On this episode of On The Streets we discuss anti-war and refugee rights protests on Palm Sunday, Palestine Land Day and Trans Day of Visibility protests.
News
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More than 250 people joined a bike ride protest across the Story Bridge because of pending state government restrictions on legal e-bike riders. Alex Bainbridge reports.
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The Rail Tram and Bus Union is calling on NSW Labor to follow Victoria and Tasmania and give commuters free or at least significantly reduced cost public transport. Jim McIlroy reports.
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Activists protested outside the Ferra Engineering factory over its role in supplying critical F-35 fighter plane parts used by Israel in its genocide against Gazans. Alex Bainbridge reports.
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A public forum at the Resistance Centre discussed how to build opposition to the United States-Israel led war on Iran and support self-determination for its people. Jacob Andrewartha reports.
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Trans Justice Meanjin unveiled a giant trans flag as part of the Trans Day of Visibility. Alex Bainbridge reports.
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Protests were held across the country calling for peace, justice and refugee rights on Palm Sunday. Isaac Nellist reports.
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The 2026 Global Sumud Flotilla is again aiming to break Israel’s siege of Gaza and deliver urgently needed humanitarian aid. Tracey Carpenter reports.
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International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination was marked with a protest organised by Blak Caucus. Aaisha Slee reports.
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Thousands of public sector employees, including health workers and teachers, walked off the job to demand fair wages and conditions. Solomon Doyle reports.
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The major parties blocked another attempt by the Australian Greens to introduce reforms that would require parliament to vote before Australia can join wars. Pip Hinman reports.
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The Northern Territory Country Liberal Party government is qualifying its support for a new voluntary assisted dying bill, going against its own inquiry. Kerry Smith reports.
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The national March for Forests drew 15,000 people to the streets to demand an end to native forest logging and forest mining. Kerry Smith reports.
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ABC staff are on strike for 24 hours in a bid to secure sustainable jobs, fair pay and improved working conditions, including from job losses from AI. Kerry Smith reports.
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Free Palestine Melbourne hosted a forum on “Resisting Repression: Defending Palestine Solidarity”, which drew anti-war activists to the State Library Theatrette. Jake Maison reports.
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Lutruwita Socialist Alliance and Grassroots Action Network Tasmania organised a direct-action protest against the Iran war outside the Anglesea Barracks during an Australian Defence Force open day. Solomon Doyle reports.
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At least 32,000 Victorian public school teachers walked off the job in the first statewide strike in more than a decade. Adam Bremner reports.
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The international campaign to free Moroccan feminist Ibtissame “Betty” Lachgar from prison was highlighted at the International Women’s Day rally. Ron Guy reports.
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Members of the National Tertiary Education Union at the University of Technology Sydney and the University of Newcastle went on strike to demand improved job security and pay. Jim McIlroy reports.
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Chants of “Cuba si! Yankee no!” and “Unblock Cuba!” rang out across Sydney Town Hall Square on an international day of action called to oppose the United States’ imperialist threats. Jim McIlroy reports.
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Join anti-war protests across the country on Palm Sunday, March 29.
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The Magan-djin/Brisbane branch of the Australia-Cuba Friendship Society organised an action to show solidarity with the Nuestra América Convoy to Cuba.
Analysis
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Successive Australian governments’ misplaced priority on military “security” against a fictitious threat has left us without adequate fuel, food and transportation security, argues Bevan Ramsden.
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Wendy Thompson argues that LGBTIQ people need appropriate, accessible and competent services instead of police deployed for protests, mental health calls and hate crimes.
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Andrew Chuter, a public and active transport campaigner, has warned that Labor’s decision to temporarily halve the fuel excise may worsen the impact of the Iran war fuel crisis. Peter Boyle reports.
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Solomon Doyle spoke to David Genford, president of the Australian Education Union, Tasmania, about the difficulties teachers and other public sector workers face, including unsustainable workloads, a lack of funding and not enough staff.
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Neuroscientist Simone Titone joins Green Left Radio to discuss the growing transphobic attacks under United States President Donald Trump.
