Australian journalist Mary Kostakidis, accused in court of antisemitism because of her reporting critical of Israel, was among the speakers at this rally in Melbourne covered by CN.
As many as 300,000 people, including WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, marched across Sydney’s Harbour Bridge last weekend with the support of the Supreme Court and Sydney’s mayor in a sign of Western resistance to genocide.
Julian Assange joined at least 90,000 and as many as 300,000 people who marched across Australia’s most famous bridge on Sunday to protest Israel’s genocide in Gaza.
The conflation of anti-Zionism with anti-Semitism is the test in the Zionist lobby case against Australian journalist Mary Kostakidis for her Gaza reporting and the outcome will be of great international significance, says Joe Lauria.
Mary Kostakidis was in federal court in Adelaide on Tuesday defending herself against racial discrimination charges for her reporting and commentary on Gaza, reports Joe Lauria.
With its coverage of the Assange case and of Zionist efforts to silence its critics, Consortium News has established itself as a leading monitor of free speech rights in the West.
And Grok sheds light on the mysterious suspension from X of Consortium News’ CN Live! Executive Producer Cathy Vogan, as more than 5 million accounts were suspended by X in the first half of 2024.
The Zionist Federation of Australia has filed a formal complaint against journalist Mary Kostakidis in Australian federal court after accusing her of anti-semitism for her reporting on X, writes Joe Lauria.
SPECIAL REPORT: David McBride appeared in a Canberra court earlier this month appealing his conviction in a case that could determine if a soldier’s duty is to serve only the King or also the public, reports Joe Lauria.