Fifteen years since the peak of the genocide against Tamils in Sri Lanka, Tamil-Australians and supporters rallied to demand Labor support calls for justice. Chloe DS and Jim McIlroy report.
Australia
Speakers at pro-Palestine rallies around the country, on Nakba Day (“Catastrophe” in Arabic) and the weekend, congratulated students for standing with Palestine against genocide.
Green Left’s Federico Fuentes asked Australian Greens housing spokesperson Max Chandler-Mather about the budget implications for renters and prospective homeowners, as well as his party’s strategy for tackling the country’s housing crisis.
Palestinian, Lebanese and Jewish students and staff organised a powerful rally at the Western Sydney University calling for an end to Israel’s genocide in Palestine. But management threatened to call police.
About 300 people rallied outside Parliament House to demand Labor repeals the controversial anti-protest law changes. Paul Petit reports.
On the 76th anniversary of the Nakba (“Catastrophe” in Arabic) on May 15, larger-than-usual pro-Palestine protests were organised in many cities across Australia.
Muhammad Khaled Abu Mahmoud, a former President of the General Union of Palestinian Engineers, Australia branch, and a survivor of the Nakba, gave this speech to the Nakba protest.
This video was made with voices from the Naarm/Melbourne free Gaza rally, on May 12, Mother's Day.
Former Geelong Trades Hall secretary and Socialist Alliance member, Tim Gooden, calls on the Australian Council of Trade Unions and secretary Sally McManus to take stronger action against Israel's genocide
Labor’s 2024 budget, that supposedly addresses the cost-of-living crisis, leaves the poorest $220 a week under the poverty line. Peter Boyle reports on a Labor budget with no heart, guts or vision.
Pro-Palestinian solidarity activists in Australia have long been spreading information about the tragedy of the Palestinian people and the legitimacy of their revolution to Australian society, writes Khaled Ghannam. One example is the Arabic language publication Sawt Falastine (Voice of Palestine), first published in 1974.
The ACTU needs to take a much stronger stand if its going to force Labor to pressure Israel to abide by international law and defend Palestinians in Gaza from genocide, argues Tim Gooden.
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