An emergency rally at Sydney Town Hall Square called for the immediate end to the cruel and illegal isolation of Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan. Video by Peter Boyle.
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Russia’s war against Ukraine has had devastating consequences for the country’s economy and society, writes Michael Pröbsting.
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The announcement of a defence cooperation agreement between Papua New Guinea and Indonesia is causing concern to West Papuans and raising question that need answers, writes Yamin Kagoya.
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Community members gathered on December 1 to raise the West Papuan flag in the lobby of weapons company Thales’ Brisbane office, reports Kerry Smith.
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Amnesty International Australia and Amnesty International Indonesia criticised Australia’s decision to award General Andika Perkasa, chief of the Indonesian military. Kerry Smith reports.
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Dr Saeed Zeydabadi-Nejad, a Research Associate with SOAS University of London and associate editor of The British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies spoke with Farooq Sulehria about the significance of the revolutionary movement in Iran.
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Maksym Butkevytch, a well-known Ukrainian journalist, human rights defender and pacifist, is being held as a prisoner of war, after the capture of his Ukrainian army platoon by Russian occupying forces in June. Isabelle Merminod and Tim Baster report.
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Negotiations to end Russia’s war in Ukraine must be aimed at achieving a lasting and just peace. Federico Fuentes reports.
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Peruvian President Pedro Castillo has been impeached by right-wing forces in Congress, the final act in a 17-month-long destabilisation campaign, reports Ana Zorita.
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“The Australian Defence Exports Office (ADEO) is a gift from the government to the weapons’ corporations,” Miriam Torzillo told protesters outside its office. Paul Oboohov reports.
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While Jakarta is busy tearing West Papua apart, Papuans raised the banned, Morning Star flag on December 1, to commemorate its independence, which was stolen in May 1963, writes Yamin Kagoya.
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This December 1, for the twelfth year in a row, there was a West Papua flag-raising on the historic Leichhardt Town Hall, courtesy the Inner West Council.
“On December 1, 1961 the West Papuan Morning Star flag was flown for the first time officially alongside the Dutch tricolour,” explained Joe Collins from the Australia-West Papua Association.
“The Dutch were about to grant West Papuans their freedom but, tragically, the international community because of the geopolitical situation of the times the United Nations handed West Papua over to Indonesia in 1963.”
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Turkey has struck more than 90 villages and towns in North East Syria since November 19, reports Susan Price. Meanwhile, international voices of condemnation are growing.
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The International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People was marked by Justice for Palestine Meanjin – Brisbane with a giant flag drop from the Goodwill Bridge over the Meanjin (Brisbane River).
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Journalists, political parties and movements from Latin American and African countries condemned the invading Turkish state’s attacks on North and East Syria (Rojava) and called for action, reports ANF English.
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Parties from across the Asia-Pacific have issued the following joint statement in response to the attacks by Turkey and Iran on Kurdish communities.
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The pro-Kurdish People’s Democratic Party (HDP) in Turkey has called for immediate action against Turkey’s cross-border attacks on North East Syria and Northern Iraq to prevent another humanitarian catastrophe, reports Susan Price.
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Australian Greens foreign affairs spokesperson Senator Jordon Steele-John has condemned Turkey’s latest aggression against Kurds in north and east Syria and in northern Iraq. Peter Boyle reports.
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The Socialist Alliance (Australia) released the following statement in response to Turkey’s genocidal attacks on North East Syria and Northern Iraq and attacks on Kurdish populations inside Iran.
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Nataliya Levytska is deputy chairperson of the Independent Mineworkers Union of Ukraine. She is in Australia for the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) World Congress, where she spoke to Chloe DS about the situation of Ukrainian trade unions.
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After Turkey carried out intense air strikes on North and East Syria and Northern Iraq in the early hours of November 20, protests took place in several different European cities.
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The Kurdish community held an emergency rally outside the State Library of Victoria in solidarity with the people of Rojava, in northern Syria, who are under attack from Turkey. Jim McIlroy reports.
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At least 6000 people gathered to show solidarity with the ongoing protests in Iran, sparked by the murder of Jina Masa Amini. Alex Salmon reports.
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The Iranian community is still standing strong in solidarity several months on from the Iran protests sparked by the murder of Jina Mahsa Amini in Iran. Petrina Hurley reports.
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The Kurdistan National Congress (KNK) released the following statement condemning Turkey’s air strikes on cities in North and East Syria and Northern Iraq, which began on November 20.
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Nilüfer Koç, spokesperson for the Commission on Foreign Relations of the Kurdistan National Congress, spoke at the Brisbane session of Ecosocialism 2022. In the Q&A after her presentation, she answered questions on Ukraine, Iran and Rojava.
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Nilüfer Koç from the Kurdish National Congress spoke at the Ecosocialism 2022 conference about the popular uprising in Iran, war in Ukraine and Rojava Revolution. Alex Bainbridge and Susan Price report.
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Ukrainian and Polish trade unions are calling on the International Trade Union Confederation to expel the pro-war Russian Federation of Trade Unions, reports Federico Fuentes.
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