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Green Left @greenleftonline.bsky.social · 7h
Mexico's National Indigenous Congress marked 534 years since the Spanish invasion of the Americas began — and 30 years since their organisation was founded — with a conference in Mexico City, involving Indigenous communities around the country. www.greenleft.org.au/2026/1464/wo...
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'Never again a Mexico without us': National Indigenous Congress marks 30 years with protests
Mexico's National Indigenous Congress marked 534 years since the Spanish invasion of the Americas began — and 30 years since their organisation was founded — with a three-day conference in Mexico City...
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Green Left @greenleftonline.bsky.social · 9h
The RBA’s key weapon against workers is its ability to crank up interest rates, which forces more people out of jobs, to become part of a reserve army of labour that then pressures those still with jobs to accept falling real wages. Peter Boyle reports. www.greenleft.org.au/2026/1464/an...
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Why the RBA wants higher unemployment
The Reserve Bank of Australia’s key weapon against the working class is its ability to crank up interest rates, which forces more people out of jobs, to become part of a reserve army of labour that th...
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Green Left @greenleftonline.bsky.social · 14h
Members of the NTEU branches at all three universities are bargaining on pay and conditions with their universities’ managements. The latter have made either below-inflation pay offers or none at all. www.greenleft.org.au/2026/1464/ne...
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Qld NTEU members rally against wage cuts
University workers rallied in support of enterprise bargaining campaigns at Griffith, Queensland University of Technology and the University of Queensland. Jonathan Strauss reports.
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Green Left @greenleftonline.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Far-right pogroms targeting refugees and migrants in Belfast took place between June and September. Green Left's Cas Smith spoke with Irish MP Paul Murphy on the importance of organising in working class communities against the far-right threat. www.greenleft.org.au/2026/1464/wo...
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Responding to the far-right threat in Ireland
In Ireland, a wave of far-right pogroms targeting refugees and migrants in Belfast took place between June and September this year. Green Left's Cas Smith spoke with Paul Murphy, Teachta Dála (member ...
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Green Left @greenleftonline.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Another round of anti-government protests erupted across India over October 2–6, following the removal of 130 million people from the electoral roll, reports Isaac Nellist. www.greenleft.org.au/2026/1464/wo...
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‘Vote thief’: India’s youth take to the streets to call for election commissioner’s arrest
Another round of anti-government protests erupted across India over October 2–6, following the removal of 130 million people from the electoral roll, reports Isaac Nellist.
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Green Left @greenleftonline.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Sarah Webber joined Green Left Radio to challenge some of the deceptive messaging of the Victorian Labor government on AI data centres. www.greenleft.org.au/2026/1464/an...
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Green Left Radio: Sarah Webber on AI data centres
Sarah Webber joined Green Left Radio to challenge some of the deceptive messaging of the Victorian Labor government on AI data centres
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Green Left @greenleftonline.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
The Victorian Labor government, led by Premier Ben Carroll, has quietly withdrawn a controversial bill ahead of the November election, which would have banned the Retail and Fast Food Workers Union and some regional trades halls. Zane Alcorn reports. www.greenleft.org.au/2026/1464/an...
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Victorian Labor withdraws attack on RAFFWU ahead of election
The Victorian Labor government, led by Premier Ben Carroll, has quietly withdrawn a controversial bill ahead of the November election, which would have banned the Retail and Fast Food Workers Union an...
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Green Left @greenleftonline.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Jillian Segal, Australia’s unelected Special Envoy to Combat Antisemitism, continues to push to insert a Zionist definition of antisemitism — prejudice towards Jews — because it serves to stifle criticism of Israel. Paul Gregoire reports. www.greenleft.org.au/2026/1464/an...
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Antisemitism envoy continues to push to outlaw criticism of Israel
Jillian Segal, Australia’s unelected Special Envoy to Combat Antisemitism, continues to push to insert a Zionist definition of antisemitism — prejudice towards Jews — into all Australian institutions ...
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Green Left @greenleftonline.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
In 1972, three student radicals from Melbourne’s La Trobe University — Barry York, Fergus Robinson and Brian Pola — were sent to Pentridge Prison for being in contempt of the Supreme Court. Craig Brittain reviews Barry York's newly-released prison memoir. www.greenleft.org.au/2026/1464/cu...
