Category: greenleft

Indigenous rightsJonathan LockhartRachel EvansIssue 1246AustraliaBlack deaths in custodySydneyNovember 22, 2019Deputy State Coroner Derek Lee found on November 22 that no one was to blame for the death of Dungatti man David Dungay Jnr, who died in the Long Bay Prison Hospital in 2015, and recommended no charges or sanctions against the

ClimateDave HolmesIssue 1246AustraliaNovember 22, 2019The climate crisis is the greatest threat ever faced by humanity. The survival of the human race is at stake. The reality of the heating of the planet can no longer rationally be denied. Carbon dioxide emissions continue to rise. The atmospheric concentration of carbon dioxide is

ClimateMeghan StreetIssue 1246AustraliaNovember 22, 2019The climate movement has to take up the issues of refugees, war and global inequality to ensure a just climate for all. The climate crisis is generating instability and a scarcity of resources via rising sea levels and more intense and extreme weather events, such as floods,

ClimatecapitalismJacob AndrewarthaIssue 1246AustraliaNovember 22, 2019As the climate crisis pushes the planet past certain tipping points, inequality between the rich and the poor continues to grow. At the same time, we are also witnessing a resurgence in protests and resistance. In September, more than 4 million people in about 150 countries

Indigenous rightsJonathan LockhartIssue 1246AustraliaBlack deaths in custodySydneyNovember 22, 2019Waka Waka man Patrick Fisher fell to his death while fleeing police trying to gain entry to his girlfriend’s apartment on February 7 last year. A father of three, Fisher fell from the 13th floor balcony of a housing block in Waterloo, Sydney. 

environmentKerry SmithIssue 1246AustraliaWater For RiversNewcastleNovember 22, 2019A new grassroots group, Water for Rivers, has been set up in Newcastle with the aim of raising awareness about the causes of about the dire situation in the Murray Darling Basin and helping to bring life back to the rivers. The group follows

refugee rightsChris SleeIssue 1246AustraliaMelbourneNovember 21, 2019The Refugee Action Collective (RAC) Victoria held a forum on November 18 to discuss the situation facing asylum seekers in Bomana Immigration Centre, a detention centre attached to Bomana prison in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea (PNG). The asylum seekers being detained there had previously been

civil libertiesJim McIlroyIssue 1246AustraliaJulian AssangeSydneyNovember 21, 2019Jennifer Robinson, a lawyer for imprisoned WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, believes the United States’ application to extradite him from a British prison is a “very serious threat to free speech and journalism in the US and all over the world.” “This is the first

environmentSam WainwrightIssue 1246AustraliaThe NationalsNovember 21, 2019Among the death and destruction left in their wake, one can observe some positives that have come from the devastating bushfires that ripped through New South Wales and Queensland. One is that the conservative taboo on linking bushfire intensity and frequency to the climate crisis has

Bolivia coupMaya Ajchura ChipanaIssue 1246BoliviaNovember 21, 2019I am writing this because I don’t see many Bolivian voices represented in the media. Here is my story. I saw Evo Morales speak once in La Paz. So many people came out. The boys climbed trees trying to get a glimpse of him.

Iran protestsFrieda AfaryIssue 1246Irananti-austerity protestsTehran UniversityNovember 21, 2019It took the popular uprisings in Iraq and Lebanon, following the earlier uprisings in Sudan and Algeria this year, for the Iranian masses, especially unemployed and student youth, to gain the courage to go out into the streets in large numbers again. For the first time

media liesBrian MierIssue 1246Brazilstitch upNovember 21, 2019The Brazilian Supreme Court reversed a 2018 ruling on November 7, upholding the principle of innocent until proven guilty in the 1988 Constitution and declaring it illegal to jail defendants before their appeals’ processes have been exhausted. Within 24 hours, former President Luiz Inácio