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  1. Meet Singapore鈥檚 new generation of leftists

    opposition, what has enabled the rise of a new left in Singapore today? Tay: One factor is the growing ... recognition of capitalism鈥檚 problems, especially with the rising cost of living 鈥 everyone is feeling the ... rise of professionalised activism in the late 1980s. This involved people setting up NGOs that are ...

  2. Protests demand UNRWA funding restored as Israel starves Palestinians

    rally in Gadigal/Sydney on March 3 that the global Jewish community must 鈥rise up against the dominant ... genocide against Palestinians now.鈥 global_jewish_community_must_rise ... Shepherd Let Palestinian freedom fighter Leila Khaled speak in Australia! Video: Let the Palestinian ...

  3. 'Napoleon': Revolution, reaction and artistic license

    himself Emperor on December 2, 1804. Director Ridley Scott (Gladiator, Kingdom of Heaven) depicts the rise ... forces attacking the revolution at the time. Toulon was also crucial to Napoleon鈥檚 rise as it showed his ... Napoleon鈥檚 victory at Toulon and Robespierre鈥檚 downfall and execution would begin his rise to power. Napoleon ...

  4. 'Creating Freedom' seeks to reclaim the idea of 'freedom' from the status quo

    Books & music Democracy Economy Mark Tan Alex Salmon Raoul Martinez Creating Freedom: Power, ... language of freedom pervades our lives, framing the most urgent issues of our time and the deepest ... Martinez in Creating Freedom. Martinez says that while freedom is a stirring ideal, it is one whose ...

  5. Internationalism during the Spanish Civil War

    reviews The International Brigades: Fascism, Freedom and the Spanish Civil War by Giles Tremlett London, ... July 1936. In the International Brigades: Fascism, Freedom and the Spanish Civil War, Spanish based ... climate crisis the far right is on the rise again and needs to be confronted. Australia October 26, 2021 ...

  6. How climate sceptics ran Australia's climate policy

    group Frontiers of Freedom and former Republican senator was about to address climate sceptic conference ... Dark Victory Marian Wilkinson documents the rise of the US-influenced network of corporate executives, ... till 2030 to keep the global temperature rise to well below 2掳C. Wilkinson writes that since the ...

  7. UWA staff to vote on COVID-19 agreement

    pay rise for six months and cancels the payment of annual leave loading to staff this year. NTEU ... Melbourne University Victory for academic freedom as Murdoch Uni drops case against Schr枚der-Turk News ...

  8. When the Fenians escaped from Fremantle Gaol: The Catalpa rescue tale well-told

    life the gripping tale of the Catalpa, an important moment in the struggle for Ireland鈥檚 freedom from ... against British rule in 1798, 1803 and 1848. By 1858, Irish freedom fighters formed the Irish Republican ... the British authorities. By 1867, the Fenian rising was crushed and dozens of their members sentenced ...

  9. A close look at the global context for Hong Kong's struggle

    鈥 his upbringing and rise to prominence as an activist, a journal of his time in prison and a systematic ... arrangement. While guaranteeing a measure of freedom, this re-arrangement ultimately left the people of Hong ...

  10. A useful insider鈥檚 guide to Antifa

    Bray traces the history of Antifa from the unsuccessful efforts to stop the rise of fascism in Italy, ... Germany and Spain in the 1920s and 鈥30s, as well as the more successful attempts to counter the rise of ... anti-fascist groups have been formed in Europe and North America. After tracing the rise of post-war fascism ...

  11. Eureka rebellion brought to life

    '40s), Irish freedom fighters, exiles from the unsuccessful European revolutions of 1848 and for whom the ... their demand. However, rising anger at the treatment of diggers led to a more militant faction arguing ... newspaper Neue Oder-Zeitung and cited it as example of workers rising against their oppressors. By 1855, the ...

  12. A people's history of colonial Malaya

    at the National University of Singapore, tells the story of these freedom fighters. Such stories are ... a local martyr who died defending his land. The story of the crushed anti-British rising in Perak ... mobilise the Malay masses for freedom, at great cost to themselves. Radicals provides a vital alternative ...