A recent legal appeal has further undermined the voting rights of people of colour in the United States and shows why a new civil rights movement is necessary, writes Malik Miah.
civil rights
A ruling by the far-right super majority on the US Supreme Court has聽falsely asserted that the United States is and has always been a 鈥渃olour-blind鈥 country, writes Malik Miah.
Alex Salmon 谤别惫颈别飞蝉听Elvis, Baz Luhrmann鈥檚 new biopic which explores the life and music of the global cultural icon known as the 鈥淜ing of Rock 鈥榥鈥 Roll鈥.
Matt Haubrick reports on a successful community campaign against another government attempt to introduce a draconian anti-protest law.
Stuart Rees warns about governments' distain for human rights as police are deployed to harass or arrest citizens, and even parliamentarians.
Black Lives Matter leaders stand on the shoulders of civil rights movement of the 1960s, writes Malik Miah. John Lewis's life reflects the聽power of that revolutionary leadership and its inspiration for today's new leaders.
The rebellion against police violence and murder continues to expand in the United States. New demands are being raised concerning issues of institutional racism by Black and Brown people and in opposition to the symbols of white genocide by Native American nations, writes Malik Miah.
Black men and women are murdered by cops and white thugs, and nothing happens. The criminal 鈥渏ustice鈥 system legally backs the crimes of cops and racists as 鈥渏ustifiable鈥. It happens so often that African Americans initially just shrug and hold back outrage, writes Malik Miah. Then anger explodes when the truth is revealed.
The Socialist Alliance has released the following plan to combat COVID-19.
Governments are opting for authoritarian measures they claim will protect us in the pandemic. Jacob Andrewartha argues their main focus should be educational and service-focused.
Banned from entering Australia by the federal government, former United States intelligence analyst turned whistleblower Chelsea Manning instead delivered her message of hope to audiences in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane via video link.
The Australian immigration department denied Manning a visa on the basis of failing 鈥渢he character test鈥, citing as grounds the time she spent in jail for leaking documents that exposed US war crimes in Iraq.
Selma
Directed by Ava DuVernay
Starring David Oyelowo, Carmen Ejogo & Common
In cinemas now
The release of Selma could not be better suited to the current US political climate. Following the events in Ferguson last year, and many other tragic instances of police murdering and brutalising African American youth, a large anti-police brutality and anti-racism movement has arisen that is shaking the US.
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