On September 11 in the United States, a small group of National Football League players risked their careers, their endorsements and their livelihoods. They did so through the simple act of refusal.
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Juanel de la For锚t gave this speech at a Sydney College of the Arts rally on September 7 against Sydney University鈥檚 proposal to close the college.
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I would like to acknowledge that I am an occupier on occupied land. I offer my respects to Aboriginal elders, past and present.
I am an international student from Cape Town, South Africa, and a first year student at Sydney College of the Arts. I am also a proud occupier and would like to thank you all for coming and for this incredible support.
About 300 Aboriginal people have joined a class action filed in the Federal Court on September 12 to recover wages they say were stolen by the Queensland government more than half a century ago.
The claim is for unpaid wages held in government trust accounts under Queensland鈥檚 Aboriginal Protection and Preservation Act 1939, which allowed the government to control the earnings of Aboriginal people until 1972. Much of the money was lost or stolen.
Section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act聽鈥 Australia鈥檚 federal hate speech law 鈥 has tended to dominate public debate about free speech for the past few years. This has meant other important laws that restrict free speech in broad ways are being overlooked.
While the 18C debate has raged, important new restrictions on freedom of speech have been introduced in Australia. These have flown much further under the radar. These restrictions should concern us, because they have a wide-ranging impact on the freedom of speech that is essential to democratic deliberation.
Resistance: Young Socialist Alliance member Zebedee Parkes鈥 short documentary film For my Friends in Detention has been selected for showing at film festivals around the world.
The film explores the impact refugee activism in Australia has on people on both sides of the fence. It draws upon several years of observational footage, including activist Sarah鈥檚 first experience of a detection centre and her relationship with Cali, a Tamil refugee.
Parkes spoke to We are Moving Stories about the film.
By some estimates, more than 1 million people came out across Catalonia on September 11 for Catalonia鈥檚 national day (the Diada) to show their support for Catalan sovereignty and 鈥 for most present 鈥 for Catalan independence from the Spanish state.
Gamilaraay people are engaged in an epic fight for country against coal and gas giants supported by state and federal governments. For Raymond 鈥淏ubbly鈥 Weatherall, from the Gunu Gunu clan and the Biridja clan, the fight is about totems 鈥 鈥渙ur water, the environment and the land itself鈥.
Tamils protest on August 3 against Sri Lankan navy land grabs in Mullivaikkal.
Tamils who had been protesting outside a military cantonment in a suburb of Kilinochchi began a hunger strike on September 7.
Despite the rain, hundreds of people turned out in Seongju County on September 4 for a candlelight vigil for the 54th night in a row. Their message is clear: no to the United States鈥 planned deployment of the THAAD missile defence system, not in Seongju or anywhere in South Korea.
Simon Hunt is a lecturer at UNSW鈥檚 Art and Design school as well as a political satirist. Hunt found success and notoriety in the 1990s as Pauline Pantsdown, releasing song 鈥淚鈥檓 A Backdoor Man鈥 (1997) and 鈥淚 Don鈥檛 Like It鈥 (1998), which parodied far right politician Pauline Hanson. In 2004, Hunt released 鈥淚鈥檓 Sorry鈥, a parody of then-prime minister John Howard that was released as 鈥淟ittle Johnny鈥.
Solidarity from Syria with striking RMT train guards.
Britain鈥檚 National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport workers (RMT) has been organising Britain鈥檚 rail workers to fight for their rights with a series of industrial actions. No strangers to international solidarity, the RMT also recently passed a motion supporting the 55 sacked Carlton & United Breweries workers in Melbourne.
Palestinian workers queue to cross the Apartheid Wall in Bethlehem.
With Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu set to become the first Israeli prime minister to visit Australia next year, the Australian government will likely seek to deepen economic ties with the self-proclaimed 鈥渙nly democracy in the Middle East鈥.
It is also likely, if not certain, that Israel鈥檚 ongoing strangling of Palestine 鈥 economic as well as political and military 鈥 will not be mentioned.
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