Four migrant sex workers have been killed in Australia in recent years, which reflects a deeper system of stigma, racism and state neglect. Kerry Smith reports.
News
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Polling shows most people — 61% — oppose Labor’s support for war on Iran, with only 13% in favour and just 29% endorsing the United States-Israeli strikes. Kerry Smith reports.
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In this episode of On The Streets, we discuss more protests against the United States-Israeli illegal war on Iran, and Australia’s involvement.
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Greens MP Michael Berkman says progressives need to push back against laws criminalising free speech in Queensland.
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Liam Parry gave this speech shortly before being arrested at a Students for Palestine rally.
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Hundreds rallied in front of South Australia’s Parliament House to condemn the US-Israeli war on Iran and to demand an end to Australian complicity in the attacks. Renfrey Clarke reports.
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Peace and solidarity activists took to the streets to demand the Labor government pull back from its support for Israel and the United States’ illegal strikes on Iran and push for the US and Israel to halt all military action. Peter Boyle reports.
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Steve O’Brien, a lifelong peace activist, trade unionist and socialist, is the Socialist Alliance candidate for the by-election for Newcastle lord mayor. Maureen Frances reports.
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Two activists were arrested after controversial laws banning pro-Palestine chants came into effect in Queensland. Alex Bainbridge reports
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Two unions have called on the federal government to pull back from supporting the illegal United States-Israel attacks on Iran. Kerry Smith reports.
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In this episode of On The Streets, we discuss International Women’s Day protests, rallies opposing the war on Iran and the crackdown on freedom of speech in Queensland.
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More than 50 people attended the Socialist Alliance launch of its Blue Mountains branch, including locals, visitors from Greater Sydney and those keen to advance social and ecological justice in the mountains and surrounding areas. Aaisha Slee reports.
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Refugee rights organisations say a new Labor bill gives three ministers extraordinary powers to prevent people fleeing a conflict zone from seeking asylum in Australia. Pip Hinman reports.
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Northern Territory Labor has won back the progressive seat of Nightcliff. Suzanne James reports it is under pressure to support the push for a voluntary assisted dying law in the NT.
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Protesters rallied outside NSW Premier Chris Minns’ office, condemning his support for Israel’s genocide in Gaza and his new anti-protest laws. Neville Spencer reports.
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The Democratic Solidarity of Iranians group protested outside the United States Consulate demanding an end to the war. Jim McIlroy reports.
Analysis
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Jackson Payne, from Stop the Demo, joined Green Left Radio to speak about the campaign to oppose the destruction of 44 public housing towers by the Victorian Labor government.
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Iranian community member Abbas Saeidavi joined Green Left Radio this week on 3CR to discuss the United States-Israel-led war against Iran.
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The full extent of the human and environmental costs of the latest illegal imperial war launched by the United States and the racist settler-colonial state of Israel will be difficult to determine. Peter Boyle reports.
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Jepke Goudsmit argues that warfare is one of the leading polluters of the planet and rampant misogyny is built into it, which is why we need to challenge the patriarchal warmongers.
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Asked to sum up Australia’s geopolitical situation, Renfrey Clarke argues that we’re in bed with an axe murderer, with the complicity of Australia’s military establishment, backed by the rich and powerful.
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Wendy Bacon interviewed five people and watched videos that show NSW Police attacking and forcing people out of the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras parade without justification.
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Native forests are crucial for climate change mitigation and water security, but pro-business government policies are allowing their destruction at an alarming rate. Ben Radford reports.
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Lots of kites are being flown about how to make housing affordable in the lead-up to the May budget. Graham Matthews argues that Labor could raise the tax rate to the OECD average and immediately have an extra $140 billion for public housing.
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An Australian government that is serious about global peace — as opposed to maintaining US-Israeli dominance in the Middle East region — would not send military assistance to prop up the US-Israel war, argues Federico Fuentes.
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After winning two stomping majorities in a row, Victorian Labor’s winning streak may be in danger, as opinion polls show both major parties are on the nose. Jack Stickney reports.
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Anne Twomey, a constitutional lawyer at the University of Sydney, is concerned that new state and federal laws, allegedly to combat hate, are adversely impacting free speech. Paul Gregoire reports.
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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s patronising descriptor of Grace Tame as “difficult” is the latest high-profile example of just how embedded misogynist prejudices are. Pip Hinman writes that women continue to bear the brunt of misogynistic attitudes and their inherent potential for violence and death.
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Stuart Rees argues that the present debilitating consensus in federal parliament is that loyalty to Israel and the United States is imperative, cruelty a sign of strength and that it’s wise to regret, but not resist, the breakdown of a world order.
World
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Green Left’s Federico Fuentes spoke to Güney Işıkara and Patrick Mokre — authors of Marx’s Theory of Value at the Frontiers: Classical Political Economics, Imperialism and Ecological Breakdown — about how Karl Marx’s value theory helps explain imperialism’s economic core and ecological breakdown.
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Prior to United States President Donald Trump launching a crippling oil blockade against Cuba and just days before the US invasion of Venezuela, Marx del Rosario travelled to Cuba as part of the Southern Cross Brigade.
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In the midst of the most comprehensive smear campaign against the radical left in the past 50 years, the first round of France's local elections was held on March 15, with wins for the far left and worrying gains for the far right, writes John Mullen.
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The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) condemned the illegal United States-Israeli war on Iran, calling for immediate de-escalation, an end to all military operations, and a return to peaceful negotiations, reports Kerry Smith.
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Sarah Glynn breaks through the recent lies and misinformation spread about an “imminent” Kurdish incursion into Iran.
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The recent war between Afghanistan and Pakistan has been overshadowed by United States and Israeli imperialism’s attack on Iran, writes Farooq Tariq. Yet the Afghanistan-Pakistan war has resulted in heavy casualties on both sides.
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There is a growing push in Washington to designate the Polisario Front — the independence movement at the forefront of the struggle to end Morocco’s illegal occupation of Western Sahara — as a terrorist organisation, reports Ron Guy.
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Peter Boyle pays tribute to Salih Muslim, one of the key leaders of the Rojava revolution in northeast Syria, who died in Erbil, Iraq, where he was being treated for kidney failure.
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The Green Party of England and Wales cruised to victory with nearly 41% of the vote, in a by-election in the Manchester seat of Gorton and Denton. Derek Wall analyses the result and the factors contributing to the win.
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Some United States military commanders have been invoking extremist Christian rhetoric about a biblical “end of times”, selling the US-Israeli war against Iran to US troops as a “holy war”, writes Barry Sheppard.
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Zara Araz joined 400 women from around Latin America and the world at an international women’s conference in Bogotá, Colombia, to exchange experiences, ideas and solidarity in the struggles against colonialism, capitalism and patriarchy.
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The closure of virtually all commercial traffic through the Strait of Hormuz because of the Iran war is vital affecting oil and gas supplies, as well as fertilisers, which play an important role in feeding people globally. Binoy Kampmark reports.
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Once Israel and the United States launched their war on Iran, Israel closed the crossings into Gaza and cut off all aid. Palestinians in the Strip now fear a return to famine amid food shortages and soaring prices, reports Tareq S Hajjaj.
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The Coordinating Council of Teachers’ Trade Unions posted this field report 10 days after the start of the illegal United States-Israel war.
Culture
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Much-loved Australian hip hop group The Herd set off on a national tour to celebrate 20 years of their era-defining third record, The Sun Never Sets. Darren Saffin caught them in Naarm/Melbourne.