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The Lock the Gate Alliance has hit out at federal environment minister Murray Watt’s approval of almost 1700 new coal seam gas wells in Queensland, saying it will negate the net zero promise. Alex Bainbridge talks to Ellen Roberts.
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Disenfranchised, working-class voters looking to lodge a protest vote against the major parties helps explain the high vote for Pauline Hanson’s One Nation. Markela Panegyres looks at the issues in the South Australian election.
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Labor is pushing to make the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation’s (ASIO) compulsory questioning powers permanent, even though ASIO told the government in 2024 that aspects of the security regime could be relaxed. Paul Gregoire reports.
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The Anthony Albanese government’s support for the United States–Israel war on Iran rests on claims about nuclear threat, humanitarian intent and non-involvement that do not withstand scrutiny. David Shoebridge highlights three lies.
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The United States and Israel’s illegal war on Iran and Lebanon is not only causing the widespread death and displacement of innocent people, Ben Radford argues it adds urgency to the need for an energy transition.
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“Cuba is in desperate need of our solidarity and it’s time for us to return it to Cuba, who has been offering solidarity with countries all around the world since the revolution started”, Lia Weitzel told Peter Boyle.
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Mary Merkenich, a retired teacher, argues school staff understand their students and their needs best, and called on Labor to prioritise public education, as the Australian Education Union prepares for its strike.
World
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Malik Miah and Barry Sheppard report that more than eight million people marched and rallied in 3300 cities and towns across the United States, in the biggest “No Kings” day of protest to date.
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Two months have passed since the United States tightened its illegal 64-year economic blockade of Cuba, threatening countries supplying oil to the island nation. Green Left’s Ben Radford spoke to the Cuban Ambassador to Australia, Gilma Moreira Lino, about how Cubans are responding and the importance of international solidarity.
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Political economist and author Helen Yaffe spoke to Green Left’s Alex Bainbridge about how the Cuban people are responding to the United States government ramping up its imperialist aggression.
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In this interview with Ricardo Vaz, Venezuelan economist Carlos Mendoza Potellá offers his analysis on the recent reform of the Hydrocarbon Law and the struggle for sovereignty in Venezuela.
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The Global Sumud Flotilla is once again preparing to set sail for Gaza to deliver urgent lifesaving humanitarian aid and break Israel’s illegal siege. Ethan Floyd and Sam Woripa Watson joined the Green Left Show to discuss why they are joining this year’s flotilla.
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While the United States and Israel continued their illegal war in Iran, Israel invaded southern Lebanon and began conducting an ethnic cleansing campaign, reports Matthew Piggott.
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Josef Benedict is a researcher covering the Asia Pacific region for the CIVICUS Monitor, a publication of the CIVICUS global civil society alliance that is headquartered in Johannesburg, South Africa. He spoke to Green Left’s Peter Boyle on March 3.
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Green Left’s Federico Fuentes spoke with Venezuelan leftist Luis Fernando Marquez, a National Agrarian Alliance founding organiser and Alliance for Sovereignty and Democracy activist, about his views on events since the January 3 United States military incursion.
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More than a month after the United States and Israel launched an illegal war on Iran, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is laser focused on regime change and expansion, writes Barry Sheppard.
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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, to better understand the shifting dynamics within the global imperialist system.
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Helen Yaffe joins the Green Left Show to discuss the Donald Trump government’s strangulation policies towards Cuba.
Culture
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Andrew Chuter dropped in to see View from the Docks, a free exhibition of works by Naarm/Melbourne-based graphic artist Sam Wallman at the Australian National Maritime Museum in Gadigal/Sydney.
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An exhibition of recent works by Gazan artist Majed Badra and a selection of historic Palestine solidarity posters was opened at the Muloobinba/Newcastle Resistance Centre on March 28, reports Peter Boyle.
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Mat Ward looks back at March's political news and the best new music that related to it.
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Filmmaker David Bradbury has left Australia to join the Nuestra América convoy to Cuba. Melissa Johns reports.