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The newly elected Northern Territory Country Liberal Party government passed a suite of controversial punitive measures, which many argue will brutalise young children and not make the community any safer. Stephen W Enciso reports.

Jews are far from the only ethnic or religious group subjected to persecution and genocide over the centuries. Michelle Berkon argues that an inclusive approach to discrimination against Jews would be to include it under an umbrella definition of racism.

 

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The United States deployed B-2 stealth bombers to launch airstrikes on Yemen on October 17, underscoring the US’ deep involvement in a deadly regional war that is threatening to engulf the entire Middle East, reports Jake Johnson.

Justice for Palestine Magan-djin campaigner and Greens candidate for Moreton Remah Naji speaks to Alex Bainbridge on the Green Left Show.

A large crowd gathered to protest foreign minister Penny Wong’s support for Israel’s genocide in Gaza and attacks on Lebanon when she addressed a forum at the University of Tasmania. Isaac Nellist reports.

Responding to the global Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions campaign, the National Tertiary Education Union National Council has decided, overwhelmingly, to support an academic institutional boycott of Israeli universities. Jonathan Strauss and Markela Panegyres report.

Those cheering on Labor’s attack on the construction division of the Construction Forestry Maritime Employees Union claim the union is responsible for the shortfall in promised new homes. Sue Bull reports.

Tempest interviewed Marxist activist John Mullen about anti-capitalist organising and the need for unity to overcome divisions within the left in France.

After France’s recent parliamentary elections, President Emmanuel Macron refused to allow the Nouveau Front Populaire left alliance to form government. Tempest interviewed Marxist activist John Mullen about the challenges facing the left in France following the formation of the new right-wing government.

Protest outside the NYSE

A Jewish-led anti-war protest in front of the New York Stock Exchange in the United States surprised share-traders and finance capital figures, reports Malik Miah.

Isaac Nellist and Riley Breen discuss recent developments in the climate movement and talk to Green Left journalist and socialist activist Peter Boyle about imagining a green future.

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To tackle the worsening climate emergency, we need to build a mass movement that opposes the profits-driven capitalist system, argues Pip Hinman.