Stop Black Deaths in Custody: An Interview With Gomeroi Activist Gwenda Stanley
Black Lives Matter protests have erupted across the United States in more than 350 cities. Those mobilising are demonstrating against a racially prejudiced system that leads to the loss of so many African American lives at the hands of law...
“I Can’t Breathe”: ISJA’s Raul Bassi on the George Floyd-David Dungay Rally
The protests over the police killing of an African American man on the side of the road in the US state of Minneapolis continue on a week after the incident, and they’re only growing. What began as local demonstrations in...
End Immigration Detention: Car Convoy Protest Descends on Villawood
Looking back from the vehicle having just turned left at a set of traffic lights in Villawood last Saturday afternoon, the convoy of cars calling for an end to refugee detention, stretched back down Christina Road as far as the...
Dutton Continues to Build the Surveillance State
Right before the COVID-19 pandemic forced the nation into lockdown, home affairs minister Peter Dutton introduced a new piece of legislation into parliament that would allow foreign security agencies to access the private data of Australian citizens. Currently under review,...
A Royal Commission Into Child Removals Now: An Interview With NSPTRP’s Megan Krakouer
National Suicide Prevention and Trauma Recovery Project (NSPTRP) director Megan Krakouer has launched on online petition calling on prime minister Scott Morrison to prioritise a Royal Commission into Child Removals. The Mineng woman has done so in response to a...
Uniting Against Police Brutality: Officer Murders Civilian on Busy Street
Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin knelt down upon the neck of George Floyd last Monday, as the African American man lay face down on the side of the road in broad daylight. The white cop continued to rest his body...
Good People Break Bad Laws: The Criminalisation of Whistleblowers
These days, Australia is known as a nation governed by those that attempt to silence the free press, have an ongoing agenda of eroding citizens’ rights, pass national security laws establishing surveillance state apparatus and persecute whistleblowers. However, the same...
“Seven Dark Years in Detention for What?”: An Interview With Kangaroo Point Detainee Abdullah Moradi
Right now, the Australian government is continuing to hold over 100 men at Kangaroo Point Central Hotel in inner city Brisbane, in a similar manner to how these asylum seekers were previously locked up on Manus and Nauru. These men...
COVID Commission’s Gas Fuelled Recovery Is Grounded in Climate Denial
The Morrison government has taken the moment the coronavirus lockdown has afforded the nation to present a somewhat strong proactive pandemic response front, while in the background, it’s simply forging ahead with its “business as usual” fossil fuel agenda. At...
China Continues to Detain Tibet’s Second Highest Leader 25 Years On
There are growing concerns that the Chinese government will move to appoint its own candidate for the next Dalai Lama: the Tibetan people’s most important spiritual leader. And these fears are warranted, as 25 years ago this month, Beijing disappeared...