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Lessons from jail: Barry York’s 'A Pentridge Memoir'
In 1972, three student radicals from Melbourne’s La Trobe University — Barry York, Fergus Robinson and Brian Pola — were sent to Pentridge Prison for being in contempt of the Supreme Court of Victoria...
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Green Left @greenleftonline.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Sue Bolton joined Green Left Radio to discuss the coming Victorian elections. www.greenleft.org.au/2026/1464/an...
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Green Left Radio: Sue Bolton on the Victorian elections
Sue Bolton joined Green Left Radio to discuss the coming Victorian elections
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Green Left @greenleftonline.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
After World War I, soldiers returned to an Australia deeply divided by class, religion, social and political issues. Alex Salmon reviews a new book uncovering more of the hidden history of social upheaval. www.greenleft.org.au/2026/1463/cu...
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The absent history of social upheaval after WWI
After World War I, soldiers returned to an Australia deeply divided by class, religion and social and political issues. Alex Salmon reviews a new book uncovering more of the hidden history of social u...
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Green Left @greenleftonline.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Philippine activist Khyl Ramos sat down with Ben Radford to discuss last year’s Gen Z protests, recent opposition to the United States-led Pax Silica initiative and the need for ecosocialist alternatives. www.greenleft.org.au/2026/1463/wo...
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Gen Z protests, Pax Silica and fighting for an ecosocialist future
Philippine activist Khyl Ramos was a guest speaker at the recent Ecosocialism 2026 conference in Magan-djin/Brisbane, where he sat down with Ben Radford to discuss last year’s Gen Z protests, recent o...
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Green Left @greenleftonline.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
There were vibrant mass demonstrations in dozens of French towns, on October 6, as five of the nation's six main trade union confederations mobilised in support of the escalating school student movement, reports John Mullen. www.greenleft.org.au/2026/1464/wo...
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France: Workers mobilise to support inspiring school student revolt
There were vibrant mass demonstrations in dozens of French towns, on October 6, as five of the nation's six main trade union confederations mobilised in support of the escalating school student moveme...
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Green Left @greenleftonline.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Önder Algedik argues that COP31 is no longer a climate summit, but a climate-changing summit and increasingly, a climate fair. Its Action Agenda lists 10 themes, from zero waste to electrification, but there is no mention of coal, oil or gas. www.greenleft.org.au/2026/1464/wo...
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COP31: A fair, not a climate summit
Önder Algedik argues that COP31 is no longer a climate summit, but a climate-changing summit and increasingly, a climate fair. Its Action Agenda lists 10 themes, from zero waste to electrification, bu...
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Green Left @greenleftonline.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The High Court of Australia ruled that the New South Wales Independent Planning Commission must consider how the burning of fossil fuels, exported from this country, contributed to climate damage after a four-year campaign by Hunter Valley locals. www.greenleft.org.au/2026/1464/ne...
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High Court’s landmark climate ruling counts true cost of coal
The High Court of Australia ruled that the New South Wales Independent Planning Commission must consider how the burning of fossil fuels, exported from this country, contributed to climate damage afte...
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Green Left @greenleftonline.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Of all the radical groups to emerge in the United States in the 1960s, one of the most interesting was the League of Revolutionary Black Workers. Craig Brittain reviews a recent book tracing the struggles and challenges of these revolutionary workers. www.greenleft.org.au/2026/1463/cu...
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The story of the League of Revolutionary Black Workers
Of all the radical groups to emerge in the United States in the 1960s, one of the most interesting was the League of Revolutionary Black Workers, which began organising in the car industry in Detroit,...
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Green Left @greenleftonline.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Students across France are on strike and mobilising in the street to demand their right to quality education, linking up wih striking public sector workers, writes Sarah Glynn, in a lesson in solidarity for us all. www.greenleft.org.au/2026/1464/wo...
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French lessons on authoritarianism and solidarity: The lycée student blockades
Students across France are on strike and mobilising in the street to demand their right to quality education, linking up wih striking public sector workers, writes Sarah Glynn, in a lesson in solidari...
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Green Left @greenleftonline.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
More than 1000 people joined the protest against Land Forces 2026, demanding an end to Israel’s genocide in Gaza and for AUKUS to be scrapped. Sam Wainwright reports. www.greenleft.org.au/2026/1464/ne...
