Gaza Freedom Flotilla member Helen O’Sullivan told Green Left two weeks after returning to Australia, following her abduction and detention by the Israeli Occupying Forces (IOF), the movement for a free Palestine must continue.
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Wollongong Friends of Palestine set up a 300-strong community picket at Bisalloy Steel and two shifts have been successfully blocked. Kerry Smith reports.
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Jepke Goudsmit writes that Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion should have been an investigation into the root causes and persistence of every type of racism in this country, saying exceptionalising antisemitism is a form of racism in itself.
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Anny Mokotow spoke publicly for the first time at the Palestine rally on Gadigal Country/Sydney about the Global Sumud Flotilla and how those supporting Palestine need to maintain hope.
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Supporters of Palestine rallied in several cities on the day marking Al-Naksa (the setback). Speakers called for Australia to cut ties with Israel and stop the two-way weapons trade.
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Hundreds participated in a Kath & Kim-styled fun run to highlight the absurdity of Queensland’s so-called hate speech laws and raise money for a High Court challenge to them. Alex Bainbridge reports.
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Unruly WA, a multi-media exhibition, at the Kidogo Arthouse in Walyalup, brings together artists, photographers and other storytellers to “celebrate political dissent while it is still legal”. Cas Smith reports.
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The United States has launched fresh attacks on southern Iranian territory, raising concerns about the fate of the Pakistan-mediated peace talks, reports Abdul Rahman.
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Sarah Glynn examines two recent blows to democracy in the Kurdish region of the Middle East.
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The detention and humiliation of Global Sumud Flotilla activists not only reveals Israel’s approach to Gaza, it raises questions about Australia’s response to an ally that is responsible for genocide, writes Shamikh Badra.
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Foreign minister Penny Wong joined the international condemnation of Israel’s national security minister Itamar Ben-Gvir over a video of him abusing Global Sumud Flotilla activists, but still refuses to cut ties with Israel. Isaac Nellist reports.
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About 50 students and staff at the University of Sydney protested university management’s repression of those showing solidarity with Palestine. Chiara Reeves reports.