Sydney’s May Day march highlighted the green ban imposed by the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union on the demolition of a heritage-listed building in Parramatta. Pip Hinman reports.

World Press Freedom Day on May 3 was marked in many places, including outside the ABC Centre and Channel 7 studios where campaigners for Julian Assange’s release gathered. Stephen Langford reports.

Jacob Andrewartha reports that Victorian Myanmar Youth and other Myanmar-based organisations protested on May 1 against the military coup in Myanmar.

A vigil for the martyrs was organised by the Myanmar community, reports Teik Lim.

Chris Slee reports on community support for the Medevac refugees who have recently been released from hotel detention.

Sam Wainwright asks how bosses, currently demanding that Fair Work Australia not increase award wages, would react to a legislated freeze on the price they could charge for goods and services?

Neoliberal ideology has reduced tertiary education to a commodity, Markela Panegyres argues. Students have become “customers” and academics and lecturers are now “service providers”.

The deaths in custody of two more First Nations people over the past week — bringing the total deaths to seven over the last two months — is nothing less than a national emergency, writes Isaac Nellist.

Members of Sydney’s Latin American community want the Organization of American States general secretary Luis Almagro prosecuted and the regional body abolished. Federico Fuentes reports.

The Colombian community and allies rallied in solidarity with a national strike in Colombia, report Federico Fuentes and Chris Slee.

Peter Boyle reports on the opening of a newly-renovated Democratic Kurdish Community Centre in Sydney’s West.

Casual relief teachers in Victoria are being ripped off, Alex Milne argues, because they are at the mercy of private hiring agencies.

The head of Venezuela’s mission in Australia says the country remains under attack from the United States, Chris Slee reports.

After more than a decade of campaigns, Gomeroi Traditional Custodians, Liverpool Plains farmers and environment groups are celebrating the preservation of rich farming plains from a coal corporation. Margaret Gleeson reports.

The Tigrean community is calling for support as the war on the north-eastern Ethiopian province by the Ethiopian army, Eritrean and United Arab Emirates and Amahara militias continues. Alex Salmon reports.

It seems that everybody’s opinion about TAFE matters except that of us TAFE students, writes Wayne Barret.

New Zealand health minister Andrew Little announced that the 12-month-long interim laws permitting legal pill testing at festivals will be made permanent as the services have been making a positive impact. Paul Gregoire compares Australia’s lacklustre response to an important health issue.

A decade of inaction means that the Paris Agreement goal of limiting warming to 1.5°C will not be met, according to the Climate Council. Patrick McDonald reports.

Ken Canning, a much-loved fighter for the rights of First Nations people and all down-trodden, needs your help to return to Australia for medical treatment, writes Kerry Smith.

Members of the Eritrean community gathered in Melbourne to protest against Isaias Afwerki, the dictatorial ruler of Eritrea, reports Chris Slee.

King tides and climate change have become survival issues for the world’s coastal cities, writes Rob Pyne.

Stephen Langford reports on a well-attended meeting in support of the self-determination struggle in West Papua.

Chloe de Silva reports on the growing grass-roots campaign for nine refugees to be released from indefinate detention in Darwin.

The withdrawal of combat troops from Afghanistan is a welcome development. But, as Alex Bainbridge argues, it doesn’t mean that the warmongers in Canberra and Washington have been defeated.

The third Green Left-hosted Feminist and LGBTIQ tour was a hit, reports Kerry Smith.

The PM’s sacking of Australia Post CEO Christine Holgate has refocussed attention on his efforts to privatise the public entity, writes Jim McIlroy.

Questions are being asked about why energy giant AGL is being allowed to get away with a pitiful amount of funds to rehabilitate its three coal-fired power stations as well as its coal seam gas operations, writes Zane Alcorn.

Despite the drop in electricity generation from some coal-fired power stations, the Environmental Justice Alliance has found little change in the amount of toxic emissions being emitted. Margaret Gleeson reports.

Sue Bull was on a bus from Canberra to Sydney’s Darling Harbour, 23 years ago, to take part in one of the most significant industrial disputes in recent hisotory — the attack on the MUA. Here, she reflects on the power of solidarity.

Judy Mundey, the patron of the newly-launched Dare to Struggle Film Festival, gave the following presentation after the screening of a new film about the life and politics of Jack Mundey.