Socialist Alliance launched it federal election campaign for the seat of Sydney and the New South Wales Senate with a diverse crowd of community fighters. Isaac Nellist reports.
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Barry Skinner asks if the expulsion of around 30 residents from Selwyn Street boarding houses in Paddington to become the “New Sydney”?
We need to keep the issue of settler colonialism here and in Palestine front and centre, argues Michelle Berkon, as Australia and Israel have shared values.
The University of Sydney’s threat to suspend Luna, a transgender refugee, for writing pro-Palestine messages on a whiteboard has drawn attention to its repression of campus activism. Pride in Protest reports.
The Jewish Council of Australia has reiterated its call on politicians to stop exploiting antisemitism, after the Australian Federal Police confirmed that an abandoned caravan found with explosives was part of a “fabricated terrorism plot”. Kerry Smith reports.
About 40 people formed a chain at Sydney Town Hall in solidarity with the women in Palestine on the eve of International Women’s Day. Jepke Goudsmit reports.
Protesters took to the streets as Israel violates the ceasefire agreement again. Pip Hinman and Peter Boyle report.
One hundred and fifty public housing residents in the Waterloo South estate were just given eviction notices from Homes NSW, but many have vowed to fight back. Kerry Smith reports.
Anti-Zionist Jews Judith Treanor, Suzie Gold and Michelle Berkon, standing several metres from a synagogue entrance holding innocuous signs, were threatened with arrest for the alleged crime of “causing fear and alarm”.
More than 100 high school students, of all ages, parents and community members demanded Sheik Wesam Charkawi be allowed back to Granville High, where he has been a student support officer for 13 years. Kerry Smith reports.
Rochelle Porteous, an indefatigable campaigner, suddenly died earlier this year. Hall Greenland writes about her activism, noting many of her greatest victories came while she was in a minority on Leichhardt Council.
Protesters, including Aunty Gail Hickey, are still demanding that the NSW Police officers that chased TJ Hickey to his death in 2004 be brought to justice. Paul Gregoire reports.
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