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1. For the sake of humanity, we must defend the Rojava Revolution

   States was on whether it should engage in a direct intervention in the Syrian war by means of airstrikes ... on Syrian Arab Army targets. Understandably, this put the anti-war movement and socialist activists ... Units (YPG) Women's Protection Units (YPJ) Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) Turkey launched ...

2. Tampa 2 years on: Restoring justice to asylum seeker policy

   Affair and Pacific Solution will exceed a billion dollars. In the era of the "war on terror", ... anyone can remember. We have accepted more than 650,000 refugees as migrants since World War II, as part ... defensiveness that turns us in on ourselves to the point of meanness. We have justified the actions taken in ...

3. SCOTLAND: Socialists set sights on seven new MPs

   anti-war rally in Glasgow on February 15 and received a mighty ovation. On the first day of the SSP ... conference, Sheridan had to rush off to participate in a televised debate on the Iraq war. He debated Labour ... annual SSP conference on February 22-23, the SSP will have a “100% improvement in our electoral ...

4. Spain: Failed Socialist Party manoeuvre sparks vital battle for Madrid

   capital during the Spanish Civil War. The Iglesias campaign will focus on re-enthusing Madrid’s ... no-confidence motion against the ruling PP in Murcia’s 45-seat regional parliament on March 18. The motion was ... presented on the pretext that its leaders had abused their positions to jump the COVID-19 vaccination queue. ...

5. Write on: letters to the editor

   Women should re-gather lost ways and not depend on permission from the paternalistic minders. (Adapted ... The almighty car While the battle between pedestrians, cyclists and skaters drags on, the Almighty ... Car drives on its merry polluting way and consumes more space than all three. As per capita Greenhouse ...

6. John Pilger: Gagging the facts on Trump and Clinton

   . On the contrary, like all American presidents, he was pro-war. He had voted for George W. Bush's ... "cool" (The Guardian). On March 23, my article, A World War has Begun: Break the Silence, was published ... Imperialism & war Elections Democracy Media John Pilger Donald Trump Hillary Clinton At ...

7. Turkey’s political prisoners at risk from COVID-19

   Far right Imperialism & war International solidarity Peter Boyle Coronavirus disease ... had entered the prison system, the government admitted on April 13 that 17 prisoners had tested ... dealers, people who commit violence against women, rape and abuse children can benefit from the law," ...

8. A politics of deceit: Israel/US annexation of Palestinian lands

   Imperialism & war International solidarity National liberation Stuart Rees West Bank Apartheid ... Palestinians had rejected generous offers of land. Even as thousands of non-combatants, women and children were ... controversy appears to depend on what US casino billionaire Sheldon Adelson wants. The objectives of this ...

9. JOHN PILGER: Bush, Blair, Howard, Murdoch have 'blood on their hands!'

   BY JOHN PILGER [The following speech was delivered at the anti-war rally in Sydney on February 16, ... George Bush, Tony Blair and John Howard are not planning a war. They are planning an unprovoked attack on ... who tried the Nazis for war crimes, said that an attack on another country was the most serious crime ...

10. Radical independence campaigner on the Yes surge

    of the SSP — to take women’s issues seriously. Crucially, it needs to be based on the vibrant, ... Imperialism & war Workers & unions Socialism Democracy Economy Environment Elections ... is heading towards it decisive test. On September 18, a referendum is being held on whether the ...

11. Write on

    Guatemalan appeal The External Commission of the National Union of Guatemalan Women (UNAMG) has launched an ... appeal to save the lives of three Guatemalan women and their children. This appeal is one of three ... their lives. In the years since then the Union of Guatemalan Women has carried out many different ...

12. Amid pandemic, US drinks beer, produces cars, military tech at expense of Mexican lives

    Imperialism & war Workers & unions Tamara Pearson Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) ... operating on the Mexican side of the border so they can plunder Mexican resources and take advantage of ... these companies take on an even more sinister tone in a country where deaths due to the pandemic are ...

