The NSW Supreme Court ruled that Labor’s rushed-through laws, which gave NSW Police unprecedented authority to unilaterally block authorised assemblies, are unconstitutional. Pip Hinman reports.
News
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Join May Day rallies for workers’ rights, peace over May 1–4.
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Hundreds joined a protest against the federal Labor government-supported transition from coal to becoming a weapons industry hub in the Hunter region. Peter Boyle reports.
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On this episode of On The Streets, we discuss protests against Israel's bombardment of Lebanon and the ongoing United States-Israel war on Iran.
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Staff at the University of Sydney have spoken out against Vice-Chancellor Mark Scott’s decision to appoint Dr Michael Abrahams-Sprod as a special advisor on antisemitism. Isaac Nellist reports.
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Photos by Zebedee Parkes from the rally in Gadigal Country/Sydney against Israel's war on Lebanon.
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The NSW government’s new bill to toughen sentencing for hate crimes against LGBTIQ people has received a mixed response, as Josh Adams reports.
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On this episode of On The Streets, we discuss a range of events held to support the people joining the Global Sumud Flotilla, which is set to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza and break Israel’s blockade, and a rally opposing anti-free speech laws in Queensland.
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The Redfern Legal Centre believes that NSW Police are undermining the Law Enforcement Conduct Commission’s investigation into their conduct at the protest against Israeli President Isaac Herzog’s visit. Kerry Smith reports.
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Zack Schofield, Ethan Floyd and Jayden Kitchener-Waters said they were proud to join this international mission to break the illegal blockade to bring urgent aid to Gaza. Isaac Nellist reports.
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Activist Stephen Langford was charged with trying to add a direct quote from Governor Lachlan Macquarie to the statue of Macquarie in Hyde Park, in which he outlines his determination to massacre First Nations people. Jesse James reports.
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The Queensland Supreme Court has found that the Moreton Bay Regional Council violated people’s human rights when it displaced them from public land and disposed of their tents and property. Justin Beevers reports.
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Join nationwide rallies organised by What Were You Wearing to demand an end to violence against women and children.
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Thousands demanded an end to native forest logging and mining across the country in late March and in Western Australia, rallies also called for Alcoa to end mining in native forests. Harper McKinney reports.
Analysis
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Australia loses $31 billion each year to gambling and children continue to be stalked in ever-inventive ways by sports betting vultures. But, as Suzanne James writes, Labor has squibbed on bringing in real reforms.
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A forum hosted by the Palestinian Community of Western Australia and All for Gaza/All for Palestine heard of the persecution experienced by Palestinian people in Israeli jails and their unwavering strength in the face of this. Cas Smith reports.
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Muayad Ali joined Green Left Radio to discuss the campaign to free Marwan Barghouti.
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Liberal opposition leader Angus Taylor’s new immigration policy, built around what he calls “Australian values”, is nothing of the sort. Shamikh Badra argues it directly targets Palestinians.
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It is investors, not migrants, that are driving the housing affordability crisis in their never-ending pursuit of profits, reports Isaac Nellist.
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Machinist Rob Volker, who has joined the Global Sumud Flotilla to sail to Gaza, told Ivana Daskalovic that he feels privileged to be able to join it as “human rights are everyone’s rights”.
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Most people were hoping for big petrol tax cuts or cost-of-living adjustments from the PM’s rare address to the nation. He claims to support a ceasefire but he didn't even criticise Trump and Netanyahu’s illegal attacks on Iran and Lebanon. Sue Bolton outlines what Labor should do.
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Ali Keshtkar joined Green Left Radio to discuss the impacts of the illegal United States-Israel war on Iran.
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Sarah Williams from What Were you Wearing Australia joined Green Left Radio to discuss the upcoming nationwide rallies against domestic and family violence.
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The Fair Work Commission’s landmark decision to abolish some junior rates is a positive step, but Isaac Nellist argues that the deck is still stacked against young people.
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Corporate CEOs are paid, on average, 55 times what they pay their workers, yet give themselves double-digit pay rises. Peter Boyle argues the ACTU should be demanding a 10% rise in the minimum wage.
