for sovereignty. Ben Radford reports.
Explosions in France as Macron names his pal Lecornu as PM
Despite the left holding the largest bloc of seats in France's national assembly, President Emmanual Macron has again undemocratically appointed one of his allies as PM, sparking an explosive reaction from the grassroots, reports John Mullen.