Issue 1368

News

The newly formed community听Walyalup Climate Action听drew around 300 people to its inaugural event 鈥 鈥淩eal climate action means no new fossil fuels鈥. Janet Parker reports.

Historian and Kurdish solidarity activist听John Tully gave the inaugural Sydney Kobane Day Lecture in the New South Wales Parliament House. Peter Boyle reports.

Residents rallied at the local waterfront听to protest the Viva Energy gas import terminal, proposed for Corio Bay. Sue Bull reports.

Sydney solidarity with Bolivia

Solidarity activists in Sydney have denounced the campaign of violence and destabilisation against Bolivia's democratically elected government, reports Ana Zorita and Susan Price.

Unionsts from various unions support the Gomeroi campaign against Santos

A delegation of unionists travelled to the Pilliga forest, in Northern NSW, in solidarity with听the Gomeroi people resisting Santos' Narrabri coal seam gas mining operation. Jim McIlroy reports.

Hundreds called on the federal Labor听government to deliver its promise to give permanent protection to thousands of refugees听left in limbo because of听cruel asylum seeker听policies. Peter Boyle reports.

Hundreds of refugees and supporters rallied听to demand permanent residency in Melbourne. Chris Slee reports.

Thousands gather at Kangaroo Point in solidarity with Iran, October 29.

Thousands of people have been attending weekly rallies in Brisbane in solidarity with the uprising in Iran.听Alex Bainbridge reports.

The Newcastle Pride Fest in Gregson Park attracted big crowds.听Theodore L Catt reports.

Every Thursday听a 鈥渉onk for Julian鈥 protest takes place听outside the听Prime Minister Anthony Albanese鈥檚 electoral office in Marrickville. Stephen Langford reports.

Analysis

John Tully gave the following speech at the inaugural Kobane Day Lecture听at New South Wales Parliament.听

NTEU Qld

The number of workers taking strike action has risen this year, up from record lows for a decade. University workers are a part of this movement, reports Jonathan Strauss.

Anthony Albanese听must honour Labor鈥檚 election promise to grant听permanency to the more than 30,000 refugees already living here, writes听Janet Parker.

Farhad Bandesh, a Kurd, escaped Iran because he was persecuted. But, as he told Sumitra Vignaendra, a听bridging visa amounts to more torture.

As long as we treat the climate crisis as just another political issue and not听the emergency it is, the more time we lose, argues听Greta Thunberg.

There are alternatives to the fossil fuel hegemony, argue Christopher Wright, Daniel Nyberg 补苍诲听Vanessa Bowden.听

While the high profile effort to extradite Julian Assange to the US听continues, the case of former US听pilot Marine Corps major and flight instructor Daniel Edmund Duggan has slipped under the radar. Binoy Kampmark reports.

As corporations听increase prices and cause inflation, nearly everyone is feeling the pinch.听Socialist Alliance is contesting听the Victorian elections to听help win pro-people changes by giving voice to grassroots campaigns.

New research by The Australia Institute shows an overwhelming majority want governments to take serious action to curb climate change. Isaac Nellist reports.

Traditional Owners are trying to prevent AV Jennings from building hundreds of new homes on the old Deebing Creek Aboriginal Mission, a massacre site听which has never been publicly documented. Coral Wynter reports.

NSW women鈥檚 organisations are calling for improvements to a coercive control听bill听so that it helps combat the behaviour rather than escalate it. Paul Gregoire reports.

Federal Labor has听been spruiking its new industrial relations听laws as being the vehicle to miraculously improve听wages.听Josh Cullinan argues why that is not the case.

World

Tuvalu climate justice

Leaders in the Global South are continuing to lead the way in the fight for far-reaching climate action at COP27, reports Julia Conley.

Protest against the overturning of Roe v Wade outside the Supreme Court in Washington, DC.

The right to abortion became a deciding factor in limiting the predicted Republican 鈥渟weep鈥 in the United States midterm elections, writes Barry Sheppard.

Nicaragua hunger strikers

The Daniel Ortega regime treats its jailed opponents as badly or worse than the Somoza family dictatorship, brought down by the Sandinista National Liberation Front in 1979, writes Dick Nichols.

Hundreds of thousands took to the streets calling for the overthrow of the military junta, in at least 19 cities and towns across Sudan, marking one year since the military coup. Pavan Kulkarni reports.

Jordan Bardella

Marine Le Pen鈥檚 party has had a series of successes and is hoping to build further in coming months. Determined opposition will be crucial, writes John Mullen.

Police evict Punta Gorda residents

The Honduran army and national police converged on a Gar铆funa community in Punta Gorda 鈥 on the island of Roat谩n 鈥 on November 7, violently evicting residents, reports Ana Zorita.

Parti Sosialis Malaysia

Many Malaysian progressives were outraged and dismayed at the decision by opposition coalition Pakatan Harapan to exclude the Socialist Party of Malaysia from an electoral pact, reports Peter Boyle.

Hands off Rojava

The Kurdish-led administration in North and East Syria hit back after Sweden鈥檚 foreign minister implied he would distance his country from the self-governing region in order to appease Turkey, reports Medya News.

鈥榃oman, Life, Freedom鈥 鈥 Protesters show solidarity with the Iranian uprising on October 22

Various Ukrainian听feminist activist groups and NGOs have signed a statement听expressing their solidarity with the Iranian uprising.

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak in front of Number 10 Downing Street

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak鈥檚 coming to power is a perfect statement of the leader estranged and continentally distant from voters, writes听Binoy Kampmark.

Filep Karma

Before his death, Filep Karma was considered the one West Papuan leader who could pull together the splintered factions seeking self-determination and independence, writes David Robie.

Cuba

For the 30th year in a row, the United Nations General Assembly overwhelmingly condemned the United States鈥 embargo on Cuba and called on Washington to end its wide-ranging punitive sanctions, reports Ian Ellis-Jones.

I support education workers

Education workers walked off the job听in protest at the Conservative Ontario government's new union-busting legislation, which is designed to undermine the right to strike, writes听Jeff Shantz.

Pedal for People and Planet - Philippines

Cyclists joined climate activists in coordinated bicycle actions across nine countries in Asia on November 6, calling for reparations for climate debt, reports Susan Price.

Culture

Danger is omnipresent in this documentary by Australian filmmaker,听Karl Malakunus, which accompanies unarmed environmental听campaigners in the Philippines, as they confront illegal loggers and fishers. Barry Healy reviews.听听

Alex Salmon reviews Danielle Laidley鈥檚 2022 memoir, Don鈥檛 Look Away, which tells the story of her life 鈥 from growing up in Perth鈥檚 northern suburbs, through to her professional football career and gender transition.