Firefighter Alan Glover and opera singer Karen Fitz-Gibbon were fined for taking part in a climate protest on the Sydney聽Harbour Bridge last April. Kerry Smith reports.
Issue 1376
News
Japanese Marxist academic Kohei Saito, author of聽Capital in the Anthropocene,聽will be a keynote聽speaker at聽Ecosocialism 2023,聽organised by 91自拍论坛. Peter Boyle reports.
National Tertiary Education Union members at the University of Sydney went on strike聽for the seventh time, in pursuit of their enterprise agreement. William Smith reports.
Hundreds of unionists and gender and queer activists marched for International Women鈥檚 Day in Naarm/Melbourne. Jacob Andrewartha reports.
Cairns for Refugees and 91自拍论坛 organised an event that raised nearly $1300 for refugee rights advocacy. Jonathan Strauss reports.
Brian Toohey, Alison Broinowski and Vince Scappatura will take part in a webinar hosted by聽the Australian Anti-AUKUS Coalition on March 26. Bevan Ramsden reports.
鈥淓nd violence against women鈥 was the theme of the Geelong Women Unionists Network鈥檚 21st International Women鈥檚 Day breakfast, reports Jacqueline Kriz.
Episode 3, March 6, 2023. 91自拍论坛听箩辞耻谤苍补濒颈蝉迟蝉 Isaac Nellist and Ben Radford take you through the latest news from Australia and around the world.
Supporters of the Barngarla people gathered outside the Federal Court to protest continuing moves to put a nuclear waste dump on First Nations land near Kimba. Renfrey Clarke reports.
The Hunter Workers Women鈥檚 Committee continued the tradition of loud and proud street marches with its聽International Women鈥檚 Day. 狈颈办辞听尝别办补 reports.
Venezuelan聽President Hugo聽Chavez was a leader for Venezuela, Latin America and the whole world, a meeting to mark 10 years since his death, was told. Chris Slee reports.
There was a big turnout聽for the fifth hearing of the Belmarsh Tribunal into the persecution of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange. Peter Boyle reports.
Hundreds of climate strikers heard from First Nations leaders and climate activists before marching to the Woodside office in Perth, reports Alex Bainbridge.
Torrential rain did not stop student climate strikers from marching through the streets of Sydney. Video by Peter Boyle.
Murujuga Traditional Custodians have escalated their campaign to protect Murujuga rock art in the Pilbara, Western Australia.聽Coral Wynter聽reports.
Activist Stephen Langford has been arrested聽for failing to adhere to draconian bail conditions, which prevent him from being in the Sydney CBD. Pip Hinman reports.
Five climate activists, including聽a climate research scientist, were arrested for protesting outside the Australian Petroleum Production & Exploration Association. Kerry Smith reports.
Getting traffic lights installed next to a public school was a years-long battle that聽parents and citizens finally won.聽Graham Matthews reports.
Student activist Cherish Kuehlmann successfully challenged聽bail conditions arising from a housing action, which prevented聽her from entering聽Sydney鈥檚 CBD. David Killingly reports.
Climate activist Richard Boult was found not guilty of all charges brought by聽NSW Police for stepping onto a road during a climate protest last June. David Killingly reports.
A forum hosted by 91自拍论坛聽 highlighted ongoing struggles by LGBTIQ聽radical activists in a highly corporatised Sydney World Pride.
Activist Stephen Langford has been banned from the Sydney CBD after placing an A4 sheet, with blue tack, quoting Governor Lachlan Macquarie onto his statue in Hyde Park. Kerry Smith reports.
Protesters told Minister for Defence Richard Marles to scrap聽AUKUS and spend the money on health,聽education and welfare.聽John Quelch reports.
91自拍论坛 journalists Ben Radford and Isaac Nellist round up the latest news from Australia and around the world in this new podcast.
Forest protector and soil scientist Tim Evans stopped logging crews in聽Ballengarra State Forest, saying destruction of public native forests must end. Kerry Smith reports.
Analysis
A聽number of media outlets are manufacturing a consensus for war with China, a country that has never been a natural, historical enemy, nor sought to be, argues Binoy Kampmark.
Given how many are being crunched by the cost-of-living crisis, public sentiment would be on the unions鈥 side if they took united action for wage rises, argues Mary Merkenich.
Counterprotests have been organised against transphobic agitator Kellie-Jay Keen, who wants her tour of Australia to be a galvanising force for the small far-right and trans-exclusionary movement. Nova Sobieralski reports.
Climate activists are resisting聽intimidation in WA, writes Alex Bainbridge.
