As Israel’s starvation genocide in Gaza continues, with the support of the United States and its Western allies, the importance of Green Left as one of the most longstanding people-powered alternative media projects was underlined by the many statements of support it received during its “Powering Rebellion” livestream broadcast on August 16.

“There is so much that is hidden in the mainstream media,” said Wendy Bacon, independent investigative reporter and professor of journalism. “And our job is to dig out those stories.”

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“When I looked back on the issue of Aboriginal deaths in custody — an issue that has been going on since colonisation but was highlighted in the 1990s by the campaign that led to the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody, the only place I could find this is in the archives of GL.

“One of the important things that GL does is to document the struggle.”

Bacon said she also appreciates GL for its internationalist perspective.

Abigail Boyd, a Greens New South Wales Member of the........

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