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More than 1000 people protest genocide, AUKUS at Land Forces
More than 1000 people joined the protest against Land Forces 2026, demanding an end to Israel’s genocide in Gaza and for AUKUS to be scrapped. Sam Wainwright reports.
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Green Left @greenleftonline.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Lizzie O’Shea, writer, lawyer and founder of Digital Rights Watch, told the New South Wales Council for Civil Liberties’ annual fundraising dinner that the rapidly developing surveillance technology is throwing up many challenges, reports Isaac Nellist. www.greenleft.org.au/2026/1464/an...
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Lizzie O’Shea: ‘Surveillance technology is a threat to democracy’
Lizzie O’Shea, a writer, lawyer and founder of Digital Rights Watch, told the New South Wales Council for Civil Liberties’ annual fundraising dinner that rapidly developing surveillance technology is ...
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Green Left @greenleftonline.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Judy Mundey argues that public housing served Australia well after the World War II and it could provide the same security to hundreds of thousands of people on social housing waiting lists today. www.greenleft.org.au/2026/1464/an...
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Judy Mundey: ‘Public housing needed as housing crisis deepens’
Judy Mundey argues that public housing served Australia well after World War II and it could provide the same security to hundreds of thousands of people on social housing waiting lists today.
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Green Left @greenleftonline.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
As the four-day pre-COP31 meetings get underway in Fiji, Australia needs to take urgent action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. www.greenleft.org.au/2026/1464/an...
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Pacific Islands tell Australia not to cop out on cutting emissions
As the four-day pre-COP31 meetings get underway in Fiji, Australia needs to take urgent action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, argues Pip Hinman.
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Green Left @greenleftonline.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Residents and the wider community are organising to stop the Northern Territory Country Liberal Party government’s decision to close the Yilli Short Stay Accommodation in Garramilla/Darwin. www.greenleft.org.au/2026/1464/ne...
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Stop the closure of Aboriginal community-controlled YiSSA housing
Residents and the wider community are organising to stop the Northern Territory government’s decision to close a crucial low-cost, short-stay accommodation facility. Justice Not Jails is calling on th...
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Green Left @greenleftonline.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
University of Sydney management is pursuing its anti-democratic practices, with a threat to defund the main student representative body and take over its election process. www.greenleft.org.au/2026/1464/ne...
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University of Sydney threatens to throttle student body for being pro-Palestine
University of Sydney management is threatening to defund the main student representative body and take over its election process. Isaac Nellist reports.
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Green Left @greenleftonline.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
While One Nation likes to portray itself as a “protest” party — against the two major parties — its policies are just as pro-capitalist. www.greenleft.org.au/2026/1463/an...
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One Nation doesn’t offer young or trans people a future
The public’s distrust of the two parties, and the system in general, has become more pronounced over the last five years. But, as Freya Hedley argues, voting One Nation would be like shooting ourselve...
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Green Left @greenleftonline.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
After being outnumbered in Djilang in the morning, Hanson went to Ballarat that evening, where anti-racist activists, supported by Ballarat Trades Hall, rallied outside the venue. www.greenleft.org.au/2026/1464/ne...
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Protesters tell Pauline Hanson she is unwelcome in Djilang, Ballarat
“Migrants are welcome, racists are not,” rang out as protesters gathered near the Beckley Markets as Pauline Hanson arrived for her $50-a-head BBQ. Sue Bull reports.
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Green Left @greenleftonline.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Never before in the history of this country has the climate crisis been as relevant to a presidential election as it, very likely, will be in the 2026 vote. www.greenleft.org.au/2026/1464/wo...
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Brazil’s elections and environmental policy: A choice between continuity and dismantling
This year’s electoral contest in Brazil — between President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of the Workers’ Party and Flávio Bolsonaro of the Liberal Party — is taking place against a decisive climatic and ...
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Green Left @greenleftonline.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
The Chris Minns Labor government wants to extend its 2024 youth bail crackdown in regional New South Wales. www.greenleft.org.au/2026/1463/an...
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NSW extends youth bail crackdown, despite reduction in youth crime
Despite a reduction in youth crime, NSW Labor wants to extend its youth bail crack down, targeting 14- to 17 year olds, which the Aboriginal Legal Centre says is discriminatory. Paul Gregoire reports.
