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Green Left @greenleftonline.bsky.social · 6d
No justice, no peace
Green Left 1439 out now
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Green Left @greenleftonline.bsky.social · 8h
Nathan Bell is an author from Muloobinba/Newcastle speaking here about his new book "One Minute to Midnight" - a short novella that deals with the threat of atomic war. www.greenleft.org.au/2025/1440/cu...
Green Left Radio: Nathan Bell on 'One Minute to Midnight'
Author Nathan Bell speaks about his new book One Minute to Midnight
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Green Left @greenleftonline.bsky.social · 13h
When political institutions are paralysed, strikes and street mobilisations are even more important than at other times. www.greenleft.org.au/2025/1440/wo...
France: 'Macronism is unraveling'
Susan Price spoke to John Mullen, a revolutionary socialist activist in the Paris region, about the deep political crisis in France, illustrated by the resignation and subsequent reappointment of righ...
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Green Left @greenleftonline.bsky.social · 2d
Sue Bull joined Green Left Radio to discuss the coming "Relevance of Marxism" seminar. www.greenleft.org.au/2025/1440/an...
Green Left Radio: Sue Bull on the Relevance of Marxism
Sue Bull joined Green Left Radio on October 10 to discuss the coming "Relevance of Marxism" seminar.
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Green Left @greenleftonline.bsky.social · 2d
In their dishonest speeches to parliament about the events of October 7, 2023, both Labor and the Coalition MPs railed about “terrorism”, “antisemitism” and “the Holocaust”. But they made no mention of any Palestinian deaths. www.greenleft.org.au/2025/1440/an...
Genocide denialists and apologists must remember the entreaty to ‘bear witness’
Gideon Polya argues that Australian MPs are refusing a key injunction from the World War II Jewish Holocaust — which is to “bear witness” — and condemns them for refusing to recognise that a genocide ...
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Green Left @greenleftonline.bsky.social · 2d
A range of activists, unionists and community leaders joined the Powering Rebellion livestream to highlight how Green Left helps build movements for change. www.greenleft.org.au/2025/1440/an...
Green Left is powering rebellion
A range of activists, unionists and community leaders joined the Powering Rebellion livestream to highlight how Green Left help’s build movements for change.
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Green Left @greenleftonline.bsky.social · 3d
Mai Saif, Palestinian activist and Free Palestine Melbourne organiser discusses US President, Donald Trump’s neo-colonial peace deal for Gaza on Green Left Radio. www.greenleft.org.au/2025/1440/an...
Green Left Radio: Trump's 'deal' won't bring peace
Mai Saif discusses Donald Trump’s neo-colonial peace deal for Gaza on Green Left Radio
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Green Left @greenleftonline.bsky.social · 3d
When NSW Labor came to power in 2023 there was hope that the housing affordability crisis might ease. Now, after two years on, those hopes have been dashed. www.greenleft.org.au/2025/1440/an...
No promises, targets or truth: NSW Labor’s betrayal of public housing
When NSW Labor came to power there was hope that the housing affordability crisis might ease. Now, after two years on, those hopes have been dashed, writes Andrew Chuter.
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Green Left @greenleftonline.bsky.social · 4d
Trump’s authoritarian policies and global trade war are already badly impacting the US working class. A fight-back is necessary and underway. www.greenleft.org.au/2025/1440/an...
How to defeat the far right
As far right and neo-fascist groups continue to push their reactionary agenda, seizing every opportunity to promote their racist and authoritarian solutions, Marcus Greville looks at what it takes to ...
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Green Left @greenleftonline.bsky.social · 4d
The Palestinian People’s Party issues this call for all progressives to urgently compel the Israeli occupation government and its fascist system to immediately end the ongoing genocide against our people in Gaza, to save lives. www.greenleft.org.au/2025/1439/wo...
Palestinian People’s Party issues urgent appeal to stop Israel
The Palestinian People’s Party is calling on all progressive forces to act for Palestine and stop Israel from committing genocide in Gaza.
