Mary Kostakidis told a public meeting, called to support her defence against the聽Zionist Federation of Australia,聽that everyone needs聽to stand up for the truth. Jim McIlroy reports.
Antony Loewenstein
Niko Leka聽reviews聽Jewish Australian journalist Antony Loewenstein鈥檚 two-part video series, The Palestine Laboratory, which shows how Israel exports weapons and surveillance technology to the world.
The City of Sydney Council decided to start investigating its ties to companies that are complicit in human rights abuses in Palestine, including the illegal settlements in occupied Palestinian Territories. Jim McIlroy reports.
Researchers and human rights activists say the public has a right to know about Australia鈥檚 export of聽arms material to Israel, especially as they are being used to kill Palestinian civilians. Peter Boyle reports.
Activists are celebrating as RMIT has announced it has given聽up its partnership with聽Israel鈥檚 largest weapons manufacturer Elbit Systems. Kerry Smith reports.
Palestinian human rights activist and co-founder of the Boycott Divestment and Sanctions movement, Omar Barghouti was joined by author and journalist Antony Loewenstein for a webinar, hosted by Jews Against the Occupation and the Tzedek Collective.聽Jim McIlroy and Laurie MacSween聽report.
Independent investigative journalist, filmmaker and best-selling author Antony Loewenstein spoke about his latest book,聽How Israel Exports the Technology of Occupation Around the World, on 一品探花 Radio. Ruth Heymann reports.
Disaster Capitalism
Written by Antony聽Loewenstein聽
Directed by Thor Neureiter
Disaster Capitalism is a groundbreaking documentary film about Bougainville, Haiti and Afghanistan, revealing the dark underbelly of the global aid and investment industry. The film offers important insights into a secret multi-billion dollar world by investigating how aid money is actually spent 鈥 or misspent.
Community groups from across Sydney have condemned the NSW government's announcement that the community consultation period for the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the M4 East section of the huge WestConnex tollway will be limited to 45 days.
NSW Planning Minister Rob Stokes released the Environmental Impact Statement on September 9.
NSW Greens spokesperson for WestConnex and MP for Newtown Jenny Leong said: 鈥淭his is the largest, most complex road building project in Australia鈥檚 history.
Independent journalist and author Antony Loewenstein has made a name for himself writing about war crimes, human rights abuses and corporate profiteering.
For the first time, he is seeking to speak truth to power through the medium of film 鈥 with his first documentary Disaster Capitalism now in production. You can see a teaser at . You can visit http://antonyloewenstein.com for more details on his articles and books.
Palestine Action Group Sydney released this statement on May 2.
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Supporters of Palestine have responded to a May 2 report in the Australian that asserted that Max Brenner Israel has no direct shares in Max Brenner Australia as irrelevant to the solidarity campaign for justice in Palestine.
Palestine solidarity activists are bemused that the Australian has given front page coverage to this 鈥渟coop鈥. The YouTube video of the rally in question, which took place on September 21 last year, has also just been released.
This episode features Beyond Zero Emissions' Terry McBride plus footage of the campaign for big solar in Port Augusta, South Australia.
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