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Thanks to everyone who made our forum on Islamophobia and Labor's racist visa bans a success.

Pictured are the speakers, from left, Toyo White, anti-racism community worker and student organiser, and Angelica Panopoulos, Community Organiser with the @asrc1.bsky.social.

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Twenty arrested in Brisbane as activists defy ban on Palestine protest slogans – Solidarity Online Twenty people were arrested yesterday for defying Queensland’s ban on Palestine protest slogans.

A report from Brisbane from one of the people arrested in connection with the Palestine slogan ban.

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Join us tomorrow (Monday) to hear from Councillor Rayane Hawli, migration lawyer, and Angelica Panopoulos, @asrc1.bsky.social.

Our forum, 6.30pm at Kathleen Syme library, Carlton, will look at Labor's new Islamophobic laws banning Iranian visitors.

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Clinton Fernandes on the Iran war | The Sound of Solidarity Professor Clinton Fernandes is in the Future Operations Research Group at UNSW. His latest book is Turbulence: Australian Foreign Policy in the Trump Era. In this episode he discusses the US-Israel wa...

Professor Clinton Fernandes is in the Future Operations Research Group at UNSW.

His latest book is Turbulence: Australian Foreign Policy in the Trump Era.

In this episode he discusses the US-Israel war on Iran.

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Fight One Nation “Together”, not with just one party On 28 March, a march of half a million people flooded the streets of London to declare their opposition to racist hatred and its British electoral party, Nigel Farage’s Reform UK, under the banner …

Mobilising everyone outraged by One Nation’s gains in South Australia, not recruiting to one party, is key to beating the racists.
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‘Open the borders’ to Iranians: end Labor’s shameful Iranian visa ban | Refugee Action Collective (Vic)

Read our statement condemning Labor's ban on visitors from Iran.

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How defiance beat Queensland's anti-protest laws | The Sound of Solidarity Judy McVey describes the building of a movement in 1970s Queensland that beat back the banning of street marches by the Joh Bjelke-Petersen government. She draws out the lessons for the Palestine movement today. Read more about fighting Bjelke-Petersen. Find out more about Solidarity. This talk was given at a Solidarity meeting in Melbourne on 19 March 2026.

Judy McVey describes the building of a movement in 1970s Queensland that beat back the banning of street marches by the Joh Bjelke-Petersen government. She draws out the lessons for the Palestine movement today.

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Big bank tech workers strike to reboot pay deal – Solidarity Online This Easter, 200 tech workers at DXC Technology struck across Australia. In an industry wracked with fear and layoffs, the strike is a much-needed antidote.

This Easter, 200 tech workers at DXC Technology struck across Australia. In an industry wracked with fear and layoffs, the strike is a much-needed antidote.

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US imperialism: lessons from the Iraq War | The Sound of Solidarity David Glanz looks at why the US and Australia invaded Iraq in 2003, how it blew up in their faces and how anti-war activists responded to the crisis. He draws lessons for opposing war today. Read more...

David Glanz looks at why the US and Australia invaded Iraq in 2003, how it blew up in their faces and how anti-war activists responded to the crisis. He draws lessons for opposing war today.

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Spicy is free and welcomed, but a significant hurdle still to go My friend Spicy has been through so much, far more than I could even dream about.Rejected repeatedly by Australia, illegally detained for years on Manus Island, when he was eventually freed he met and...

Help Spicy be reunited with his son.

Spicy is a refugee who spent years detained in PNG because of cruel and racist Australian government policies.

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Why the German communist party failed to stop Hitler | The Sound of Solidarity Liz Grosshans explains how the Stalinist politics of the German communist party -- and the reformism of the German socialist party -- allowed Hitler to come to power over the strongest working class i...

Liz Grosshans explains how the Stalinist politics of the German communist party -- and the reformism of the German socialist party -- allowed Hitler to come to power over the strongest working class in the world.

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A big day in Naarm for Palestine solidarity and anti-Zionism on Sunday.

At 12pm rally for Land Day at the State Library.

At 6pm join the inaugural fortnightly seminar organised by Anti-Zionism Australia at Coburg library.

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Solidarity with my fellow @withmeaa.bsky.social members striking today at the ABC, and of course with striking @cpsu.org.au members, too.

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Why does Labor support Israel? | The Sound of Solidarity Riley Hogan explains Labor's deep commitment to US imperialism and its watchdog in the Middle East, Israel. Read more about Palestine. Find out more about Solidarity. This talk was given in Melbourne ...

Riley Hogan explains Labor's deep commitment to US imperialism and its watchdog in the Middle East, Israel.

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Labor welcomes Iranian footballers but then slams the door shut on potential Middle East refugees.

