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As United States President Joe Biden’s term in office comes to an end, it is important to reflect on his legacy — as an enabler of genocide, argues Rupen Savoulian.

A grassroots campaign group, Justice not Jails, has been formed to counter the Northern Territory’s Country Liberal Party’s punitive “tough on crime” approach. Stephen W Enciso reports.

Targeting health care workers is a war crime, Naarm/Melbourne, January 5

At the weekly protests in Naarm/Melbourne and Gadigal Country/Sydney against Israel’s genocide on January 5, Israel was condemned for its attack on the Kamal Adwan hospital and the arbitrary arrest and detention of its director.

January 5 was the 457th day of Israel’s latest genocidal assault.

Around 1000 people protested for Palestine in an energising rally on January 5 in Gadigal Country/Sydney. Pro-Palestine rallies have continued every Sunday there for the past 15 months.

Philippine labour and climate activists Luke Espiritu and Aleijn Reintegrado are guests on the Green Left Show.

Two Kurdish journalists killed

Colombian President Gustavo Petro condemned the Turkish drone strikes that killed Kurdish journalists Cîhan Bilgin and Nazım Daştan near Kobanê in northern Syria, reports Medya News.

zombie draped in flag

The Left Berlin’s Phil Butland spoke to Paris activist John Mullen about what French president Emmanuel Macron hopes to achieve with the appointment of new right-wing prime minister François Bayrou.

Tamara Pearson and book cover

Znetwork.org’s Alexandria Shaner sat down with activist-author Tamara Pearson to discuss her new novel, The Eyes of the Earth, and how storytelling as resistance can unravel discourse, confront reality and explore possibilities.

We’re scrolling more and reading less, but when it comes to standing up to fossil fuel companies, the arms industry, empire and systemic injustice, fiction and non-fiction books can provide clarity and transformative ideas, argues Tamara Pearson.

book cover and Amazon rainforest

Ben Radford reviews the memoir of Waraoni climate activist Nemonte Nenquimo, who defends the Amazon and the indigenous peoples of eastern Ecuador against the power of big oil.

oil washed up on a beach in Peru

A substantial oil spill affecting Peru’s north coast has drawn attention to the country’s largely unregulated and destructive oil industry, reports Ben Radford.

Criticising the actions of a state and its policies should not be mistaken for antisemitism, writes Judith Avril, a member of Jews Against the Occupation ’48 Australia.

How much longer will you let this go on?, Naarm/Melbourne, December 29

Protests for Palestine continued in the week between Christmas and New Year, as Israel destroyed the Kamal Adwan hospital. Alex Bainbridge reports.