Gadigal Country/Sydney

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Words Under Occupation is a collaboration between poet, artist and performer Jepke Goudsmit and performance and video artist Markela Panegyres.

protests against the Vietnam War and for Palestine

Fifty years ago, the world celebrated the historic victory of the National Liberation Front over the United States-backed puppet regime in South Vietnam, writes Jim McIlroy.

Climate protesters protested Whitehaven Coal outside NSW parliament, the same day the Land and Environment Court was to sentence the corporation. Jim McIlroy reports.

Karyn Brown, Waterloo public housing tenant and activist, said New South Wales Labor’s plan to push ahead with the demolition of the Waterloo estate is “ridiculous”. Isaac Nellist reports.

Miss Kannina and Rhia Alone

Yorta Yorta, Yirendali and Kalkadoon woman Miss Kaninna performed an electric set to a sold-out crowd at The Vanguard in Newtown, reports Isaac Nellist.

NSW doctors, campaigning for a new award for more than a year, have been forced to take industrial action after Labor refused to pay the same as other states. Pip Hinman reports.

Palau islands from the air

After launching at the Venice Open Space last year, Re-Stor(y)ing Oceania is in Gadigal Country/Sydney at Artspace in Woolloomooloo. Jim McIlroy and Coral Wynter review.

Rising Tide climate activists disrupted Opposition Leader Peter Dutton’s speech at the Lowy Institute, holding up a banner reading: “NUCLEAR LIES COST US ALL”. Tracey Carpenter reports.

A petition calling on NSW parliament to deliver a substantial pay rise and better working conditions for nurses and midwives, signed by more than 38,000 people, was debated. Jim McIlroy reports.

The Maritime Union of Australia, together with community activists, rallied outside Danish shipping giant Maersk, demanding it stop sending weapons to Israel. Jim McIlroy reports.

A rally was held outside New South Wales Parliament to oppose Labor’s latest crackdown on the right to protest. Matthew Piggot reports.

Socialist Alliance launched its federal election campaign for the seat of Sydney and the New South Wales Senate with a diverse crowd of community fighters. Isaac Nellist reports.