Mat Ward looks back at July's political news and the best new music that related to it.
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The trial of three activists from the Singaporean activist group, Letters for Palestine, entered its sixth and final day, on July 8, reports Alex Salmon.
Since November 1, students and community members in Serbia have been blockading, protesting and building the largest anti-corruption movement Europe has seen in recent history. Sofija Filipovic returned there just in time to participate in one of the latest actions.
Aboriginal organisations and independent Victorian Senator Lidia Thorpe are calling on the federal government to suspend federal funds for policing and prisons in the Northern Territory until the Country Liberal Party government reduces the incarceration of First Peoples and children. Kerry Smith reports.
Queensland public school teachers have voted overwhelmingly to take protected industrial action for 24 hours on August 6 to pressure the Liberal-National government to deliver on its promises to address the teacher shortage crisis. James Phillips reports.
Forty years after agents from France’s secret service bombed the Greenpeace flagship Rainbow Warrior as it was moored in Auckland Harbour, Aotearoa New Zealand, award‑winning journalist David Robie has released a fully updated anniversary edition of his book Eyes of Fire: The Last Voyage and Legacy of the Rainbow Warrior, writes
Thailand and Cambodia have now agreed on an unconditional ceasefire to end fighting in disputed zones along their 800-kilometre border, reports Susan Price. But what was behind the escalation?
Israeli human rights group B’Tselem and Physicians for Human Rights-Israel have both issued new reports stating that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza. Binoy Kampmark reports.
NSW Labor Premier does not want Palestine solidarity protesters to march over the Harbour Bridge on August 3, however the list of organisations supporting the event is growing. Pip Hinman reports.
Disrupt Burrup Hub activist Petrina Harley faced court for blocking access to Woodside’s industrial plant in Western Australia’s Burrup Hub peninsula last year. Paula Green reports the court rejected her “climate emergency defence”.
The NSW Court of Appeal overturned the 2022 Independent Planning Commission’s approval of MACH Energy Australia’s proposal to expand its Mount Pleasant coal mine in the Hunter Valley. Jim McIlroy reports.
New Mexico-based songwriter Eliza Gilkyson's new album Dark Ages is a magnificent, politically charged, angry slow-burn, writes Bill Nevins.
Mat Ward looks back at July's political news and the best new music that related to it.
The trial of three activists from the Singaporean activist group, Letters for Palestine, entered its sixth and final day, on July 8, reports Alex Salmon.
Since November 1, students and community members in Serbia have been blockading, protesting and building the largest anti-corruption movement Europe has seen in recent history. Sofija Filipovic returned there just in time to participate in one of the latest actions.
Aboriginal organisations and independent Victorian Senator Lidia Thorpe are calling on the federal government to suspend federal funds for policing and prisons in the Northern Territory until the Country Liberal Party government reduces the incarceration of First Peoples and children. Kerry Smith reports.
Queensland public school teachers have voted overwhelmingly to take protected industrial action for 24 hours on August 6 to pressure the Liberal-National government to deliver on its promises to address the teacher shortage crisis. James Phillips reports.
Forty years after agents from France’s secret service bombed the Greenpeace flagship Rainbow Warrior as it was moored in Auckland Harbour, Aotearoa New Zealand, award‑winning journalist David Robie has released a fully updated anniversary edition of his book Eyes of Fire: The Last Voyage and Legacy of the Rainbow Warrior, writes
Thailand and Cambodia have now agreed on an unconditional ceasefire to end fighting in disputed zones along their 800-kilometre border, reports Susan Price. But what was behind the escalation?
Israeli human rights group B’Tselem and Physicians for Human Rights-Israel have both issued new reports stating that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza. Binoy Kampmark reports.
NSW Labor Premier does not want Palestine solidarity protesters to march over the Harbour Bridge on August 3, however the list of organisations supporting the event is growing. Pip Hinman reports.
Disrupt Burrup Hub activist Petrina Harley faced court for blocking access to Woodside’s industrial plant in Western Australia’s Burrup Hub peninsula last year. Paula Green reports the court rejected her “climate emergency defence”.
The NSW Court of Appeal overturned the 2022 Independent Planning Commission’s approval of MACH Energy Australia’s proposal to expand its Mount Pleasant coal mine in the Hunter Valley. Jim McIlroy reports.
New Mexico-based songwriter Eliza Gilkyson's new album Dark Ages is a magnificent, politically charged, angry slow-burn, writes Bill Nevins.