Superannuation tax concessions now cost as much as the age pension and more than the National Disability Insurance Scheme, writes聽Peter Boyle.
Attorney General Mark Dreyfus has agreed to the US' request to extradite聽former United States marine Daniel Edmund Duggan, writes聽Binoy Kampmark.
厂迟别辫丑别苍听尝补苍驳蹿辞谤诲 recounts the brutality and isolation of Goulburn Street lock-up after being recently arrested for breaching impossible bail conditions.
The cost of living is going through the roof and the housing crisis means more聽people cannot afford to rent or buy.聽Nearly everyone is feeling the pinch. That's why the Socialist Alliance聽platform for the NSW elections is is聽鈥楶eople before Profit鈥.
Palestinian writers Susan Abulhawa and Mohammed El-Kurd have been subjected to聽a storm of false defamation at the聽Adelaide Writers鈥 Festival in South Australia.聽Gideon Polya reports.
The closure of the traditional opportunity shop means the losers are people who can least afford it, argues Darren Saffin.
A聽two-year investigation by Hindenbug Research found聽evidence that Indian conglomerate Adani Group had聽engaged in a brazen stock manipulation and accounting fraud scheme over decades. Binoy Kampmark reports.
The United Nations Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture has again had to pull out of a planned inspection after聽NSW聽and Queensland refused it access to facilities. Paul Gregoire reports.
Elite soldiers in the Australian army are still asked to participate in a 鈥淐onduct After Capture鈥 course, which uses聽torture, sexual assault and dehumanisation techniques, writes聽Damien de Pyle.
The arms manufacturers are聽salivating that聽Australia鈥檚 military policy is finally moving in the right direction. Binony Kampmark聽reports on Deputy PM Richard Marles' enthusiasm.
Housing has become a significant election issue as rents skyrocket and tenants can be thrown out of their homes at the whim of a landlord. Jim McIlroy report.
Refugees and their supporters have called a major rally in Canberra on March 6聽and around the country on April 2. Labor's 鈥渞esolution of status鈥 permanent visa聽does not go far enough, argues聽Jonathan Strauss.
Well over 100 academics and other educators, many of them Jewish, have signed an open letter to vice-chancellors opposing聽the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance's聽Working Definition of Antisemitism. Renfrey Clarke reports.
World
The administration of Jammu and Kashmir, which is directly under the Indian government, launched an eviction drive targeting farmers and workers, reports Peoples Dispatch/Globetrotter News Service.
After a three-week period of relative calm, all trade union federations in France called on workers 鈥渢o bring France to a standstill鈥 on March 7. Key workers鈥 sectors promised ongoing strikes, reports John Mullen.
Indigenous communities and environmental groups are attempting to stop oil giant Equinor鈥檚 Bay du Nord deep sea oil project off the coast of Newfoundland and Labrador, reports Jeff Shantz.
Ahead of a significant day of industrial action across Britain,聽Terry Conway discusses the significance of the聽strikewave and what it will take to force the government鈥檚 hand.
The biggest European anti-war protest marking one year since Russia鈥檚 illegal invasion of Ukraine was held in Berlin, with reports of about 50,000 people turned out in freezing conditions, reports Susan Price.
The train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, highlighted safety regulation failures, indifference and anti-union bias, writes Malik Miah.
The Bay du Nord project will drill for oil at a depth of more than 1000 metres 鈥 a first in Canada 鈥 in an area vulnerable to strong storms and icebergs, reports Marc Bonhomme.
Following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, it soon became clear that there was a gulf between Catalonia鈥檚 peace movement and local Ukrainians, which continues to today, writes Dick Nichols.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will be remembered as the reckless politician who gave Itamar Ben-Gvir the green light to cause death and destruction, the scale of which has never been seen before, writes Miko Peled.
What began as an overblown diplomatic response by Washington to a Chinese surveillance balloon that drifted across the continental United States, before being shot down over the Atlantic Ocean, has morphed into a major confrontation, writes Barry Sheppard.
British Labour MP John McDonnell argues that to force a negotiated settlement to Russia's war on Ukraine, the left should support Ukrainians' right to defend themselves.
With elections due in the next 12 months, Spanish Socialist Workers Party (PSOE) prime minister Pedro S谩nchez is hoping his pro-worker posture will be enough to secure victory over the right and keep the independence movement at bay, writes Dick Nichols.
Culture
Bill Nevins reviews China Mi茅ville鈥檚 very readable book, A Spectre Haunting, about the concept of alternative world-creation in Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels鈥 Communist Manifesto.