Alex Salmon

Labor must end immigration detention and offshore processing, protesters say

Protesters demanded聽Labor end immigration detention and offshore processing听补苍诲 provide permanent safety for all refugees. It also called for an end to boat turn-backs. Alex Salmon reports.

Protest calls on Labor to fight climate change, not prepare for war

Stop AUKUS WA and Walyalup Climate Action protested聽the Labor government鈥檚 enormous AUKUS military spending. Alex Salmon听补苍诲 Leonie Lundie 谤别辫辞谤迟.听

Tongerlongeter

Tongerlongeter: First Nations leader and Tasmanian war hero

In Tongerlongeter: First Nations Leader and Tasmanian war hero, historians Henry Reynolds and Nicolas Clements revive the history of Tasmania's First Nations peoples' resistance to invasion and colonisation. Alex Salmon reviews.

WA firefighters take a stand for a pay rise, against exploitation

The United Professional Firefighters Union聽Western Australia is demanding that WA Labor negotiate, not dictate, on a new enterprise agreement. Alex Salmon reports.

British Empire

The bloody truth about the British Empire

Richard Gott's 2011 book focuses on the revolutionaries and rebels who stood up to the British Empire. Alex Salmon reviews.

Climate activists sit down in CBD

Two hundred people protested for climate action聽 as part of Extinction Rebellion WA鈥檚 鈥淧erth stops for climate鈥. Alex Salmon reports.

Britain: Corbyn鈥檚 ban 鈥榓 disgraceful attack on democracy鈥

The British Labour Party鈥檚 National Executive Committee (NEC) has voted to bar former leader Jeremy Corbyn from standing as a Labour candidate in the 2024 general election, reports Alex Salmon.

Peoples History of Tennis

Remembering the 鈥榃orkers鈥 Wimbledon鈥

Writer, journalist, filmmaker and tennis enthusiast David Berry reveals tennis鈥 secret radical history, writes Alex Salmon.

Ned Kelly, Tunnerminnerwait and Maulboyheenner

Ned Kelly and the brutal story of capital punishment in Australia

Michael Adams new book, Hanging Ned Kelly: Elijah Upjohn, the hangmen and the underbelly of colonial Australia, exposes how executioners were forced to do the colonial ruling classes' dirty work. Alex Salmon reviews.

Artists protest Woodside鈥檚 destruction of the Burrup

Two activists from the Disrupt Burrup Hub campaign staged a protest at the Art Galley of Western Australia against Woodside Energy鈥檚 proposed Burrup Gas hub project. Alex Salmon reports.

WA stands in solidarity with jailed climate activist Violet CoCo

Protesters gathered outside the Perth Magistrates Court聽to protest the 15-month prison sentence handed to climate activist Violet CoCo for blocking traffic in Sydney. Alex Salmon reports.

Iranians continue to protest for change

At least 6000 people gathered to show solidarity with the ongoing protests in Iran, sparked by the murder of Jina Masa Amini. Alex Salmon reports.