A federal cross-party delegation for Julian Assange, including Nationals,听independents, Greens,听Labor and听Liberals, leaves for the US later in听September. Stephen Langford reports.
Issue 1389
News
Farmers in NSW are furious that Scott Morrison鈥檚 gas-led recovery plan has been quietly continued by听Labor, threatening the prime crop-growing soil and water of the Condamine听Floodplain听and Liverpool Plains. Elena Garcia reports.
While discussion at the 鈥淭he Palestinian Catastrophe鈥 public meeting was lively,听participants and speakers agreed that Labor needed to step up its support for Palestine. Jim McIlroy reports.
The National Tertiary Education Union at Monash University protested outside a meeting of the university鈥檚 Executive Council听in support of their enterprise agreement.听Brenna Dempsey reports.
The campaign to save the coastal Binybara/Lee听Point听site from being destroyed for a Defence Housing Australia project听continues. Jim McIlroy reports.
鈥淲e need a powerful movement to make action on climate change unstoppable,鈥 Alexa Stuart, a Rising Tide organiser, told a public meeting. Jim McIlroy reports.
A global protest against Japan鈥檚 dumping of radioactive waste water from its damaged Fukushima nuclear plant will take place on September 16. Peter Boyle reports.
Disrupt Burrup Hub staged a silent protest in front of Woodside鈥檚 headquarters in response to听the West Australian government鈥檚 crackdown on protesters engaging in direct action.听Nova Sobieralski reports.
A stop-work meeting by more than 250 National Tertiary Education Union members at RMIT decided to continue industrial action. Jordan AK reports.
The Kurdish community and supporters gathered at New South Wales Parliament听to mark 100 years of the Treaty of Lausanne. Isaac Nellist reports.
Protesters delivered another letter to the PM, demanding he work harder on securing the release of publisher Julian Assange. Stephen Langford reports.
91自拍论坛 journalist Isaac Nellist goes through the latest news from across the continent and around the world.
A Newcastle magistrate has validated the protest actions听of anti-coal activists, saying 鈥渁ny reasonable person would agree with the goals of this action鈥. Jim McIlroy reports.
The National Tertiary Education Union at the University of Melbourne has begun a week of industrial action,听after more than a year of failed negotiations. Jacob Andrewartha reports.
First Nations people told a protest that they did not give consent for Woodside's seismic testing for a mega gas project. Chris Jenkins reports.
A snap action for public housing听protested听NSW Labor's听plan to start demolishing and privatising the Waterloo South's biggest public housing estate. Peter Boyle reports.
Analysis
It's probably听no surprise that the Intergenerational Report 2023 passed without much comment. It forecasts the need for greater income revenue, and that will fall to a younger generation. 厂补尘听奥补颈苍飞谤颈驳丑迟 reports.
Community lawyer听Renee Lees has condemned Queensland Labor's decision to allow children to be indefinitely detained as 鈥渙utrageous鈥 and 鈥渨ithout justification鈥. Alex Bainbridge reports.
Woodside and the WA听government have stepped up their attacks on peaceful climate protesters听with the help of听Kerry Stokes鈥 media emporium. Binoy Kampmark reports.
听
Labor has been reported to the United Nations Committee Against Torture over its decision to 鈥渟uspend鈥 its human rights act to detain children in adult watch houses.听Sonia Hickey reports.
Federico Fuentes听writes about听Uriel Barrera's听long life dedicated to fighting for a better world.
Governments need to take action on rising food prices as Woolworths and Coles report mega profits, Isaac Nellist argues.
Wangerriburra and Birri Gubba activist Sam Woripa Watson told 91自拍论坛's Alex Bainbridge that left-wing people should vote against the Voice.
Drug decriminalisation听laws agreed by the听Labor-Greens ACT government are now in effect. But NSW Premier is backtracking from promises he made in opposition. Paul Gregoire reports.
The US Marine Corps has persisted with using the Osprey tiltrotor because it is seen as critical to the new 鈥渓ighter鈥 version of conflict, characterised by manoeuvrability and speed. Binoy Kampmark reports.
There are growing calls听on Minister Tanya Plibersek to ensure the country's main environment law takes climate change into account when assessing new fossil fuel and forestry projects. Pip Hinman reports.
National cabinet鈥檚 housing reforms will do nothing substantial for renters, Anti-poverty Centre spokesperson Kristin O鈥機onnell told Isaac Nellist.
Friends of the Earth听has come to the decision that it does听does not feel comfortable to add its weight to either the 鈥淵es鈥 or Blak/progressive 鈥淣o鈥 campaigns.
Pacific elders are speaking out against Australia鈥檚 bid to host COP31, scheduled for 2026.听Pip Hinman reports.