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Ben Roberts-Smith must be prosecuted for war crimes, but as Guy Gillor argues, let us not pretend as if the main crimes perpetrated in the Afghanistan war were based on the decisions of this or that individual soldier.
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Pip Hinman argues that Labor, One Nation, the Liberals and Nationals are all war parties, having supported the United States and Israeli wars of aggression in the Middle East.
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Seven Jewish groups, including Jews for Palestine WA, sent the following letter to Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and foreign minister Penny Wong demanding that Australia cut ties with Israel following the Knesset’s new death penalty law.
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After just four weeks of the illegal war on Iran and Lebanon, working people are struggling to afford the higher petrol/diesel and other essential consumer goods, making this war already very unpopular. Mary Merkenich argues we have to find the ways to organise to force Labor to oppose it.
World
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United States President Donald Trump has announced a military blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, while in response, Iran warned that it would block all exports and imports across the region should the blockade continue. Kerry Smith reports.
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While the world’s attention is focused on the United States-Israeli aggression in Iran and Donald Trump’s genocidal proclamations, Israel is perpetrating genocide in Lebanon. Marjorie Cohn reports.
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Santiago Mayor speaks to Venezuelan sociologist Reinaldo Iturriza about the political significance of Venezuela’s communes and where they stand today.
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Despite the serious environmental and health consequences of low green space, in cities like Puebla, Mexico, city and state governments prioritise corporate-led projects that reduce green space further. Tamara Pearson reports.
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Singapore delivery driver Gavin Neo worked himself to death in 2025, writes Ilyas Muzaffar. Since then, labour and climate activists have joined forces to call on workers to take back their lives.
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Hours after the ceasefire between Iran and the United States, Israel launched coordinated attacks against Lebanon, killing at least 87 people and wounding more than 700. Stephen Prager reports.
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Local communities are resisting the far-right Argentinian government’s attempts to modify glacier protection laws to allow mega-mining. Olivia Ferrari reports.
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Political economy professor Helen Yaffe spoke to Green Left’s Alex Bainbridge about international solidarity efforts with Cuba and how the country represents an alternative to United States neoliberalism.
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Indonesian security forces have killed at least six people, including two children, in Dogiyai regency, West Papua, allegedly in retaliation for the killing of a police officer. Ben Radford reports.
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Santiago Mayor interviews Reinaldo Iturriza, a Venezuelan sociologist, writer and political activist, about the state of Chavismo following the United States’s attacks on Venezuela.
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The Israeli Knesset passed a law that expands the use of the death penalty for offences it deems to be of a terrorist nature. Binoy Kampmark reports it is the start of a series of measures signalling Israel’s intention to further limit Palestinian resistance.
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Human rights groups have denounced the United States and Ecuadorian governments’ joint military operations in Ecuador, which are being conducted under the guise of combating “organised crime”, Ben Radford reports.
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The war in Iran has unleashed a surge in humanitarian need, a global economic shock and a systemic risk to global food production, particularly in import-dependent regions across Africa and South Asia. Binoy Kampmark reports.
Culture
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Two people. The same scanning system. Here’s why you should care about what’s happening in Gaza, writes Jude Alexander.
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Andrew Chuter reviews The Once and Future Riot, a layered account of the communal violence between Hindus and Muslims in India’s Uttar Pradesh state.
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Jamil Stone attended the launch of multidisciplinary writer Fiona McGregor’s latest book, The Trap, which is set on 1942 and based on historical events.
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Bill Nevins reviews punk-rock band Dropkick Murphys recent show in Denver, Colorado, where the band reprised the classic Irish resistance ballad, “Men Behind the Wire", referencing the ICE raids in Minneapolis and the ravages of US President Donald Trump’s onslaught against migrants and people of colour.
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Jim McIlroy reviews Search for Security: AUKUS and the new militarism, which provides a comprehensive account, from a variety of perspectives, of the vital debate over the AUKUS disaster looming for Australia and the Asian region.