The military industrial complex is a major contributor to climate change. This calls for a merger of anti-war, climate and refugee solidarity movements, writes Eleanor Goldfield.
Asylum seekers & refugees
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.
Australia remains a world leader in cruelty towards refugees, writes Zebedee Parkes.听
Refugees are using football as a way to build communities of resistance report聽Eline Yara Jeann茅听补苍诲听Beeke Katarina Melcher.
The #KidsOffNauru campaign is gaining momentum with a range of protests organised across Australia in recent days.
M茅decins Sans Fronti猫res Australia has disputed home affairs minister Peter Dutton鈥檚 version of events which led to the organisation being told by the Nauruan government to leave on October 5.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison鈥檚 鈥淚 stopped these [boats]鈥 desk trophy is symbolic of his government鈥檚 callous disregard for human rights. But you can be sure that Morrison won鈥檛 be stopping the Nauruan government from kicking M貥茅dicins Sans Fronti猫res (MSF/Doctors Without Borders) off Nauru.
Within days of Nauru鈥檚 decision that MSF鈥檚 mental health services would 鈥渘o longer be required鈥, news came through that an Iranian detainee on Nauru had self-harmed by swallowing washing powder.
Along with his affiliation with the Horizon Church in Sutherland, Sydney, newly appointed Coalition Prime Minister Scott Morrison鈥檚 commitment to conservative social movements and the number of Christian conservatives in the Coalition should ring alarm bells.
Refugee rights activists rallied outside Qantas offices in Sydney and Jetstar offices in Melbourne on August 9 as part of a national campaign calling on the Qantas airline to refuse to deport asylum seekers to danger.
A number of airlines around the world are refusing to take part in deportations. However, Qantas and Virgin Australia have, so far, not joined the boycott.
Those that are angry with Trump-style migrant policies must show equal anger towards governments in Europe, writes Nick聽Dearden.
A desperate rooftop protest by an Iranian refugee being held on Christmas Island was restarted on June 11 after being subjected to further inhumanity.
Ghazi (not his real name), and another refugee took to the roof of the detention centre in late May to protest the conditions and the lack of access to medical care. According to the Refugee Action Coalition (RAC) both men had been in detention for over 3 years and were apparently taken to court and charged over an alleged incident prior to the May protest.
The fate of more than 600 people rescued at sea by the Doctors Without Borders rescue ship Aquarius is one more example of the impact of right wing populism on human rights in Europe today.
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