More than half of the population of Afghanistan is facing starvation since the US-led occupation forces withdrew last August. Pip Hinman comments on the ongoing crisis.
Malalai Joya
The only way to save Afghanistan is with the solidarity of progressive, democratic and secular forces, says Malalai Joya.
Malalai Joya 蝉辫别补办蝉听迟辞 91自拍论坛听about the United States' recent announcement that it will听withdraw its troops and the West鈥檚 support for the Taliban.
The withdrawal of combat troops from Afghanistan is a welcome development. But, as Alex Bainbridge argues, it doesn鈥檛 mean that the warmongers in Canberra and Washington have been defeated.
How many more leaked internal reports into criminal-sounding behaviour of some Australian army and special forces personnel do we need to demand the occupation troops in Afghanistan and Iraq be removed 鈥 immediately?
Activist singer-songwriter from Brisbane, Phil Monsour, has released a new song and video, 鈥淰oices Rising鈥 which celebrates the work of teachers and听the struggles of the Queensland Teachers鈥 Union.
A the same time, Monsour has released One Song One Union, an album of contemporary trade union and solidarity songs, which听is available online.
We live in strange times. A white, nationalist, billionaire businessperson has been elected president. His 24-member cabinet is made up primarily of wealthy white men, many former Goldman Sachs executives, who US President Donald Trump鈥檚 most extreme nationalist ideologues call 鈥淣ew York liberals.鈥 Trump has appointed the fewest number of women and minorities to his cabinet since Ronald Reagan.
Any book on the modern urban heritage movement would at least make mention of Jack Mundey and the 1960s Green Bans, but for Sydney-based architect James Colman, Mundey鈥檚 figure continues to loom large over his city.
Italian Democratic Party (PD) members re-elected former prime minister Matteo Renzi as party secretary with 70% of the votes in primaries on April 30. Renzi鈥檚 re-election carries important significance for both Italy and Europe.
The demands of the hunger strikers are for basic civil rights. There are 6500 Palestinian prisoners held by Israel, including 300 children. About 500 are being held under 鈥渁dministrative detention鈥 鈥 meaning they are held without trial by court orders that can be renewed indefinitely.
Despite the scale of the hunger strike and huge popular support enjoyed by the prisoners and their campaign for 鈥渇reedom and dignity鈥, Israel shows no signs of acceding to any of the prisoners鈥 demands to end their ill-treatment.
Afghan anti-war activist and feminist Malalai Joya sent the solidarity message below to a protest organised by Sydney Stop the War Coalition against the visit of US Vice President Mike Pence to Australia on April 29.
Joya was elected to Afghanistan鈥檚 from 2005 until early 2007. She was dismissed from her seat for denouncing the presence of and in the .
September 21 was declared International Peace Day by the United Nations.
This is an abridged version of a speech given by Pip Hinman on behalf of Sydney Stop the War Coalition to protest against the bombing of Syria at a rally on that day.
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Stop the War Coalition (STWC) adds its voice to those saying Australia should not join the latest 鈥淐oalition of the Killing鈥 and the disastrous bombing of Syria.
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