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The Speed Sisters racing team. From left: Marah, Noor, Maysoon (team leader), Betty, Mona.

West Bank women tear up the road

Speed Sisters
Directed by Amber Fares
2015

Google 鈥渟port鈥 and 鈥淧alestine鈥 and what does the search engine return? Football, football and more football.

Soccer seems to be the only kind of sport associated with Palestine 鈥 and the fever that grips the West Bank and Gaza during national games or matches between popular international clubs like Barcelona and Real Madrid bears this out.

Palestine sends 19 rescuers to Ecuador, US sends nobody

Palestine has sent 19 rescuers to Ecuador in the aftermath of the South American country's devastating earthquake 鈥 which is 19 more than the US, who have sent none at all, TeleSUR English said on April 21.

Canada: Climate justice movement shakes the NDP

In a stunning rebuff to the party establishment, delegates to the federal convention of the Canada鈥檚 social democratic New Democratic Party, meeting in Edmonton, Alberta April 8-10, voted to reject Thomas Mulcair as their leader. They voted to begin reorienting the party to become a leader in Canada鈥檚 climate justice movement.

Vale Tiga Bayles 1953-2016

Tiga Bayles, a Birri Gubba Gungalu man and a Dawson River Murri has died after a long battle with cancer.

Ecuador: Correa details quake recovery funding

Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa has praised the efforts of rescuers, health teams and security forces that have significantly helped the lives of the people affected by the April 9 7.8-magnitude earthquake.

Law student kills off Facebook page ranking Melbourne University students

A Facebook page that rated the appearance of students at Melbourne University has been taken down, four days after the launch of a petition calling for its removal. The 'Hotties of Melbourne Uni' page had been active on Facebook for years. It featured photos of Melbourne University students posted without their consent. Law student Laura Blandthorn launched a change.org petition claiming that: "The Hotties of Melbourne University" Facebook page perpetuates rape culture, sexism and disrespect." The petition received more than 23,000 signatures.

Hundreds march in Katherine for a frack-free future

Hundreds marched down the main street of Katherine in the Northern Territory on April 20 to call for the protection of water, country and culture from fracking gasfields. From Alice Springs to Arnhem Land, pastoralists, Traditional Owners, kids, community, musicians and whip crackers turned out to have their say.

The 'housing market' that cannot provide housing

Less than 1% of rental properties are affordable for low-income families in Sydney and the Illawarra, according to a new report launched on April 21 by Anglicare Sydney.

Why we need a strong construction union, not the ABCC

The federal government's move to reintroduce the Australian Building and Construction Commission (ABCC) is an attempt to make it harder for the unions to go in and fight for workers' rights and conditions in all parts of the construction industry. Conditions in the building industry are now extremely varied. At the Barangaroo development the big builders are doing massive hours but their workers are paid decently and their safety is reasonable to good.

Big majority of people in NSW support renewable energy

A commissioned by the NSW Office of Environment and Heritage has found communities across New South Wales are big fans of renewable energy. An overwhelming 91% of the 2000 people surveyed across NSW said they support the use of renewables to generate electricity.

Nature is neglected in this election campaign 鈥 at its and our own peril

The electioneering has . In a campaign set to be dominated by economic issues, the Coalition and Labor are locking horns over who can best manage our finances, protect jobs and make housing more affordable. The Greens predictably decry the major parties, including their .

Brazil: Social movements reject coup, take to streets

In response to a recent vote in the lower house of Brazil鈥檚 parliament in favour of impeaching Workers鈥 Party (PT) President Dilma Rousseff, Brazil鈥檚 two main coalitions of social movements issued the statement below on April 17. Rousseff is under attack over a series of corruption scandals, but the forces allied against her 鈥 the political, media and corporate elite 鈥 have themselves been implicated in corruption. Many in Brazil, including left opponents of Rousseff鈥檚 government, see the impeachment as an institutional coup by the right wing.