The Sydney for Global Sumud Flotilla organised a solidarity and fundraising event for the Australian delegation joining the international aid flotilla. Jim McIlroy reports.
News
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Anti-war protesters held a snap action outside the Downing Centre court to demand that charges against people protesting Israeli President Isaac Herzog are dropped. Jim McIlroy reports.
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Socialist Alliance is standing housing campaigners Rachel Evans and Isaac Nellist in the inner-Sydney seats of Heffron and Balmain in the March 2027 state election.
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A 200-strong crowd braved the rain to protest outside Woodside’s annual general meeting at the Crown Casino to demand it stop destroying the environment. Petrina Harley reports.
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A community gathering outside a well-preserved apartment block in Marrickville heard from tenants and housing campaigners, who stressed the need for the block to remain accessible for low-income people. Isaac Nellist reports.
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Justice for Palestine Magan-djin organised a weekend of action to protest draconian new laws which target the Palestine solidarity movement. Alex Bainbridge reports.
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A huge vote against the Labor and Liberal candidates in the by-election for Newcastle lord mayor largely went to independent Gavin Morris. Steve O’Brien reports.
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Palestinian Prisoners’ Day was marked at protests and rallies across Australia over April 17-19, reports Kerry Smith.
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Sarah Williams said that the national “No More” rallies were designed to “amplify survivors’ voices and push for policy changes”. Portia May reports.
Analysis
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The Anthony Albanese government’s decision to savage the National Disability Insurance Scheme ranks high in the scale of betrayals by neoliberal Labor governments, argues Graham Matthews.
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Chris Minns told a business summit last year that Labor's planning changes were designed for them which, as Ben Radford explains, means less public oversight and community engagement.
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Many nurses and midwives in NSW are unhappy with the Industrial Relations Commission's pay ruling, saying it does not address an undervalued profession. Pip Hinman spoke to Viola Morris.
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The premise that sex work is inherently and inevitably high risk leads to a lack of support for legal reform. Barbarella Karpinski argues that danger is structured and sustained by law, stigma and urban planning.
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Jacob Andrewartha argues that Angus Taylor’s “values-based” migration scheme is the latest example of the ruling class’ bid to ramp up racism and distract people from government failures in a worsening cost-of-living crisis.
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The symbolism of the ANZAC legend from the very start has always obfuscated and minimised the truth of the 20th century wars, writes James Wyner.
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Hannah Jamal writes that every Palestinian and Lebanese person in the diaspora knows the feeling of seeing yourself and your family mirrored in every martyr, every injured and displaced person.
World
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Jacob Andrewartha speaks to Neysia Novaristia and Rizaldi Ageng Wicaksono about the ongoing struggle for democratic rights in Indonesia.
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Hungarian far-right president Victor Orbán’s fall represents a stinging ideological defeat for global neofascist and far-right movements and parties, argues Kevin B Anderson.
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Israel’s attacks humanitarian aid workers while continuing its blockade of Gaza, seven months into the so-called “ceasefire”, reports Tareq S Hajjaj.
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Women are at the forefront of struggles in Balochistan, a province in Pakistan that has long struggled for self-determination. Peter Boyle speaks to Sammi Deen Baloch, a young Baloch woman activist, about challenging state repression and patriarchy.
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Jonathan Strauss and Clive Tillman attended the First International Anti-Fascist Conference in Porto Alegre, Brazil, which brought together 4000 activists from more than 40 countries.
Culture
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Students, staff, volunteers and supporters of Sydney’s community radio station 2SER have launched a campaign to save the station from closure, following a major funding withdrawal, reports Andrew Chuter.