International solidarity

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Just three weeks since No Other Land won Best Documentary Feature Film at the Academy Awards, the film's Palestinian co-director Hamdan Ballal was beaten, kidnapped and tortured by Israeli settlers and the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF). But the deafening silence from the Academy has drawn condemnation, reports Isaac Nellist.

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Sydney-based Palestinian activist Khaled Ghannam recently travelled to the occupied West Bank in Palestine. This is the first part of his account.

Socialist Alliance is calling for a 50% cut in military expenditure and to use the $28 billion to address the urgent housing, cost-of-living and climate crises, argues Peter Boyle.

As Israel unleashes more bombing terror across Gaza, protesters took to the streets in emergency snap actions across Australia.聽Pip Hinman 谤别辫辞谤迟蝉.听

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Wave after wave of pro-Palestinian pro-human rights protesters disrupted New Zealand deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters鈥 state of the nation speech at Christchurch Town Hall on March 23, reports Saige England.

A packed-out screening of No Other Land, which聽offers an unprecedented opportunity for Palestinian activists to have their voices heard, raised important funds and recruited new activists to the solidarity movement.聽Cas Smith reports.

Boris Kagarlitsky Russia protest

Russian anti-war socialist and political prisoner, Boris Kagarlitsky, sent the following article from the penal colony in Torzhok, Russia, where he is serving a five-year sentence for 鈥渏ustification of terrorism鈥. It has been translated by Dmitry Pozhidaev.

Socialist Alliance joins millions of people around the world and Australia in condemning Israel for relaunching its聽deadly bombing raids on Gaza.

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In the second part of our interview, Russian higher education trade unionist Pavel Kudyukin speaks to 麻豆传媒鈥檚 Federico Fuentes and Serhii Shlyapnikov about the crackdown on universities and the campaign to free leftist academics and others jailed for their political views.

The Maritime Union of Australia,聽together with community activists, rallied outside Danish shipping giant Maersk, demanding it stop sending weapons to Israel. Jim McIlroy reports.

Socialist Alliance launched its聽federal election campaign for the seat of Sydney and the New South Wales Senate with a diverse crowd of community fighters. Isaac Nellist 谤别辫辞谤迟蝉.听

Israel has broken the ceasefire, launching a massive assault on Gaza and killing more than 400 Palestinians, including at least 100 children. Join snap rallies across the country to oppose the continuation of the genocide.聽