Imperialism & war

Socialist Alliance condemns Israel’s deadly escalation of its war and terrorism in Lebanon and calls on the Anthony Albanese Labor government to respect international law and immediately do the same.

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Support for Green Party Presidential candidate Jill Stein and Vice Presidential candidate Butch Ware is the highest since the party’s candidate Ralph Nader ran for president of the United States in 2000, report Barry Sheppard and Malik Miah.

Julian Assange addressed a hearing in Strasbourg at which he spoke of legal protections which were ‘not effective in any remotely reasonable time frame’. Binoy Kampmark reports.

Chevron rakes in billions of dollars a year from exploiting Israeli-claimed fossil gas fields in the eastern Mediterranean Sea, which generate hundreds of millions of dollars of tax revenue for Israel. Zara Lomas reports.

Join protests to mark 12 months of Israel’s continued genocidal assault on Gaza.

Thousands joined protests across the country to condemn Israel's attacks on Gaza and Lebanon as Israel escalated its attacks.

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Despite his rhetorical claims that his military objective is to neutralise Hamas, in reality Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his closest allies want to redesign the map of the Middle East, with a new “Greater Israel” becoming a supremacist and colonial reference point for the global far right, argues Israel Dutra.

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With only weeks to go until the United States presidential election, and with the threat of a second Donald Trump presidency, pro-Palestine activist and former Democratic Party organiser Sravya explains why she is undecided about whether to vote for Kamala Harris.

The Australian-Kurdish community is very concerned for Çiğdem (Lenna) Aslan's wellbeing after she was arrested in Turkey just before boarding a flight back home to Australia. Peter Boyle reports.

 

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Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens reflects contemporary Australia's migrant experience — the sadness, tragedy, but also solidarity, compassion and humanity, writes Coral Wynter.

Boris Kagarlitsky

Academics and activists from Russia and around the world will address an online conference on October 8 in support of jailed Marxist sociologist Boris Kagarlitsky, reports Federico Fuentes.

There were mixed results in the NSW local government elections, with campaigners reporting that cost-of-living, housing and the war in Gaza affected the vote. Jim McIlroy reports on the interim results.