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.
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Timor-Leste is the latest country in the Asia-Pacific region to be rocked by Gen Z protests against the corruption of political elites. 91̳’s&Բ;Peter Boyle speaks to Konfrontu Vencer, one of the student protest organisers.
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Protests against Israel’s genocide continued across the country as United States President Donald Trump hatched a new plan to ensure Palestinians have little to no say over the future of their recognised, but illusory, state. Pip Hinman reports.
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Deepak Joshi argues that while structural racism must be challenged, migrants have responsibilities too, including to refuse to be vote banks for careerist politicians.
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The United Nations General Assembly must activate its “Uniting for Peace” mechanism and organise an armed intervention force to end the genocide in Gaza, argues Bevan Ramsden.
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Adam Hanieh, professor of political economy and global development, linked Israel’s genocide in Gaza to global imperialism and the climate crisis, framing Palestine as central to understanding the ecosocialist struggle. Ben Radford reports.
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Nick Riemer and John Keane, long-time advocates of freedom and justice for Palestinians, are being sued in the Federal Court of Australia on trumped-up charges of antisemitism. Jim McIlroy reports.
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Australia’s blatantly strings-attached aid to Papua New Guinea aims to further its own security interests, namely access to PNG’s bases and a military ally obliged to side with Australia in any confrontation with China. Allen Jennings reports.
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The Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting in Honiara, Solomon Islands, once again offered cautious words and postponed action on West Papua, writes Ali Mirin.
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Bayside City Council voted to adopt a discredited definition of antisemitism, which silences criticism of Israel. It was moved by a councillor who attended a controversial Zionist conference bankrolled by the United States. Lanie Stockman reports.
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Residents protested outside the City of Sydney council meeting to call on Labor councillor Zann Maxwell to repay public funds for his pro-Israel junket. Jim McIlroy reports.
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Latin American solidarity activists called a snap protest against the United States military deployment in the Caribbean and demanded federal Labor publicly oppose the threat to Venezuela’s sovereignty. Jim McIlroy reports.