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1. A useful insider’s 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 ’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 ...

2. Italy marks Liberation Day, as memory of anti-fascist resistance becomes ever more crucial

   neo-fascist parties are rising again and threatening the roots of freedom and democracy. But history is clear ... the overthrow of fascism. Resistance fighters were called the “Volunteers for Freedom” by their ... Fascist regime and sometimes confuse criminal ambitions with freedom of opinion. As a result, openly ...

3. Italy marks Liberation Day

   As a result, openly neo-fascist parties are rising again and threatening the roots of freedom and ... Freedom” by their leaders, but they were popularly known as the “Partisans”. However, even today some ... atrocities committed by the Fascist regime and sometimes confuse criminal ambitions with freedom of opinion. ...

4. Pussy Riot jailed for two years

   court's ruling, calling it a “bitter blow” for freedom of expression in Russia. Outside the courtroom ... Pompidou Centre modern art museum, echoed those outside the Moscow courthouse, chanting “freedom, freedom ...

5. The big charity heist

   rights: justice, freedom and human dignity”. It creates dependencies while cementing the inequality under ... led to speculative hoarding and hence rising prices, and, second, the US ambassador had made it clear ... as charitable assists the global amnesia about capitalism’s rising inequalities, poverty, global ...

6. Behind the large far-right mobilisation in London: Tommy Robinson, English nationalism and Brexit

   he is in prison has nothing to do with "freedom of speech", but contempt of court. The ... Islamophobic Dutch politician  Geert Wilders, who told the crowd: “Tommy Robinson is the greatest freedom fighter of ... Britain today. Tommy Robinson is a freedom fighter. He says what no one dares to say. ” A message of ...

7. Pauline Hanson and the legitimisation of racism

   Hanson Gosford Anglican Church. Islam When a gang of right-wing goons from the Party For Freedom (PFF), ... Nation does not have any official affiliation with the Party for Freedom and the executive of One Nation ... Anglican Church... "If Party for Freedom members broke the law by attending and disrupting the church, ...

8. Militarising police is no solution

   are willing to go in sacrificing freedoms for an ill-conceived notion of being “tough on crime”. For ... scene for rising tensions between communities and police — and increased the likelihood of potentially ...

9. Summit in Venezuela opens 'new phase in history'

   freedom to continue looting the pockets of Venezuelans.” The new law, Chavez said, “was necessary and ...

10. Real life on film

    Film was conceived by a team of young volunteers committed to human rights, freedom of choice and ... these films and film makers to be dissected and debated. Highlights include: Melbourne Rising ...

11. INDIA: Communist leader arrested

    BY EVA CHENG In the face of rising police violence backed by the Hindu fundamentalist-dominated ... and kept at the Ranchi Central Jail. Outraged by this gross violation of the freedom of expression and ...

12. The war on Wikileaks: John Pilger interviews Julian Assange

    the risks are, and how to navigate a path through them.” Regardless of the threats to his freedom and ... to fundamental issues of justice and freedom and their imposition of narrow, prurient terms of ... advertising as The End of Secrecy: the Rise and Fall of WikiLeaks. When I asked David Leigh, the Guardian ...

13. The rebellion in Hong Kong is intensifying

    Kong still maintains certain elements of liberal governance — accountability, freedom of speech, ... long-standing political stances made it difficult to connect with the rising young generation, who tend to ... assets and position while destroying people’s livelihoods. Hong Kong was essential in the rise of China, ...

14. ‘Marielle Franco Presente’: Global protests demand justice

    councillor from the Party of Socialism and Freedom (PSOL) and an activist who opposed the militarisation of ... rise in crime in the city and three Military Police (PM) agents were killed. In response to the growing ...

15. Palestinians call for Gaza flotilla support

    international support for the Freedom Flotilla 2, which aims to break the siege of Gaza. The first freedom ... vitamins. Nutrient deficiencies and malnutrition continue to rise, affecting our children's growth and ... the Gaza Freedom March, the Gaza Freedom Flotilla, and the many land convoys, must never stop their ...

16. Raunch culture, sex and sexuality

    guise of empowerment. Arial Levy, author of Female Chavinist Pigs: women and the rise of raunch culture, ... freedom to be sexually provocative or promiscuous is not enough freedom … “And we are not even free in the ...

17. Write On: Letters to the editor

    her argument, Arndt quotes British academic Patricia Morgan's book Marriage-Lite — the Rise of ... — freedom. Freedom is a great virtue of this country and we are glad to open our arms to those who need most, ...

18. Burma: Regional left support for workers' struggles

    workers, such as the freedom to form trade unions, are also being repressed. The rise of working class ... struggle is a good sign for the possibility of fundamental changes in Burma. The rise of working class ...

19. Letters to the editor

    Letters to the editor Freedom to protest Congratulations to the Sydney Al-Nakba Planning Committee ... to have a 75% chance of avoiding a catastrophic 2°C temperature rise. Australia’s annual per capita ...

20. On the box

    September 30, 12.30pm. What Magdalena Said — A documentary about rising intolerance in the Czech Republic ... Presented by Rachael Maza and Nathan Ramsay. SBS, Wednesday, October 2, 7.30pm. Try Freedom — A joint ...

21. A woman's place is in the struggle: Iraqi women worse off under US-led occupation

    invasion of Afghanistan in 2001. Now, more than three years later, far from winning new-found freedom ... "Trafficking of women is on the rise in Afghanistan, as is rape, forced marriage, drug use, and senseless acts ... achieve "democracy" and "freedom", yet a new report by Amnesty International lays to ...

22. Coup in Venezuela: What next?

    out in broad daylight, in a zone dominated by the opposition. In this context, there has been a rising ... in the US and, once again, are doing so in the name of freedom. [Translated from Pagina 12 by Pedro ...

23. Guns and politics: the manipulation of political will

    the National Firearms Agreement (NFA), its support for “individual freedoms” and criticism of the ... sector most opposed to normalising the everyday use of guns. For the gun lobby, a rise in the everyday ... use of guns means a rise in their profit margins and those of their supporters, the weapons’ ...

24. ECUADOR: Unrest forces presidential about-face

    International Monetary Fund-mandated prices rises on fuel and transport after massive countrywide protests by ... a considerable blow to Noboa, who announced the price rises in December as part of an austerity package demanded ... emergency on February 2, suspending citizens' basic constitutional rights including freedom of ...

25. UNITED STATES: CIA complicity in Venezuelan coup

    we know that the sun will rise tomorrow morning." Blum proceeded to list the anti-imperialist ... also knew how it would unfold. Documents obtained under the Freedom of Information Act prove that the ...

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