Shamikh Badra asks if “securitisation”, when a political or social issue becomes framed as an exceptional security matter, is being used to shut down freedom of speech over Israel's war on Gaza.
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Protests across Australia marked 78 years since Israeli forces unleashed its genocide, ethnically cleansing Palestinian villages in 1948. Kerry Smith reports.
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While the United States-Israeli war against Iran and Lebanon has distracted world attention, Israel has intensified its genocidal attack against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, reports Barry Sheppard.
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This year’s Ecosocialism conference will, for the first time, be held in Magan-djin/Brisbane, once again drawing ecosocialists and activists from across the world, reports Fred Fuentes.
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A coalition of women’s organisations in North and East Syria (Rojava) have launched a mass campaign, “We are all YPJ — Self-defence is our natural right”, demanding that the Rojava revolution’s Women’s Protection Units be included in Syria’s integrated armed forces, reports Peter Boyle.
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Notwithstanding all the death and destruction meted out by the United States and Israel against Iran, they have failed to achieve victory and exposed the limits of US imperialism, writes Dave Holmes.
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Ali Keshtkar argues the Iran war has exposed the underlying contradictions of an economy already organised around property speculation, financialisation and energy profiteering.
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Jews Against the Occupation ’48 organised a “From Gadigal to Gaza Origami Flotilla” action at Coogee Beach in solidarity with the Global Sumud Flotilla and the people of Gaza. Judith Treanor reports.
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The first three activists arrested for defying Queensland anti-free speech laws faced court this week. Jonathan Strauss reports.
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In her submission to the Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion, Janet Parker writes that while antisemitism does exist, the only discrimination, harassment and abuse she has experienced has come from supporters of Zionism in the Jewish community.
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Israel’s interception of the Global Sumud Flotilla and abduction of civilians, including Australians, demands an explanation, argues Shamikh Badra.
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Video of Alex Bainbridge speaking at the Justice for Palestine weekend of action against pro-genocide laws.