An inquiry into voluntary assisted dying has recommended that the NT Country Liberal Party government introduce a voluntary assisted dying law. Suzanne James reports.
News
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Protesters are gearing up for a three-day arms bazaar, which will host some of the biggest weapons’ corporations that have profited from two years of genocide in Gaza. Pip Hinman reports.
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The NSW Supreme Court has ruled that NSW Labor’s anti-protest laws, which included giving police new powers to move on protesters near places of worship, are unconstitutional. Pip Hinman reports.
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Housing activists protested outside a public housing complex that is being demolished. Isaac Nellist reports.
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Opponents of NSW Labor’s planning law changes say they are a gift to developers and make it easier to approve fossil fuel projects. Jim McIlroy reports.
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A group of Zionists are taking Dr Nick Riemer and Professor John Keane to the Federal Court of Australia, claiming that to be “anti-Israel” is “anti-Jewish” and therefore “antisemitic”. Jim McIlroy reports.
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Tens of thousands joined marches across the country marking two years of Israel’s genocide against Palestinians in Gaza. Isaac Nellist reports.
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Emergency rallies in several cities demanded Labor to pressure Israel to release the Global Sumud Flotilla participants, after it illegally stormed their vessels in international waters and imprisoned them. Alex Bainbridge and Jordan Shukri AK Armaou-Massoud report.
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Senators Lidia Thorpe and Fatima Payman, who introduced the “Genocide Red Lines Package” in the last parliament, are working on a new version aimed at ensuring Australia meets its obligations under international law to prevent genocide. Alex Bainbridge reports.
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Peter Boyle argues that Labor has to be forced to respect the International Court of Justice and International Criminal Court orders to stop arming the genocide and bring its chief perpetrators to account under international law.
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We must stay alert to the likelihood that Palestinians will be betrayed again, as Donald Trump’s so-called peace plan — or rather ultimatum into submission — is being negotiated, writes Jepke Goudsmit.
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Labor claims its changes to the first home buyers scheme will help more people “realise their dream of home ownership sooner”. However, as Isaac Nellist argues, it will likely make it worse.
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Federico Fuentes joins the Green Left Show to discuss the role of Nobel Peace Prize winner María Corina Machado in Venezuelan politics.
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Helle Erhardsen joined Green Left Radio to discuss the ongoing campaign to end cruelty against racehorses.
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Sue Bull joined Green Left Radio to discuss the upcoming “Relevance of Marxism” seminar.
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Peter Slezak told a vigil that Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s belated recognition of Palestinian statehood is an empty gesture and his silence on the genocide in Palestine will not be forgotten.
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When NSW Labor came to power, there was hope that the housing affordability crisis might ease. Now, after two years on, those hopes have been dashed, writes Andrew Chuter.
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A range of activists, unionists and community leaders joined the Powering Rebellion livestream to highlight how Green Left help’s build movements for change.
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Mai Saif discusses United States President Donald Trump’s neo-colonial peace deal for Gaza on Green Left Radio.
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The NSW South Coast is being loved to death, like Amsterdam, Rome, Barcelona, Santorini, Bali, Dubrovnik, Kyoto, Byron Bay, argues Malcolm King.
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Gideon Polya argues that Australian MPs are refusing a key injunction from the World War II Jewish Holocaust — which is to “bear witness” — and condemns them for refusing to recognise that a genocide is underway in Gaza.
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As far-right and neo-fascist groups continue to push their reactionary agenda, seizing every opportunity to promote their racist and authoritarian solutions, Marcus Greville looks at what it takes to defeat the far right.
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Anthony Albanese’s October 7 statement is further evidence of his government’s complicity, including lies by omission, argues Alex Bainbridge.
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Green Left Radio speaks to Massimo about Italy's trade union movement supporting the Global Sumud Flotilla
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Angela Carr spoke on Green Left Radio about the Fair Work Commission’s proposed cuts to the community sector and why they should be opposed.
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Politicians have long been made aware of a deep rot in higher education, but seem shocked when evidence shows how universities in Australia are governed. Binoy Kampmark reports.
World
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During its first nine months, United States President Donald Trump's administration has been practising a more violent and bullying posture in the Americas, write Ana Cristina Carvalhaes and Luís Bonilla-Molina.
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CODEPINK’s Michelle Ellner responds to the announcement that Venezuelan right-wing opposition figure María Corina Machado has won the Nobel Peace Prize.
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Following weeks of youth-led demonstrations, Madagascar's President Andry Rajoelina has reportedly fled to France, following an agreement with President Emmanuel Macron, reports Nicholas Mwangi.
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United States President Donald Trump is making clear to the US people and the world that he is transforming the world’s most powerful military state into a one man, one party-ruled country, write Malik Miah and Barry Sheppard.
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Susan Price spoke to John Mullen, a revolutionary socialist activist in the Paris region, about the deep political crisis in France, illustrated by the resignation and subsequent reappointment of right-wing Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu.
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Israel’s illegal interception and detention of activists on the Global Sumud Flotilla in international waters on route to Gaza to break the Israeli-imposed blockade was a violent affair, reports Binoy Kampmark.
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African Americans are facing a broad, racist assault in the United States, aimed at reversing every socio-economic and political gain won by this oppressed segment of the population, writes Malik Miah.
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When it comes to bringing Turkey to account for its attack on democracy and human rights abuses against Kurds, the Council of Europe has been kicking the ball into the long grass, yet advocates continue to lobby its politicians and bureaucrats and organise demonstrations outside its gates, writes Sarah Glynn.
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Women and the LGBTIQ community have become the faces of resistance against the far-right Salvadoran government, writes Suchit Chávez.
Culture
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Bolivia suffered its worst-ever bushfire season last year. Bolivia Burning: Inside a Latin American Ecocide, a new short documentary, focuses on the worst-affected Santa Cruz department, the heart of Bolivia’s agro-industrial frontier. Ben Radford reviews the film.
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Donald Robertson has written a powerful and revealing account of the life of John Maclean, one of the most important but little-known socialist leaders of Scotland and Britain, writes Jim McIlroy.
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The unleashing of Robodebt by Scott Morrison’s Coalition government is one of the biggest scandals in Australian political history, writes Suzanne James.
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Author Nathan Bell speaks about his new book One Minute to Midnight.