Senator Lidia Thorpe has quit the Greens Party to sit on the Senate crossbench聽and help build a strong grassroots Blak Sovereign Movement. Ben Radford 谤别辫辞谤迟蝉.听
Issue 1374
News
The Australian Tamil community and supporters rallied outside the Sri Lankan High Commission on聽the 75th anniversary of Tamil Oppression Day. Stanley Blair reports.
A聽Move Beyond Coal聽national webinar discussed the crisis impacting the Adani Group and its implications for the Carmichael coal project in Queensland, reports Jim McIlroy.
A protest was organised by Move Beyond Coal outside Blackrock and Barclays Bank against聽their continued support for Adani/Bravus Carmichael coal mine in Western Queensland. Coral Wynter reports.
Kurds and supporters聽began a month-long聽campaign to free imprisoned Kurdish leader Abdullah 脰calan by sailing through iconic Sydney Harbour in a flag and banner-dressed yacht.听Peter Boyle reports.
Twin earthquakes have devastated Kurdish towns and cities in Turkey and Syria. But the Turkish and Syrian governments have not been providing desperately needed emergency aid,聽explains聽Gulfer Olan.
About 100 refugees and supporters gathered outside Prime Minister Anthony Albanese鈥檚 electoral聽office in Marrickville聽to call for permanent protection for all refugees. Isaac Nellist reports.
More than 200 floats will be included in this year鈥檚 Mardi Gras, which is expected to be one of the biggest yet, but the selection is聽being questioned. Josh Adams reports.
Survivors of child sexual abuse and LGBTIQ聽rights group Community Action for Rainbow Rights initiated聽protests in the lead-up to and聽at George Pell鈥檚 memorial service. Rachel Evans reports.
Chanting "Free, free Palestine" and "From the River to the Sea, Palestine will be free", protesters protested聽Israel's聽 slaughter of Palestinian refugees.听Alex Bainbridge reports.
More than 150 people from across Australia and New Zealand attended the Palestine Solidarity Conference to discuss how to聽raise public awareness about Palestinian human rights and oppression. Michael Bull reports.
Episode 1, February 3, 2023. Ben Radford and Isaac Nellist host a new 91自拍论坛 news podcast featuring the latest news from Australia and around the world.
Two days of protests outside the Myanmar Embassy marked the second anniversary of the military coup in Burma/Myanmar.听Paul Oboohov reports.
A protest was held in Sydney against the聽Israeli apartheid state's聽upsurge in deadly attacks against the Palestinian people.听Peter Boyle reports.
Activists are fighting to stop logging in a Victorian government-promised聽National Park in Western Victoria. Chris Peterson reports.
The Alliance Against Political Persecutions rallied outside the United States Embassy to call on US Ambassador Caroline Kennedy to intercede on behalf of Julian Assange. Paul Oboohov reports.
Coroner Simon McGregor, who conducted the inquest into the death in prison of Gunditjmara, Dja Dja Wurrung, Wiradjuri and Yorta Yorta聽woman聽Veronica Nelson, said Victoria鈥檚 Bail Act needs聽to be 鈥渦rgently鈥 amended. Chris Slee reports.
Donna Nelson, the mother of Gunditjmara, Dja Dja Wurrung, Wiradjuri and Yorta Yorta聽woman聽Veronica Nelson, has spoken out about the failures of the system and called for changes to the bail laws.听Kerry Smith reports.
Two women have taken聽action to stop logging in Yarratt Forest, north of Taree, by suspending聽themselves from trees with聽ropes. Kerry Smith reports.
Action for Public Housing organised a free sausage sizzle as part of building support for a pre-election rally on February 11 to demand housing justice in NSW. Rachel Evans reports.
Faulty valves, broken vents and a myriad of technical problems have already been shown to be standard operational features in Santos鈥 gas projects, reports聽North West Protection Advocacy.
Tens of thousands of people聽joined Invasion Day protests around the country on January 26.听
Analysis
The 20th anniversary of the then largest protest in world history is on February 15. As time passes, memories fade. But the huge 2003 protest against the Iraq war was worth remembering, argues Alex Bainbridge.
It seems like no government official or senior public servant realised the Robodebt scheme was illegal, but the idea that the Coalition government didn鈥檛 know exactly what it was doing is preposterous, argues Zane Alcorn.
In a recent address, Professor Thalia Anthony discussed colonisation through a Marxist framework, including the ongoing impacts on First Nations people in Alice Springs. Niko Leka reports.
