Imperialism & war

Boycott genocide at Christmas time

The 63rd weekend of continuous protest against Israel鈥檚 genocide in Gaza was marked on December 22 in Naarm/Melbourne,听Gadigal Country/Sydney and other Australian cities. Alex Bainbridge and Kamala Emanuel report.

Activists continue to demand an end to Australia's complicity in Israel's war crimes, including its deals with the US to export tungstan, which ends up in the bodies of innocent Gazans, including children.听Alan Isherwood reports.

Susan Price reviews Adam Hanieh鈥檚 new book,听Crude Capitalism, which analyses oil鈥檚 place in the global capitalist system and the changes in the world oil market.听

protest in Syria

The future of Syria and the Middle East is complex and uncertain, argues Khaled Ghannam.

Sue Bolton argues that the Victorian Premier鈥檚 announcement that 鈥渟trong action鈥 is supposedly needed 鈥渢o fight hate鈥 is a declaration of war against all supporters of free speech and the right to protest.

Outgoing United States President Joe Biden has a chance to make history of the right sort by pardoning WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange. Binoy Kampmark reports.

Riley Breen spoke to Janet Parker from Jews for Palestine WA about the ongoing genocide in Gaza and the claims that the Palestine solidarity movement and criticisms of Israel are antisemitic.

Protesters rallied against Israel鈥檚 genocide in Gaza for the 62nd week in a row, defying Jillian Segal鈥檚 call for rallies to be banned. Peter Boyle听补苍诲 Adam Bremner 谤别辫辞谤迟.听

Amnesty International Australia, rights organisations and pro-Palestine solidarity organisers have criticised the NSW Premier鈥檚 call to ban Palestine protests outside places of worship. Pip Hinman reports.

Damaged buildings in Aleppo and funeral in Kobane

Brazilian socialist Israel Dutra interviews Swiss-Syrian activist and academic Joseph Daher about the situation in Syria after the fall of Bashar al-Assad.

Omer Ocalan and Abdullah Ocalan

A deputy of the People鈥檚 Equality and Democracy Party has made public in the Turkish parliament the details of his meeting with imprisoned Kurdish leader Abdullah 脰calan, reports Medya News.

Amnesty end genocide

Amnesty International鈥檚 new report, which identifies a 鈥減attern of conduct鈥 by Israel that indicates genocidal intent in Gaza, has predictably been met with a wall of denial by the Israeli government and its United States ally, writes Binoy Kampmark.