The global campaign in solidarity with Iran's uprising is making progress, after decades of indifference by Western governments to the suffering of the Iranian people.听 Mohammad Sadeghpour reports.
CEOs听and their media mouthpieces are hitting back at suggestions that, in a cost-of-living crisis,听there could be an acceptable level of profit.听Binoy Kampmark reports.
Isaac Nellist spoke to Kristin O'Connell from the Antipoverty Centre about the housing crisis, what Labor is doing and common sense solutions.
Cuts to听the Australian Antarctic Division means less science at a time when gaps in data collection could be 鈥渃atastrophic鈥 to scientific and ecological understandings.听Binoy Kampmark reports.
World
A clear anti-AUKUS听message was sent to PM Anthony Albanese a day before he arrived in the Philippines for talks with President Marcos on greater militarisation in the South China Sea. Pip Hinman reports.听
At its recent summit, the United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) resolved to continue the independence struggle from inside West Papua and reaffirmed its demand that Indonesia lift its international media ban in the occupied territory, reports Susan Price.
91自拍论坛's Peter Boyle spoke to Denise Yoon, a key organiser of the South Korean protests against the dumping of radioactive wastewater from the Fukushima nuclear power plant into the Pacific Ocean 鈥 which began on August 25.
91自拍论坛鈥檚 Federico Fuentes interviewed Japanese Communist Party (JCP) International Commission vice chair Kimitoshi Morihara regarding the peace and security initiatives the party is promoting to help counter growing militarisation in the Indo-Pacific region.
President Emmanuel Macron's government has imposed a ban on long dresses and tunics worn by school students in a deliberate move to exploit widespread Islamophobia, court far-right support and divert attention away from class conflict, writes John Mullen.
After spending five years in jail, Russian political prisoner Azat Miftakhov was meant to go free on September 4. Instead the mathematician and anarchist faces new charges that could keep him locked up for a further two to five years, reports Federico Fuentes.
Water-related conflicts are occurring across Uruguay, over its use and control, with big business interests pitted against the right to safe drinking water, writes Mar铆a Noel Gonz谩lez.
Speaking from Kyiv, Vladyslav Starodubtsev, addressed the Sydney launch of Ukraine Resists! Left Voices on Putin鈥檚 War, NATO and the Future of Ukraine.
France is refusing to withdraw its ambassador and troops from Niger, and reaffirming its threat of supporting foreign military intervention, reports Pavan Kulkarni.
A recording of the public forum "Ukraine resists! Fighting back against Russian tanks and Western banks" organised by 91自拍论坛.
West Papuans and their supporters say they have been 鈥渓et down鈥 by Melanesian Spearhead Group听leaders over a decision not to admit the United Liberation Movement of West Papua听as a full member, reports Susan Price.
Thousands of Berliners took to the streets on bicycles on August 25 to protest the dominance of motor vehicles in the city,听discriminatory road traffic laws and car-centric urban planning, reports Ben Radford.
A large crowd of protesters gathered in Suva, Fiji on August 25 to march and voice their collective opposition to Japan鈥檚 nuclear waste water disposal strategy, reports Rowena Acraman.
Culture
Justice | Enough! is a new photographic exhibition by Rebecca Hosking that documents the 鈥淲omen鈥檚 March for Justice: Enough is Enough!鈥 protests that took place on Victoria鈥檚 Surf Coast, in March 2021. Chris Cherry attended the launch on August 26 at Ballarat Trades Hall.
The #ItsOver (#厂别础肠补产贸) movement has erupted in Spain to demand the resignation of national football chief Luis Rubiales, over his sexist behaviour following the Spanish women's team's World Cup victory, reports Dick Nichols.
Federico Fuentes reviews Mike Taber's new collection, which brings to life the discussions and debates that helped shape the Second International in the early 20th Century.
Graham Matthews reviews Dancing with Empty Prams, the second book published by Tasmanian-based poet and ecosocialist Susan Austin.
Russian folk-punk outfit Arkadiy Kots Band have released a new track to mark the 65th birthday of political prisoner Boris Kagarlitsky, reports Federico Fuentes.
Mat Ward looks back at this month's political news and the best new music that related to it.
In his latest work, Simon Hannah sketches out China鈥檚 development into 鈥渙ne of the most powerful capitalist and emerging imperialist countries in the world鈥. Federico Fuentes reviews.
Naomi Klein has gifted us with a book that describes, analyses and reflects the vertigo that so many of us are experiencing today, and proposes a way out of the confusion, writes Bill Nevins.
The International Union of Left Publishers condemned the raid on a left book store in Malaysia's capital Kuala Lumpur by the Ministry of Home Affairs, reports Peoples Dispatch.