13. Write on

    to come behind the campaign against the Gulf War by the pressure of tens of thousands of people on ... the issue of violence against women. It is true that all women in Australian society face violence on ... Jobs and justice There was some discussion on the Melbourne left about the Victorian Trades ...

14. On the box

    On the box Caetano Veloso — Musicians Caetano Veloso and Gilberto Gil express their views on the ... Saturday, July 22, 2.25pm. Fond Memories of Cuba — David Bradbury's controversial documentary on Cuba. ... tongue-in-cheek look at the proliferation of 24-hour rolling news channels on cable TV and their desperate quest ...

15. Vale Lynn Beaton 1946 — 2016

    published The importance of women's paid labour: Women at work in World War II, in which she debunked ... the myth that after the war, women had left paid employment and returned to the domestic sphere — Lynn ... showed that by 1948 more women were in paid work than at the peak of war-time employment. Equal access to ...

16. Speaking the unspeakable: Australia’s rape problem

    … the rape of Aboriginal women, as in any war, was part of the conquest.’ The loaded colonial history of ... is a thin facade on a society that has a serious problem with sexual violence. Australian women are ... the property of men. The oppression of women became a pillar on which capitalism relies. Marx’s ...

17. On the box

    On the box Madame Sata – Joao Francisco dos Santos, better known as Madame Sata, was also ... to Sri Lanka as the country moves towards an end-game in its bloody civil war. SBS, Sunday, March 15, ... March 17, 10pm. Wirrangul Women: Always Have, Always Will – Two sisters revisit the landscapes of their ...

18. United States: Trump's race election polarises the nation

    embassy to Jerusalem, support the Saudi war on its people and Yemen, and its drone attacks in the region. ... passed that threshold on November 7. What has become the norm in 48 states is that all Electoral College ... are allocated differently. The Electoral College will meet on December 14 to rubber-stamp the outcome. ...

19. On the box

    On the box The Battle For Islam — Looks at how in some Muslim countries, it is women who are ... participation of women in Moroccan society. SBS, Monday, February 12, 1.30pm. Message Stick: Uncle Kev ... Docs: Murder on a Sunday Morning — Disturbing documentary that takes a frank look at the US justice ...

20. On The Box

    On the box Mutiny: The True Story of Red October — Unlike the disaffected captain of a Russian ... September 6, 8.30pm. Silent Scream — A story of resistance, rebellion and struggle by the women of ... Afghanistan that unveils the poignant personal testimonies of Afghan women who have survived 23 years of ...

21. On the box

    On the box Actively Radical TV — Sydney community television's progressive current affairs ... environmental and community actions throughout Victoria. Access News broadcasts focus on community news every ... her belief that this would make men and women equal. SBS, Sunday, May 5, 11.05pm. Sense of Betrayal ...

22. John Pilger: From Pol Pot to ISIS — ‘Anything that flies on everything that moves’

    Roland Dumas revealed that “two years before the Arab spring”, he was told in London that a war on Syria ... Imperialism & war History John Pilger In transmitting President Richard Nixon's orders ... for a “massive” bombing of Cambodia in 1969, Henry Kissinger said: “Anything that flies on everything ...

23. On the box

    challenges in history: an overstretched military, frayed alliances and wars on two fronts. SBS, Tuesday ... On the box Mister President — Examines the film and television phenomenon that has made ... "stars" of the men and women who work in the Oval Office. SBS, Friday, October 31, 7.30pm. Dateline ...

24. On the box

    On the box Actively Radical TV — This week's program looks at the controversy surrounding ... 11, 2.30pm. Civil War — The first in a series of six programs about the English Civil War. This ... SBS, Sunday, March 12, 11.15pm. Redemption Song — The start of a fascinating seven-part series on the ...

25. On the box

    On the box The Chaser's War on Everything — Australian political satire. ABC, Wednesday, ... revisit the landscapes of their early childhood and recount their young lives as Wirrangul women. ABC, ...

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