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Green Left @greenleftonline.bsky.social · 5d
Anthony Albanese’s October 7 statement is further evidence of his government’s complicity, including lies by omission. www.greenleft.org.au/2025/1440/an...
PM Albanese fails to acknowledge genocide
Anthony Albanese’s October 7 statement is further evidence of his government’s complicity, including lies by omission, argues Alex Bainbridge.
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Green Left @greenleftonline.bsky.social · 5d
Emergency rallies in several cities demanded the Labor government pressure Israel to release participants on Sumud Flotilla after it illegally stormed their vessels in international waters and are now illegally imprisoning them. www.greenleft.org.au/2025/1440/ne...
Protests demand Labor step up, demand Israel releases Sumud Flotilla prisoners
Emergency rallies in several cities demanded Labor pressure Israel to release the Global Sumud Flotilla participants after it illegally stormed their vessels in international waters and imprisoned the...
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Green Left @greenleftonline.bsky.social · 5d
Angela Carr discusses the proposed cuts for community sector workers by the Fair Work Commission and why they should be opposed. Carr is an ASU delegate who has worked in the community sector for more than 20 years. www.greenleft.org.au/2025/1440/an...
Green Left Radio: Ange Carr says no cuts to community sector
Angela Carr on the proposed cuts to the community sector and why they should be opposed.
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Green Left @greenleftonline.bsky.social · 6d
Massimo, President of Federation of Italian Migrant Workers and their families (FILEF), discusses the inspiring action by Italy's trade union movement in support of the Global Sumud Flotilla on Green Left Radio broadcast. www.greenleft.org.au/2025/1440/an...
Green Left Radio: Italian union solidarity with Gaza
Green Left Radio speaks to Massimo about Italy's trade union movement supporting the Global Sumud Flotilla
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Green Left @greenleftonline.bsky.social · 6d
What Owda and others in Palestine endure firsthand, millions of us witness in the palms of our hands over and over and over again. www.greenleft.org.au/2025/1439/cu...
‘The Encampments’ is an inspiring call for liberation in response to the horror of genocide
How does one respond to the trauma of witnessing the Israeli military starve and massacre innocent civilians with artillery and weapons purchased with our tax dollars and school tuitions? That is the ...
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Green Left @greenleftonline.bsky.social · 6d
No justice, no peace
Green Left 1439 out now
Read it online at www.greenleft.org.au/issue/1439
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Green Left @greenleftonline.bsky.social · 6d
Ecuadorians are resoundingly resisting the Daniel Noboa government’s neoliberal policies, despite heavy police and military repression. www.greenleft.org.au/2025/1439/wo...
Ecuador: National strike against Noboa’s neoliberal policies met with brutal repression
Ecuadorians are resoundingly resisting the Daniel Noboa government’s neoliberal policies, despite heavy police and military repression, reports Ben Radford.
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Ckan @ckanned.bsky.social · 7d
“…Moroccan-Mauritanian take-over is fait accompli, not likely to be reversed. Problem for UN is what kind of gloss to put on the de facto situation. Several times he expressed regret that Moroccans-Mauritanians had not ‘at least covered their actions with some kind of fig leaf.’”

How very familiar.
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Green Left @greenleftonline.bsky.social · 7d
Fifty years ago this month, Morocco launched its armed invasion of Western Sahara and sent hundreds of thousands of Moroccan settlers across the border. www.greenleft.org.au/2025/1439/wo...
Western Sahara: The UN’s ‘Theatre of Neutrality’ and buried truths
Morocco invaded and occupied Western Sahara 50 years ago this month. Australian Western Sahara solidarity activist Ron Guy discusses these events and the role of WikiLeaks in revealing the truth behin...
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Green Left @greenleftonline.bsky.social · 7d
Fifty years ago this month, Morocco launched its armed invasion of Western Sahara and sent hundreds of thousands of Moroccan settlers across the border. www.greenleft.org.au/2025/1439/wo...
