Issue 1367

News

A group of Iranian refugees have begun a sit-in outside the Melbourne office of the Department of Immigration. Chris Slee reports.

Reclaim the night in Newcastle, justice for women

More than 200 people reclaimed Beaumont Street in Hamilton, Newcastle, on October 28 as part of Reclaim the Night, reports Steve O'Brien.

Blockade IMARC protests the mining conference in Darling Harbour. Photo: Blockade IMARC

About 30 activists defied police intimidation to protest the International Mining and Resources Conference at the International Convention Centre in Darling Harbour. Kerry Smith reports.

More than 1000 Iranians and supporters took part in a moving听global protest in Sydney. Rachel Evans reports.

More than 3000 people听gathered outside Sydney Town Hall on November 2 to call for justice for 15-year-old Cassius Turvey. Isaac Nellist reports.

Barry Healy reports that thousands of people from across Perth attended a vigil in Midland听to commemorate the life of 15-year-old Noongar man Cassius Turvey.

A large crowd at the Justice For Cassius Turvey vigil heard a moving message from听Mechelle Turvey, the mother Noongar boy听Cassius Turvey,听who died after a brutal racist assault while he was walking home from school.

Plasterboard workers at Knauf returned to work after winning their demands for permanency and a pay rise. Chris Slee reports.

The Independent and Peaceful Australia Network is hosting its national conference as well as launching the results of its people's inquiry into militarism. Bevan Ramsden reports.

Adelaide vigil for Cassis Turvey

Thousands of people across the country are turning out to celebrate and mourn听Noongar boy Cassius Turvey, who听died after being set upon and beaten by youths with an iron bar on October 13. Isaac Nellist听谤别辫辞谤迟蝉.

RAFFWU secretary Josh Cullinan has promised more strikes and escalating bans unless Apple agrees to听workers鈥 calls for a fair enterprise agreement. Isaac Nellist reports.

Pro-choice activists听protested outside an anti-abortion conference organised by Coalition in Defence of Human Life. Alex Salmon reports.

Climate protest in Sydney on September 24

An alliance of climate action and environment groups have condemned police intimidation against activists in the lead up to IMARC. Isaac Nellist reports.

Protesters gathered in Sydney to demand the United States government end its 60-year-old illegal blockade of Cuba, in the lead up to听another United Nations vote on the issue. Jim McIlroy reports.

Food Not Bombs Newcastle Organiser Bronte is finding ways to build community through food

Food Not Bombs Newcastle is building community by providing听warm vegan meals for locals. Theodore L Catt reports.

Environmental Jobs Alliance Geelong (EJAG) celebrated its work with a dinner involving representatives from the Wadawurrung Traditional Owners Aboriginal Corporation, unionists, community members and local businesses.听Jackie Kriz reports.

The Illawarra community gathered at Lysaght Park听for the annual Reclaim the Night protest to demand the right to be free from violence. Kate Simpson reports.

Analysis

Socialist Alliance candidates Sue Bolton and Sarah Hathway join us for the latest 91自拍论坛 Show to discuss the political situation in the lead up to the Victorian elections.

The United States鈥 plan to deploy six nuclear-capable B-52 bombers to the Tindal Air Base near Darwin reminds us that war madness remains as real as ever, argues听Peter Boyle.

The climate is changing why arent we

Australia lacks ambition and needs to do more in the global effort to stay below 1.5掳C, the United Nations said on the eve of its climate summit in Egypt, reports Pip Hinman.

Palestinian activists鈥 hopes for change were boosted by Labor鈥檚 decision to end recognition of West Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. Khaled Ghannam looks athow much听change Labor is prepared to make.

Premier Andrew鈥檚 energy announcement听is a nod to the failures of听privatisating听the energy sector and the growing pressure to speed up the transition, argues Sarah Hathway.

The听controversy over a recent investigation into alleged fraud in the Medicare system points to system failures resulting from chronic听under-funding. Jim McIlroy reports.

A still taken from MUA video made to mark 150 year anniversary

The Maritime Union of Australia has just marked the 150th anniversary of its formation. MUA Victoria deputy听branch secretary Dave Ball听discusses the union's internationalism and enduring militancy.

World

A person holding a LGBTQI rights flag.

Russia鈥檚 lower house of parliament passed a bill to outlaw the promotion of 鈥渘on-traditional sexual relations鈥 on October 27. Not one of the 400 MPs opposed it, reports Dick Nichols.

More than six weeks of protests in Iran show there is a real prospect of change, but the Iranian people need our urgent support, reports Peter Murphy.

Socialist Party of Malaysia deputy chairperson S. Arutchelvan听talks about the November 19 snap general elections and the politics and agendas of the various parties in contention.

Palestine solidarity banner

Five Palestinians were killed during an Israeli assault targeting the Lions Den resistance group in the occupied West Bank city of Nablus on October 25, reports Tamara Nassar.

Ukraine Denys Pilash

Speaking from Kyiv, Denys Pilash 鈥 a political scientist and activist with the Ukrainian democratic socialist organisation Social Movement 鈥 addressed 91自拍论坛鈥檚 Ecosocialism 2022 conference.

If the climate was a bank

Ahead of COP27, governments are making a big deal of their pledges to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. But听even if all the pledges were kept, global warming would still reach catastrophic levels, argues Ben Radford.

Pro-Kanak independence leader听Louis Kotra Uregei听will be remembered as someone who all his life fought for the well-being of the Kanak people, writes听John Garcia.

US Ambassador Laura Dogu (left) and Honduran President Xiomara Castro

United States Ambassador to Honduras Laura Dogu was summoned by Honduran foreign minister Enrique Reina on October 31 for meddling in the country鈥檚 internal affairs, writes Ana Zorita.

Lula's victory rally. Photo credit: Ricardo Stuckert/@PTBrasil

The key to defending Luiz Inacio "Lula" da Silva's government and ensuring progress will be the revitalisation of the popular organisations听and indigenous and labour movements, argues Dave Kellaway.

CUPE members rally outside Ministry of Labour

Ontario's heavy-handed attack on workers鈥 rights听poses a serious threat to labour movements and could set a precedent for dismantling the foundations of collective bargaining, reports Jeff Shantz.

Lula Da Silva

Thousands took to the streets to celebrate as听Workers鈥 Party candidate Luiz Inacio "Lula" da Silva defeated Jair Bolsonaro in one the most crucial elections in Brazil鈥檚 history, reports People's Dispatch.

Nnimmo Bassey

Ahead of the COP27 climate meeting in Egypt, the听Breaking Green podcast spoke to Nigerian environmentalist Nnimmo Bassey.

Culture

ABC Media Watch

The platforming of transphobic figures in the media, including in programs such as Media Watch, has harmful consequences for transgender and non-binary people, argue Alex Salmon and Nova Sobieralski.

tim minchin

Tim Minchin is BACK听in this film of his last international tour. It shows him to be a remarkably talented, sharp-witted performer with astonishing musicality. Barry Healy reviews.

Mike Davis

Chris Bambery pays tribute to author and class fighter, Mike Davis.

Soccer stadium

The kicking of the first ball in Qatar will induce a collective sporting amnesia for which the Socceroos will be complicit, argues Binoy Kampmark.

Protest albums from October 2022

Mat Ward looks back at October's political news and the best new music that related to it.

Barry Healy reviews an inspiring new history of the 1960's New York Puerto Rican radicals, the Young Lords, who challenged those in power to attend听to people's suffering in East Harlem.