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Green Left @greenleftonline.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
The Australia-Cuba Friendship Society (ACFS) and the Australia-Venezuela Solidarity Network (AVSN) called a snap rally on October 3 to demand the United States stop threatening and blockading Cuba, Venezuela and Latin America. www.greenleft.org.au/2026/1464/ne...
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Snap protest demands Labor pressure US to stop its war on Cuba, Venezuela
The Australia-Cuba Friendship Society and the Australia-Venezuela Solidarity Network called a snap rally to demand Australia pressure the United States stop threatening and blockading Cuba, Venezuela ...
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Green Left @greenleftonline.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Join nationwide rallies on October 11 to mark three years of genocide and call on Labor to cut ties with Israel. www.greenleft.org.au/2026/1463/ne...
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3 years of genocide rallies: Demand Labor cut ties with Israel
Israel’s genocide in Gaza is now approaching the three-year mark, with no sign of slowing down. Join nationwide rallies on October 11 to demand Labor cut ties with Israel.
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Green Left @greenleftonline.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Cut ties with Israel now Green Left 1463 out now Read it online 👉 www.greenleft.org.au/issue/1463
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Green Left @greenleftonline.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Socialist Alliance candidate Steve O’Brien said that NSW Labor is being duplicitous, deliberately lying to working people about climate change and the serious challenge that it poses for this country. www.greenleft.org.au/2026/1463/ne...
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Hunter Valley coal mine expansion approval bad for environment, jobs
Steve O’Brien, the Socialist Alliance candidate for Newcastle in next year’s New South Wales election, said the decision to approve Glencore’s extension of a massive coal mine in the Hunter is bad for...
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Green Left @greenleftonline.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
It has become abundantly clear that federal Labor’s net-zero deadlines mean nothing. In the lead-up to the COP31 summit, students are demanding better. www.greenleft.org.au/2026/1463/an...
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Students demand climate action in lead-up to COP31
Lucy Millett argues that it has become clear that federal Labor’s net-zero deadlines mean nothing, despite its promises to act on the climate emergency. She is urging organisations to support the pre-...
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Green Left @greenleftonline.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
As the third anniversary of Israel’s assault on Gaza nears, a coalition of anti-war activists is preparing to protest against the Land Forces International Land Defence Exposition, from October 6–8. www.greenleft.org.au/2026/1463/ne...
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Anti-war activists prepare to protest Land Forces weapons expo
As the third anniversary of Israel’s assault on Gaza nears, a coalition of anti-war activists is preparing to protest against the Land Forces International Land Defence Exposition. Cas Smith reports.
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Green Left @greenleftonline.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
10 essential new protest albums everyone needs to hear, including EDDY MACK. His new LP opens with the pro-Palestine track "Can't Cancel Me". It dropped the same day Macklemore called for a "free Palestine" from Ed Sheeran's stage. www.greenleft.org.au/2026/1463/cu... #protestmusic #freepalestine
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Green Left @greenleftonline.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Greens Councillor Jonathan Cassell, who put the initial climate emergency motion in 2022, said council had “smash[ed] climate action in our council for the foreseeable future”. www.greenleft.org.au/2026/1463/ne...
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Coffs Harbour council rescinds climate emergency declaration
Coffs Harbour City Council voted to rescind the council’s 2022 declaration of a climate emergency. Brian Mahony reports.
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Green Left @greenleftonline.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
10 essential new protest albums everyone needs to hear, including ANYX, whose LP "Starlink" criticises Elon Musk's Starlink satellites www.greenleft.org.au/2026/1463/cu... #protestmusic #ElonMusk #Starlink
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Green Left @greenleftonline.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Speakers called on the government to take Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and others off the list of proscribed terrorist groups. They said Palestine is resisting a genocide and Australia needs to support those resisting. www.greenleft.org.au/2026/1463/ne...
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Call for Hamas, Hezbollah to be de-listed from terrorism register
An anti-war action at Newtown Station called on the federal government to remove pro-Palestine groups from the terrorism list. Rachel Evans reports.