Jim McIlroy聽writes about how a recent hospital stay has underlined聽why we need to fight to defend and extend the priceless public hospital system.
NSW Labor is聽a clear favourite to win the March 25 election. But聽Suzanne James reviews the field and asks is Labor鈥檚 lead really as big as it looks?
Reza Berati鈥檚 death has become a symbol of the brutality and impunity of the offshore imprisonment of聽asylum seekers and refugees,聽argues Janet Parker,聽on the ninth anniversary of his brutal death on Manus Island.
First Nations people and organisations have continued to propose solutions and call for genuine consultation between affected communities at all levels of government. But, as Jacob Andrewartha reports, they are being sidelined.听
Digital rights activist and author聽Lizzie O鈥橲hea聽discusses gambling reform.
John Garcia, a passionate and sincere person, spent much of his life fighting for rights for First Nations peoples and refugees. Robynne Murphy, his friend and comrade, writes about his life.听聽
For many young people,聽the fact that modern Australia emerged from a colonial-settler society founded on the violent dispossession of First Nations peoples is a self-evident fact. Sarah Hathway and Sam Wainwright聽comment on a significant聽political聽shift聽underway.
The Australian government must not remain silent about one of the worst upsurges in violence in聽the Occupied Palestinian Territories聽for many years, argues Khaled Ghannam.
The Treasurer鈥檚 鈥渧alues-based capitalism鈥 looks like it will include cuts to public spending, greater private investment, cuts to services and greater upfront costs, argues聽Graham Matthews.听
Data privacy, digital rights, gambling reform and more on the 91自拍论坛 Show with Lizzie O'Shea and Suzanne James.
The setting of the Doomsday聽Clock to聽90 seconds to midnight聽reflects the consensus that Russia's Ukraine invasion has brought the world closer to nuclear war than at any time since the 1980s. Here is the plan proposed by the聽International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons.
The Doomsday Clock has crept the closest it is ever been聽as the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists set the minute hand to 90 seconds to midnight. Paul Gregoire reports.
Sensationalism of events in Mparntwe聽is placing First Nations young people at risk, argues聽Ampe-kenhe Ahelhe. The group聽has聽invited the PM to listen to them about finding solutions.
The current frenzy around the聽Alice Springs crime wave聽risks risks repeating the same moral聽panics and deployment of聽top-down policies which disempower First Nations people, write聽Thalia Anthony听补苍诲听Vanessa Napaltjari Davis.
World
Malaysian socialist Soh Sook Hwa, addressing the recent Socialist Alliance national conference, talked about the need for action and solidarity to confront the climate crisis. Susan Price reports.
Canadian police need to come clean about their own use of deadly force, writes Jeff Shantz.
About half a million workers took strike action across Britain on February 1, writes Terry Conway, in the biggest wave of strikes for over a decade.
Angry protests have been held in Paris and 267 other towns around France against President Emmanuel Macron鈥檚 attempt to raise the standard retirement age from 62 to 64, reports John Mullen.
Ukrainian socialist and author of Ukraine and the Empire of Capital Yuliya Yurchenko discusses the key domestic factors that shaped Ukrainian politics from independence to Russia鈥檚 invasion.
Burkina Faso鈥檚 government decided on January 18 to ask French military forces to leave the country within a month, reports Vijay Prashad.
Howie Hawkins聽discusses聽the recently formed Ukraine Solidarity Network and the challenges of building solidarity with Ukraine while opposing US imperialism.
Stop Wapenhandel and The Transnational Institute co-produced an important dossier in November that details the enormous funds the West is spending on a new arms race, reports Pip Hinman.
While Israeli soldiers stormed Jenin and killed 10 Palestinians, members of Israeli registered professional cycling teams were training on roads in and around Geelong, writes Lisa Gleeson.
Malik Miah asks what this latest cop killing says about policing and why abolition is the only answer.
Half a million trade unionists are gearing up for a national day of strike action on February 1, across England, Scotland and Wales, writes Terry Conway.
Jorge Escalante聽discusses the protest movement, the nature of the Boluarte coup government and what it might take to bring it down.
Culture
British comedian Kate Smurthwaite discusses the power of comedy as a force for good, with Alex Bainbridge.
Michael Adams new book, Hanging Ned Kelly: Elijah Upjohn, the hangmen and the underbelly of colonial Australia, exposes how executioners were forced to do the colonial ruling classes' dirty work. Alex Salmon reviews.
Mat Ward looks back at January's political news and the best new music that related to it.