More than 1000听students, workers and activists marched on May 6 to call for urgent action on climate change. Isaac Nellist reports.
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The Hunter Asylum Seeker Advocacy screened Ithaka, a film about Julian Assange, with his father John Shipton a keynote speaker. Niko Leka reports.
Activists tried to stop several people from being removed from the Melbourne Immigration Transit Accommodation centre, likely to be deported.听Felix Dance reports.
Socialist Alliance Sydney candidate Andrew Chuter is pioneering听short YouTube videos to take the campaign message beyond the usual suspects. Peter Boyle reports.
Australian Services Union听and the Municipal and Utilities Workers Union members working for Moreland City Council have taken strike action after management offered a听pay cut.听Darren Saffin reports.
An estimated 15,000 teachers rallied in Hyde Park and marched to NSW parliament听to demand better pay and conditions. Jim McIlroy reports on their second strike in six months.
Kuku Yalanji woman Pat O鈥橲hane is calling on voters to put the Liberal National MP Warren Entsch last on the ballot given his support for the racist One Nation party. Renee Lees听reports.
For a fourth time a Senate committee investigating contentious oil and gas exploration in the听Beetaloo Basin听in the Northern Territory听has had to ask for an extension, largely because of corporate favours. Pip Hinman reports.
The Kurdish community called on the Australian government to condemn the Turkish invasion of South Kurdistan (northern Iraq) just as it has condemned the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Peter Boyle reports.
A central theme of听the May Day march in Sydney was that Prime Minister Scott Morrison's Liberal-National Coalition government had to be voted out at the federal election听on听May 21. Video by Peter Boyle.
In the lead-up to a federal election, some May Day rallies across Australia from April 30 to May 2 were bigger than usual. Kerry Smith reports.
Housing is a human right was the theme of the Housing Alliance lutruwita/Tasmania听and听Grassroots Action Network Tasmania protest outside Parliament House. Jenny Forward reports.
The Tigrayan community marched through Sydney CBD听to call for Australian and international solidarity in the face of ongoing genocidal attacks from the Ethiopian armed forces.听Peter Boyle reports.
Analysis
Socialist Alliance candidate for Wills Sue Bolton听said kicking the Scott Morrison government out is critical, but听going soft on Labor won't help the workers鈥 movement. Jacob Andrewartha reports.
Socialist candidate Felix Dance said the federal government must be worried about its re-election chances for Peter Dutton to give a war speech on ANZAC Day, writes听Mayura Ashok.
Jacob Andrewartha argues why its important to put Socialist Alliance number 1 in听this election.
A ferocious fire in a neglected boarding house in inner city suburb of Newtown has renewed calls for tenants鈥 rights and greater government regulation of these often neglected places. Pip Hinman reports.
Socialist Alliance Victorian Senate candidate Felix Dance听criticised the Coalition's 鈥渒haki election鈥 strategy, saying 鈥渨ar is a racket鈥.
Cost-of-living pressures and the economy are critical issues in most election campaigns, and they certainly are in this one, argues听William Briggs.
It is what we have come to expect from the Prime Minister听鈥 comments that reflect age-old prejudice and which put him firmly in the bigot camp, argues听Janet Parker.
Canberra's bullying of听the Manasseh Sogavare government for its deal with China follows from its longstanding paternalistic听approach on the existential matter of rising seas. William Briggs reports.
Phil Sandford had two consuming passions: jazz and revolutionary socialism, writes Derek Mortimer.听
World
British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss calls for the 鈥済lobalisation鈥 of NATO to pre-empt 鈥渢hreats in the Indo-Pacific鈥, namely China, William Briggs reports.
The scandal of electronic eavesdropping on 65 leaders of the Catalan independence movement by Spanish state intelligence shows signs of becoming a long-running soap opera. Dick Nichols reports.
The 鈥渓eak鈥 of the draft decision by the Supreme Court to overturn Roe vs Wade, the 1973 ruling legalising women鈥檚 right to abortion, signals that it will probably do so in its final decision on the Mississippi anti-abortion law before it. Barry Sheppard reports.
As a result of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Finland and Sweden are closer than ever to joining the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). Duroyan Fertl spoke to Pinja Vuorinen, Chair of the Left Youth of Finland about the debate.
Since the beginning of March, protests have erupted across Sri Lanka demanding the resignation of President Nandasena Gotabaya Rajapaksa, writes Janaka Biyanwila. These protests emerged in the context of rising costs of living, exacerbated by a foreign debt crisis.
For Ukrainian refugees in Berlin, like those in Warsaw, Chisinau, and elsewhere, this war isn鈥檛 about support for Zelensky or NATO, writes Marcel Cartier. It is about defending their identity as Ukrainians.
Sudan's democratic forces are up against a brutal militia, which is determined to strengthen its forces, buy influence and take power, reports T Hassan and W Madit.
A wave of protests has spread throughout Sri Lanka in recent weeks, sparked by an economic crisis. Chris Slee reports.
Culture
A teacher in Turkey鈥檚 southern province of Mersin, was issued a fine for communicating in Kurdish and Arabic with his students, reports Medya News.
Turkey's Constitutional Court has ruled that the refusal by a public office to register a baby with the name 鈥淐iwan鈥 鈥 which contains the Kurdish letter 鈥淲鈥 鈥 was constitutional, reports Medya News.
Progressive filmmaker, Damon Gameau spoke with 91自拍论坛 about his new film, a response to the devastating 2019鈥20 bushfires.