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Green Left @greenleftonline.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
10 essential new protest albums everyone needs to hear, including @thelindalindas.bsky.social, who slam Donald Trump's wars, climate vandalism and tax-dodging "big beautiful bill". www.greenleft.org.au/2026/1463/cu... #protestmusic #climate #trump
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Green Left @greenleftonline.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
10 essential new protest albums everyone needs to hear, including NEIL YOUNG, who slams Donald Trump and climate change on his latest LP. www.greenleft.org.au/2026/1463/cu... #protestmusic #climate #trump
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Green Left @greenleftonline.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
10 essential new protest albums everyone needs to hear, including Aboriginal rapper Briggs' hardcore punk band BIG NOTER, who are "trying to teach new Australians the meaning of civilisation in the face of white supremacy". www.greenleft.org.au/2026/1463/cu... #protestmusic #racism #auspol
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Green Left @greenleftonline.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Anthony Albanese’s speech to the United Nations during “climate week” revealed just how out of touch he and his government is with the widespread community concern over runaway climate change. www.greenleft.org.au/2026/1463/an...
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Albanese’s United Nations climate hypocrisy
The Prime Minister delivered a sort of homily to the United Nations, saying Australia “understands the dangers of global warming and the urgency of climate action”. But his actions belie his words, ar...
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Green Left @greenleftonline.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
10 essential new protest albums everyone needs to hear, including @tommorelloofficial.bsky.social, whose new album takes on Nazis as fascism rises worldwide. www.greenleft.org.au/2026/1463/cu... #protestmusic
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Green Left @greenleftonline.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
10 essential new protest albums everyone needs to hear, including THE MARY WALLOPERS, whose new album hit out at England as leaders in Ireland, Scotland and Wales signed an agreement to try to join the EU. www.greenleft.org.au/2026/1463/cu... #protestmusic #Ireland #Eire
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Green Left @greenleftonline.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
10 essential new protest albums everyone needs to hear, including POKEY LAFARGE, whose new album hits back at landlords as people are having to stay living with their parents in record numbers due to housing unaffordability. www.greenleft.org.au/2026/1463/cu... #protestmusic #housing
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Green Left @greenleftonline.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
10 essential new protest albums everyone needs to hear, including @empressof.bsky.social, whose new album tells how she built a new house after her family home was destroyed by the 2025 California wildfires. www.greenleft.org.au/2026/1463/cu... #protestmusic
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Green Left @greenleftonline.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
10 essential new protest albums everyone needs to hear, including @empressof.bsky.social POKEY LAFARGE THE MARY WALLOPERS @tommorelloofficial.bsky.social BIG NOTER NEIL YOUNG @thelindalindas.bsky.social ANYX EDDY MACK www.greenleft.org.au/2026/1463/cu... #protestmusic
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Green Left @greenleftonline.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
A community speak-out and banner drop against racism in the inner city suburb of Glebe drew about 50 people on September 26 despite the unusual heat. www.greenleft.org.au/2026/1463/ne...
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Communities say ‘Unite against racism’
A community speak-out and banner drop against racism drew a wide range of endorsements and many toots in support in the inner city suburb of Glebe. Arlo Valmai reports.
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Green Left @greenleftonline.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The Alice Springs Magistrates Court decided on September 14 not to record a criminal conviction against two activists, charged with “failing to cease to loiter” on a public road near the United States spy base Pine Gap in the Northern Territory. www.greenleft.org.au/2026/1463/ne...
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No conviction recorded against anti-genocide Pine Gap activists
The Alice Springs Magistrates Court decided not to record a criminal conviction against two anti-genocide activists for protesting on a public road near the United States spy base Pine Gap in the Nort...
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Green Left @greenleftonline.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
NSW Activist Teachers Network organised a snap rally outside the Department of Education for a teacher who was suspended without pay after a dishonest smear campaign from the Daily Telegraph for posting about Palestine on his own social media page. www.greenleft.org.au/2026/1463/ne...
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Snap action calls for suspended teacher to be reinstated
NSW Activist Teachers Network organised a snap rally outside the Department of Education for a teacher who was suspended without pay for posting about Palestine on his own social media page. Beau Lyon...
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Green Left @greenleftonline.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Students at the University of Sydney have overwhelmingly voted for an academic boycott of Israel in a referendum held alongside elections for the Student Representative Council. www.greenleft.org.au/2026/1463/ne...
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USyd students vote to cut ties with Israel
Students at the University of Sydney have overwhelmingly voted for an academic boycott of Israel in a referendum held alongside elections for the Student Representative Council. Isaac Nellist and Chia...
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