Protesters urged Japanese import/export conglomerate Itochu Corporation against investing in Whitehaven Coal. Coral Wynter reports.
Issue 1385
News
A crowd rallied outside federal Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek’s office demanding an end to Labor's support for the Middle Arm gas project in the NT. Jim McIlroy reports.
In a case brought by Iranian Kurdish refugee Mostafa Azimitabar (“Moz”), Federal Court judge Bernard Murphy ruled that while hotel detention is inhumane, it is still legal. Chris Slee reports.
Against the backdrop of AUKUS, this year’s biennial Talisman Sabre war rehearsals in the Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia and New South Wales will involve the biggest number of countries yet. Pip Hinman reports.
Thousands took part in the annual NAIDOC march for land rights and justice for First Nations. Chris Peterson and Chloe DS reports
First Nations activists and supporters protested outsideTanya Plibersek’s office to urge her protect Binybara, near Garramilla/Darwin, from being destroyed by Defence Housing Australia. Jim McIlroy reports.
Civil and legal rights groups say New South Wales Labor's amendments to the Anti-Discrimination Act are too broad and could harm other fundamental rights. Rachel Evans reports.
Community group REDWatch asked a couple of government departments to give residents a briefing on rezoning plans, which would eliminate public housing. Andrew Chuter reports.
Addressing a demonstration against Israel's military attack on the Jenin Palestinian refugee camp, Greens Senator David Shoebridge called on Labor to condemn the attack and to ban all military exports to Israel. Peter Boyle reports.
Ecosocialism 2023: A World Beyond Capitalism conference, hosted by Green Left and co-sponsored by Socialist Alliance, provided a platform for the voices of peace, justice and ecological sustainability from across the region. Sue Bull reports.
Members of the Korean community and supporters gathered outside the Japanese Consulate to protest the plan to release radioactive waste from the Fukushima nuclear reactor into the Pacific Ocean. Coral Wynter reports.
Fifty people protested outside the Melbourne Immigration Transit Accommodation in support of Dixtan Arulruban, a Tamil refugee threatened with deportation to Sri Lanka. Chris Slee reports.
The New South Wales Teachers Federation has decided to deepen its stand against the AUKUS military pact. Pip Hinman reports.
Green Left journalists Isaac Nellist and Leo Earle go through the latest news from across the continent and around the world.
Dr Liz Boulton, a former Australian Defence Force major, said climate targets would not be met while the military-industrial establishment continues to pursue their ‘forever wars’. John Quelch reports.
Suzanne James looks at the latest in a long line of attempts to once again legalise the personal use of marijuana.
Results will soon be in for the Communications Workers Union election, in which an activist team is challenging for the leadership. Felix Dance reports.
Public housing residents, political parties and community groups met at Middle Park Library and Community Centre to plan vigils at the Barak Beacon site in Port Melbourne. Alex Bainbridge and Jordan AK report.
An anti-nuclear submarine forum organised by the No AUKUS Coalition Vic drew up to 200 people on World Whistleblower Day. Elizabeth Bantas reports.
Analysis
Boat turn-backs. Offshore Detention. Refusal to settle groups of refugees in Australia. This triad is the 10-year-long contemporary White Australia policy of governments, Labor and Coalition. Jonathan Strauss argues for the need to step up the pressure.
We need to get our land back, get every kid out of the prison system and end Black deaths in custody. Don’t you think I’d be saying “Yes” if this powerless body had a say in any of those things? Djab Wurrung Gunnai Gunditjmara Senator Lidia Thorpe explains her opposition to the Voice to Parliament.
While the Royal Commission report into Robodebt did not recommend systemic compensation to the victims, it did suggest lifting the rate for social security benefits. Alex Bainbridge reports.
The death of a refugee at Villawood Detention Centre is the latest indictment of the bipartsian cruelty towards refugees in Australia. Pip Hinman reports.
While the ICAC found that former NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian had “engaged in serious corrupt conduct”, it is not going to pursue a prosecution. Jim McIlroy reports.
If ever there was an instance of hideous failing in government policy, the cruel, inept and vicious Robodebt program would have to be one of them. Binoy Kampmark reports.
