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Occupied Western Sahara: A rare look inside Africa's last colony

聽In an exclusive broadcast, US-based independent news outlet 聽broke the media blockade and visited the occupied Western Sahara in the northwest of Africa to document the decades-long Sahrawi struggle for freedom and occupying power Morocco鈥檚 violent crackdown.

Turkey: Erdo臒an regime threatens full-scale invasion of Rojava

The Turkish state鈥檚 hostility towards the Kurdish people continues, having now escalated its threats against Rojava.

Are the NSW Greens heading for a split?

The NSW Greens appear to be heading for a split, with the right wing of the party initiating a McCarthyite campaign to purge socialists from its membership.

Push for profit: Births, babies and the bottom dollar

Reliable research into safe and healthy childbirth is being ignored by maternal hospitals in Australia.聽

Oppose nuclear weapons? Stop backing the companies that produce them

Linda Pearson, anti-nukes activist, says that Members of the Scottish Parliament are effectively profiting from Trident due to the Scottish Parliament鈥檚 pension fund investments and that they should re-invest the money into projects聽which make Scotland a better place to live.

Climate movement attracts new generation of activists

The latter part of 2018 will be remembered for the re-emergence of climate action on the national agenda.

How George HW Bush鈥檚 1989 invasion of Panama set the stage for US wars to come

The death of George H.W. Bush has dominated the U.S. news for days, but little attention has been paid to the defining event of Bush鈥檚 first year in office: the invasion of Panama. On December 19, 1989, Bush Sr. sent tens of thousands of troops into Panama, ostensibly to execute an arrest warrant against its leader, Manuel Noriega, on charges of drug trafficking. General Noriega was once a close ally to Washington and on the聽CIA payroll.

Australia should de-list PKK as a terrorist organisation

The Court of Justice of the European Union ruled on November 22 that the Kurdistan Workers鈥 Party (PKK) was wrongly on its list of terrorist organisations between 2014-17.

Jury fails to agree on verdict in trial of Kurdish journalist

NSW Supreme Court judge Lucy McCallum discharged the jury on December 6 after it failed to agree on a verdict in the trial of Kurdish journalist Renas Lelikan on 鈥渇oreign fighter鈥 charges under Australia鈥檚 draconian 鈥渁nti-terrorism鈥 laws.

The fightback against Adani and Aurizon steps up

Adani聽CEO Lucas Dow鈥檚 November 29 declaration that work on a scaled-down coalmine in Queensland's Galilee Basin would begin before Christmas was met with one of the most powerful nationwide protests against it so far as聽primary and high school students walking out of class the next day for the Student Strike 4 Climate Action.

Gender violence awareness and murders are both on the rise

As part of #16daysofactivism, a global campaign to highlight gender-based violence, Domestic Violence NSW (DV NSW) hosted a panel of journalists and rights advocates to address the difficulties in reporting sexual assault聽and domestic and family violence on November 29.

Ferry workers take strike action

Ferry workers went on strike on December 6 in a bid to secure a fair wage and job security which, until now,聽their employer Transdev has refused to guarantee in enterprise negotiations.