The German Democratic Republic (GDR) is often painted as a “walled-in, Russian-controlled Stasi land”. However British-German Historian Katja Hoyer's 2023 book Beyond the Wall: East Germany 1949-1990 presents a more interesting and contradictory picture of a state where socialist solidarity, secret police, central planning and barbed wire co-existed, writes Alex Salmon.
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Inspired by the United States encampments in support of Palestine, students launched one on Curtin University. Alex Salmon reports.
AFL legend Nicky Winmar, in collaboration with St Kilda supporter Mathew Hardy, author of the 2004 memoir Saturday Afternoon Fever, describes the racism that Indigenous and other non-white people face both on and off the field in his autobiography My story: From bush kid to AFL legend. Alex Salmon reviews.
Protesters blockaded the offices of Mediterranean Shipping Company as part of an international economic blockade against Israel. Alex Salmon reports.
Thousands of people joined protests on the weekend of April 7, marking six full months of Israel's intensified genocide against the people of Gaza.
Alex Salmon reviews Janey Stone and Donny Gluckstein’s new book, The Radical Jewish Tradition: Revolutionaries, resistance and firebrands, which uncovers the hidden history of Jewish radicalism and solidarity between Jewish and non-Jewish communities.
Protesters demanded Labor close the notorious Unit 18 of Western Australia’s Banksia Hill Detention Centre the day before the inquest into Cleveland Dodd’s death. Alex Salmon reports.
The traditional Palm Sunday rallies for peace and refugee rights were organised on the 24th week of continuous protests against Israel's genocide against the people of Gaza. Alex Bainbridge reports.
In the wake of International Women's Day, thousands of pro-Palestine protesters across the country pointed out that supporting Palestine is a feminist issue.
Rawan Arraf, Executive Director at the Australian Centre for International Justice, said the war crimes allegations against Doro Almog are serious and credible. Alex Salmon reports on a protest outside where he was a keynote speaker.
Thousands marched for Palestine across the country as Israel massacred more than 100 starving Palestinians trying to get flour from an aid truck southwest of Gaza City.
Tens of thousands joined protests condemning Australia's support for Israel's genocidal assault, which includes supplying arms and military intelligence.
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