Western Sahara: The UN’s ‘Theatre of Neutrality’ and buried truths
Morocco invaded and occupied Western Sahara 50 years ago this month. Australian Western Sahara solidarity activist Ron Guy discusses these events and the role of WikiLeaks in revealing the truth behin...
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Green Left @greenleftonline.bsky.social · 7d
The assassination of far-right activist and Turning Point founder Charlie Kirk during an event at Utah Valley University has provoked discussion and debate. www.greenleft.org.au/2025/1439/wo...
United States: Kirk assassination fuels crackdown on dissent
Following Charlie Kirk's assassination, Trump and his top administration officials have been gearing up to wage war on left-leaning organisations, report Barry Sheppard and Malik Miah.
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Green Left @greenleftonline.bsky.social · 7d
Following the wave of recognition of a Palestinian State by several countries, Petro went one step further: he called for the formation of an international task force to stop the genocide in Palestine. www.greenleft.org.au/2025/1439/wo...
Gustavo Petro to UN: ‘Humanity must stop the genocide in Gaza’
Colombian President Gustavo Petro addressed the United Nations General Assembly in New York, on September 23, calling for an international intervention to stop the genocide in Palestine and slamming t...
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anarchizmo.bsky.social @anarchizmo.bsky.social · 10d
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Green Left @greenleftonline.bsky.social · 10d
The Maritime Union of Australia (MUA), among others, have condemned Israel’s interception of the Global Sumud Flotilla trying to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza and called on Australia to take action against Israel’s breach of international law. www.greenleft.org.au/2025/1439/ne...
Maritime union demands action on illegal interception of Sumud flotilla
The Maritime Union of Australia is among many who are condemning Israel’s interception of the Global Sumud Flotilla and calling on Australia to act. Pip Hinman reports.
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Biggerthanfrogs @biggerthanfrogs.bsky.social · 8d
"The Senate Education and Employment Legislation Committee’s interim report points the finger at an administrative stratum that blights university education."
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Green Left @greenleftonline.bsky.social · 8d
Politicians have long been made aware of a deep rot in higher education, but seem shocked when evidence shows how universities in Australia are governed. www.greenleft.org.au/2025/1440/an...
The shock of the obvious: Australia’s university oligarchs
Politicians have long been made aware of a deep rot in higher education, but seem shocked when evidence shows how universities in Australia are governed. Binoy Kampmark reports.
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Tamara Pearson @tamarapearson.bsky.social · 8d
A global collective hope crisis is simmering, with many people hurting, criminalized, repressed, and doubting that justice is possible. The old fable of a stable job, home, family and retirement is crumbling. But, things are much more hopeful than they initially seem.
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Nevyn @skobeloff.bsky.social · 8d
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Green Left @greenleftonline.bsky.social · 8d
Six Australians — Surya McEwen, Abubakir Rafiq, Hamish Paterson, Juliet Lamont, Bianca Webb-Pullman and Cameron Tribe — remain in Israeli detention following their illegal abduction, in international waters, from the Gaza-bound humanitarian flotilla. www.greenleft.org.au/2025/1439/ne...
Australians abducted from Gaza humanitarian flotilla subjected to abuse, while DFAT ignores families
Six Australian humanitarian workers — Surya McEwen, Abubakir Rafiq, Hamish Paterson, Juliet Lamont, Bianca Webb-Pullman and Cameron Tribe — remain in Israeli detention following their illegal abductio...
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Green Left @greenleftonline.bsky.social · 8d
Mexico should denounce the criminal blockade of food, water and medicine, and the use of hunger as a weapon of genocide. Mexico can insist at the UN Security Council that food be immediately distributed to the people of Gaza. www.greenleft.org.au/2025/1439/wo...
Mexico and Palestine: Sovereign States
Mexico Solidarity Project spoke with unionist and Palestine solidarity activist, José Luis Hernandez Ayala about the the country's foreign policy regarding Israel and Palestine and the country's histo...
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