The problems with native forest logging go beyond the unviable economics: the injustice of the destruction of First Nations country and the levelling of crucial habitat for koalas are some more. Leo Earle reports.
The Demerge NSW Alliance is asking Labor to amend the Local Government Act to give residents in forcibly merged councils more say. Pip Hinman spoke to Brian Halstead from Save Our Councils and DNA about why the changes are important.
While concrete details remain patchy, job security is not the only troubling aspect of Premier Peter Malinauskas' decision to merge the University of Adelaide and UniSA. Binoy Kampmark reports.
Outsourcing its responsibility to protect citizens and shield vulnerable arrivals from harm has become a matter of dark habit for Australian governments. Binoy Kampmark reports.
World
The strike by nearly 7500 dock workers in British Columbia may have come to an end after nearly two weeks, as the union and shipping bosses announced a tentative agreement, reports Jeff Shantz.
Indonesian security forces violently cracked down on a peaceful West Papuan National Congress (KNPB) demonstration on July 12, called to show support for West Papua's application to become a full member of the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG), reports Susan Price.
In a major step towards formal recognition of the Anthropocene as a new stage in Earth System history, scientists have identified a small lake near Toronto as the best marker of epochal change, writes Climate & Capitalism editor Ian Angus.
More than 10 days into the mass strike by Canadian dockworkers in British Columbia, dockworkers on the West Coast of the United States declared their refusal to handle containers rerouted from the struck Port of Vancouver, reports Jeff Shantz.
Ten activists — members of the West Papua National Committee (KNPB) — were arrested by Indonesian authorities on July 11 in Jayapura, while handing out leaflets to promote a protest, reports Susan Price.
Perth-based mining company Energy Transition Minerals Ltd will challenge Greenland government over its rejection of an application to mine uranium and rare earths at Kuannersuit/Kvanefjeld, reports Peter Boyle.
Kurds and their supporters in France, Germany, and Switzerland protested on July 8 over new death threats against Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Öcalan who has been imprisoned by the Turkish state for the past 24 years, reports Peter Boyle.
About 7400 Canadian port workers, members of the ILWU (International Longshore and Warehouse Union), have been on strike at more than 30 ports across British Columbia since July 1, reports Jeff Shantz.
The recent rebellion by the Wagner Private Military Company and its subsequent deal for amnesty has initiated a new dynamic in Russia's war on Ukraine and the opening of a crisis on Russia’s domestic front; write Israel Dutra and Federico Fuentes.
The United States Supreme Court curtailed LGBTQ rights and struck down debt relief for students on June 30, reports Barry Sheppard.
The United States Supreme Court upheld, on June 30, a century-old Mississippi law used during the “Jim Crow” segregationist era to deny Black people in the state the right to vote, reports Malik Miah.
Socialist activist Mike Treen, a founder of Aotearoa/New Zealand (NZ) Unite Union, spoke to Jackie Kriz about union struggle. Treen was a guest at Ecosocialism 2023.
A ruling by the far-right super majority on the US Supreme Court has falsely asserted that the United States is and has always been a “colour-blind” country, writes Malik Miah.
Russian socialist Ilya Matveev discusses the fallout of the recent armed rebellion led by Russian oligarch Yevgeny Prigozhin with Federico Fuentes.
The July 2 attack on Jenin refugee camp in the West Bank was driven by the Israeli government’s need to satisfy the bloodlust of its settlers and to mete out revenge against Palestinians for resisting the theft of their land, writes Ali Abunimah.
Derek Wall pays tribute to Peruvian revolutionary leader and pioneering ecosocialist Hugo Blanco, who died in London on June 25.
Rioting broke out in more than a dozen towns around France, following the police murder of teenager Nahel Merzouk, throwing President Emmanuel Macron's government into crisis, reports John Mullen.
Culture
John Vaillant — who may be the contemporary Hunter S Thompson of environmental journalists — has seen our Earth’s future up close and personal, and it is a fearsome, firey “beast”, writes Bill Nevins.
A striking new mural by Iranian activist collective Feminista Melbourne pays tribute to Jina Amini and stands in solidarity with the Women, Life, Freedom movement. Ruth Heymann reports.