National liberation

Salih Muslim: Kurdish leader Öcalan’s call for disarmament does not apply to Rojava forces

Salih Muslim spoke to �鶹��ý’s Peter Boyle about the significance for Rojava of imprisoned Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan’s call for the disarmament and dissolution of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party.

Rally condemns politicians’ selective concern on racist attacks

A protest outside Labor MP Andrew Giles’ office was called in response to the growing number of Islamophobic attacks that governments are downplaying. Jordan AK reports.

Police and synagogue attendees shaken to the core by democracy

Anti-Zionist Jews Judith Treanor, Suzie Gold and Michelle Berkon, standing several metres from a synagogue entrance holding innocuous signs, were threatened with arrest for the alleged crime of “causing fear and alarm”.

Australian Jews demand an end to ethnic cleansing

Jepke Goudsmit hopes that the full page of signatories in the Sydney Morning Herald and the Age opposing Israel’s ethnic cleansing in Gaza will lead towards a further weakening and the eventual dismantling of the Zionist project.

City of Sydney adopts boycott and divestment motion

The City of Sydney became the first New South Wales council to pass a boycott and divest motion when nine other councillors, with the exception of the one Liberal, supported the move. ��ܰ��Գ�� and Rachel Evans report.

Antisemitism is real. We don’t need to invent shit

There is no question that we must oppose and fight antisemitism. However, its weaponisation — specifically in relation to anti-Zionism — is now so pervasive that it underlies every attempt to shut down the movement for Palestinian rights, argues Janet Parker.

Support for Palestine surges in Blue Mountains

The strong turnout for a pro-Palestine rally in Katoomba reflects growing concern over US President Trump’s expressed desire to recolonise Gaza. Jenna Condie reports.

10 years after the battle for Kobanî, the world must stand in solidarity with Rojava

Ten years on from the heroic and world-significant battle for Kobanî in northern Syria, the international community must act to stop the ongoing attacks against Rojava, writes Peter Boyle.

United States: Trump aims to erase Palestine

When United States President Donald Trump announced that the US would take over the Gaza Strip and turn it into the “Riviera of the Middle East”, he was signalling to Israel that it has the US’s backing to intensify its genocide and destruction of Gaza, write Barry Sheppard and Malik Miah.