Vigilantes, whipped up by local right-wing politicians and the NSW premier, attacked people occupying houses in Lismore, which have been vacant since 2022. Nick Fredman reports.
Nick Fredman
Communities in Bundjalung country are demanding Labor call a halt to Israel's war on Gaza.聽Nick Fredman reports.
Speakers at pro-Palestine rallies around the country, on Nakba Day (鈥淐atastrophe鈥 in Arabic) and the weekend, congratulated students for standing with Palestine against genocide.
Thousands of people joined the Bob Brown Foundation鈥檚 nation-wide 鈥淢arch for Forests鈥, aiming to ramp up pressure on Labor to stop logging scarce native forests.聽
Pro-Palestine protests on the weekend of March 16-17 were the 23rd continuous week of mobilisations against Australia's complicity in Israel's ongoing genocide in Gaza.
With the re-election of the Coalition government, conservatives have become emboldened to intensify their agenda of transferring even more wealth and power to the already dominant at the expense of the rest of us, writes Nick Fredman.
More than 4000 young people and adults packed into Birrarung Marr park on October 21 for a Children鈥檚 March for Nauru, to demand聽all refugees imprisoned on the Pacific island be resettled in Australia. Chanting 鈥渘urture not torture鈥 and 鈥渒ids out, all out鈥, participants marched into the city.
More than 100 people attended public forums discussing the crisis in Venezuela and the need for solidarity with the Bolivarian Revolution against the threat of violent right-wing opposition in Geelong and Melbourne on July 28 and 29.
Phillip Galea, linked to far right groups Reclaim Australia and United Patriots Front, was arrested on August 7 as part of raids on four properties in and around Melbourne and charged with making documents likely to facilitate a terrorist act and planning or preparing for a terrorist act. He was jailed last November for possession of several stun guns and bomb precursor chemicals.
Activists evaded eviction from vacant houses and apartments in Parkville on August 3. The homes had been acquired for the East West Link, a project axed under community pressure by the incoming Labor government in 2014, with a promise to use the properties for public housing.
As the left in Australia faces the need to organise against escalating racism from mainstream politicians and the far right, important lessons can be learned from anti-racist struggles across the world.
Sibylle Kaczorek is a Socialist Alliance activist now living in Melbourne who was active in anti-racist campaigns in Germany. She spoke to 麻豆传媒 Weekly's Nick Fredman.
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Despite Germany officially becoming an anti-fascist state after World War II, there have been continuing connections between the far right and the state haven鈥檛 there?
The campaign against racism and the far right needs a clear understanding of racism and fascism and how to fight these threats.
Racism is not inherent in human beings. It is a product of capitalism. Racist scapegoating is used by the corporate rich because it undermines solidarity among workers, opening the way for conservative policies such as privatisation and cuts to social spending.
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