Jim McIlroy

Jake Lynch at Hiroshima Day protest

Jim McIlroy introduces Sydney academic and writer Jake Lynch's new poetry collection, Pommy Granita.

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Joviana Guterres works for justice and rights for women victims of past violations of human rights in Timor Leste. She spoke to Green Left’s Coral Wynter and Jim McIlroy during their recent visit to the capital, Dili.

Protesters called for solutions to the housing crisis in a rally organised by the National Union of Students, Get A Room and the NSW Greens. Jim McIlroy reports.

 

While discussion at the “The Palestinian Catastrophe” public meeting was lively, participants and speakers agreed that Labor needed to step up its support for Palestine. Jim McIlroy reports.

The campaign to save the coastal Binybara/Lee Point site from being destroyed for a Defence Housing Australia project continues. Jim McIlroy reports.

“We need a powerful movement to make action on climate change unstoppable,” Alexa Stuart, a Rising Tide organiser, told a public meeting. Jim McIlroy reports.

A Newcastle magistrate has validated the protest actions of anti-coal activists, saying “any reasonable person would agree with the goals of this action”. Jim McIlroy reports.

After a month of protest, logging has been halted and the machines have left Newry State Forest in what Gumbaynggirr custodian Sandy Greenwood described as a “historic moment”. Jim McIlroy reports.

The Sydney Knitting Nannas Against Gas and supporters called on Tamboran Resources to stop plans to frack the Beetaloo Basin in the Northern Territory. Jim McIlroy reports.

The No New Gas Coalition says science is clear: there is no room for new gas projects in a climate catastrophe. Jim McIlroy reports.

The Australian Council of Trade Unions has welcomed Labor’s plan to give casual workers the option of permanent work rights. Others say more needs to be done to resolve the “casual problem”. Jim McIlroy reports.

The Sydney Climate Coalition organised a well-attended full-day conference to discuss how to build a strong enough climate movement to force Labor to act. Jim McIlroy reports.