Join our rally on Saturday, 2pm at the State Library.

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This is the X account of Benjamin Netanyahu's son, Yair. Will he be extradited to Queensland to face charges for using the slogan "from the river to the sea"?

No, we didn't think so. When it's a slogan of domination, it's tolerated. When it's a slogan of liberation, it's criminalised.

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Why is the West bombing Iran? | The Sound of Solidarity Liam McMullen explains the imperialist pressures that are driving the US and Israel, backed by countries including Australia, to bomb Iran. He criticises the "campist" idea that to oppose the US we ne...

Liam McMullen explains the imperialist pressures that are driving the US and Israel, backed by countries including Australia, to bomb Iran.

He criticises the "campist" idea that to oppose the US we need to back the Tehran regime and argues that revolt from below is the hope for the region.

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How the first Mardi Gras defied anti-protest laws | The Sound of Solidarity Ken Davis, a '78er who took part in the first Sydney Mardi Gras, and Jean Parker from Solidarity discuss the lessons from 1978, when the first Mardi Gras protest march demanding LGBTIQ+ liberation was...

Ken Davis, a '78er who took part in the first Sydney Mardi Gras, and Jean Parker from Solidarity discuss the lessons from 1978, when the first Mardi Gras protest march demanding LGBTIQ+ liberation was violently attacked by police.

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Canada and Australia: allies in capitalist extractivism and militarisation – Solidarity Online Both Prime Ministers spoke of a “natural partnership” built on a shared British settler-colonial history and their possession of one third of the world’s mineral resources between them.

The Canadian leader visited Australia this week. Both Prime Ministers spoke of a “natural partnership” built on a shared British settler-colonial history and their possession of one third of the world’s mineral resources between them.

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Stop Trump and Israel’s bloody bombing of Iran – Solidarity Online After weeks of military threats, and despite ongoing negotiations over Iran’s nuclear program, the US and Israel have combined to rain bombs on cities across Iran.

Trump’s bombing of Iran reveals more than ever the role that Israel plays as the violent enforcer of US imperialist interests in the Middle East—and how the genocide in Gaza is a product of Western imperialism’s support for Israel.

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Defying repression and police violence: Lessons from the 1978 Mardi Gras – Solidarity Online Jean Parker looks at how the first Mardi Gras led to a campaign that won the right to march, as well as victories for LGBTIQ+ rights.

Jean Parker looks at how the first Mardi Gras led to a campaign that won the right to march, as well as victories for LGBTIQ+ rights.

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Palestine, Trump, housing, racism, climate … how do we build a united fightback? | The Sound of Solidarity Robert Stainsby looks at a world in crisis and outlines the socialist solution in this talk introducing the politics of Solidarity. Find out more about Solidarity.

Robert Stainsby looks at a world in crisis and outlines the socialist solution in this talk introducing the politics of Solidarity.

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Thank you to the 200 people who came to our Unite to Fight Racism forum on Wednesday night, and to the nine amazing speakers.

Let's build on the anti-racist momentum with the rally we've called against Labor's deportations on Saturday 21 March, 2pm at the State Library.

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Don't miss this important anti-racism forum on Wednesday night -- 6.30pm at Trades Hall, Lygon Street, Melbourne.

Nine amazing speakers.

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A silent discipline: why we all need to hold the line against deportations to Nauru - Overland literary journal As we watch Immigration and Customs Enforcement lay siege to communities in Minnesota — detaining and disappearing neighbours, parents and children while terrorising their allies — we should remember ...

A must-read article on Labor's deportation regime by Sanmati Verma, Josephine Langbien and James Clarke.

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Get along to this important meeting in Melbourne on Thursday.

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Out in central Melbourne tonight promoting our forum against racism.

Next Wednesday 6.30pm at Trades Hall.

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One Nation: lessons from the 1990s | The Sound of Solidarity David Glanz discusses the resurgence of One Nation today and looks back to the 1990s, when mass protests and campaigning defeated Pauline Hanson and pushed One Nation back. Read our pamphlet of fighti...

David Glanz discusses the resurgence of One Nation today and looks back to the 1990s, when mass protests and campaigning defeated Pauline Hanson and pushed One Nation back.

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Liberals’ new leader stuck with same problems as One Nation gains at their expense – Solidarity Online The Liberals have a new leader. But they’re still stuck with their old problems—and Angus Taylor isn’t going to dig them out of a deep hole.

My take on the Liberal crisis.

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Crown Casino workers need to go all in to call management’s bluff – Solidarity Online Up to 500 workers at Crown Casino in Melbourne stopped work twice in four days to demand a fair deal.

Up to 500 workers at Crown Casino in Melbourne stopped work twice in four days to demand a fair deal.

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