As Online Content Fuels the Free Palestine Movement, Government Attempts to Suppress It
The Zapatista Army of National Liberation (EZLN), an armed libertarian socialist group of Indigenous peasants from the southern Mexican state of Chiapas, seized urban centres to establish autonomous decentralised zones on 1 January 1994: the day the North Atlantic Free...
Proposed Federal Anti-Hate Speech Laws: Silencing Outrage Over Gaza
Israel recently dropped huge metal bombs on Palestinian civilian refugees, mainly women and children, sheltering in tents in an area of Rafah that Israel had designated a safe zone. Yet, those in the Australian community making loud protestations about this...
Attorney-General Can Save Dan Duggan from US Extradition Over China Panic Pretext
New South Wales Magistrate Daniel Reiss gave the greenlight to the US request to extradite former US marine and current Australian citizen Dan Duggan at Sydney’s Downing Centre Local Court on Friday, 24 May 2024,which is a decision that has...
Whistleblower’s Lengthy Sentence Will Deter Others from Exposing Crime and Corruption
Over eight years ending in early 2017, Major David McBride served as a legal officer for the Australian Defence Forces. And over the eight months to February 2012 and the five to December 2013, he served in Afghanistan as a...
A Glimmer of Justice for Assange Sparks Speculation There’s End in Sight
“It was such a victorious moment, to finally - to finally get a glimpse of hope into this case, and a glimpse of victory,” said WikiLeaks editor-in-chief Kristinn Hrafnsson following the recent decision in the Assange extradition case. “I think...
ICC Application for Warrant Against Netanyahu Signals Justice May Still Prevail
As International Criminal Court prosecutor Karim Khan appeared on global screens on Monday, announcing that he was applying for arrest warrants against Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu and defence minister Yoav Gallant, a sense that justice still prevailed, at least somewhere,...
The Grim Choice of the 2024 US Election Will Be Replicated Here Next Year
US president Joe Biden called for an immediate ceasefire to bring an end to the “humanitarian crisis” in Gaza, during a graduation ceremony at Atlanta’s Morehouse College on Sunday. Yet, this was just five days after his administration announced another...
Australian Government Should Be Ashamed of Imprisoning McBride
Picture troops stranded in a foreign land, beyond watch or care of government back home, which is only concerned in looking effective. Consider these soldiers don’t know their aim in a foreign conflict, as neither do their leaders. And think...
Crunch Time for Assange, Global Press Freedom and the Rule of Law
A final press briefing in regard to the extradition trial of Australian publisher and journalist Julian Assange was held at the Foreign Press Association in London on Wednesday, ahead of Monday’s determination of the British High Court, which will seal...
‘Student Camps Are Anti-Genocide, Not Anti-Semitic’, Says UniMelb for Palestine’s Dana Alshaer
Right now, it would be difficult not to be aware that students at numerous Australian universities have set up campsites on campuses, with the aim of opposing the Israeli government perpetrated genocide against the Palestinians of Gaza. Another aspect to...
