Amira Mohammed, one of the commanders of the Women’s Protection Units in North East Syria (Rojava), spoke to Firat News Agency’s Cûdî Îbrahîm about the role of women in Syria and the protection of all women living in the country.
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Greens Senator David Shoebridge became the first Australian parliamentarian to visit the Democratic Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (also known as Rojava). He spoke with Green Left’s Peter Boyle about the visit.
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The Australian Services Union is campaigning against the Fair Work Commission’s proposed restructure of their award, which the union says will take workers backwards. Pip Hinman reports.
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Baran Sogut speaks to Peter Boyle about the gains and challenges of the Rojava revolution and, in particular, about his visit to Kobane, a city that was liberated from several Islamic fundamentalist militias in 2014–15.
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Greens senator David Shoebridge speaks to Green Left’s Peter Boyle about his trip to the Democratic Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria.
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Frances Cheffin, project manager for What Were You Wearing’s national Move For Them day, said the event will be a “massive day of support and celebration, and collective strength”. Mary Merkenich reports.
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More than 7 million people rallied and marched across the United States in “No Kings Day” protests. Demonstrations took place in 2700 cities and towns in 50 states and in Washington DC, reports Malik Miah.
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Fahim Hashimy, an Afghan filmmaker and founder of the Ghan International Film Festival Australia, spoke to Markela Panegyres about the resilience of Afghan filmmakers.
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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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Women and the LGBTIQ community have become the faces of resistance against the far-right Salvadoran government, writes Suchit Chávez.
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Ecuadorians are resoundingly resisting the Daniel Noboa government’s neoliberal policies, despite heavy police and military repression, reports Ben Radford.
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A preparatory meeting for the First International Antifascist Conference, which will take place in Brazil next March, was hosted in Porto Alegre, reports Tatiana Py Dutra.