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Victorian Labor launches attack on right to protest

The Victorian Labor government is using the firebombing of a Melbourne synagogue last month as an excuse to crack down on protesters.

Australia spends big to keep China out of region

The Albanese government is spending almost a billion dollars to bolster Australia’s dominant position in the region and lock out Chinese influence.

End of Assad’s brutal rule opens new space for Syria’s popular movement

After decades of bloody and brutal dictatorship, the Assad regime in Syria has been toppled in a matter of days.

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Unions

Rail bans suspended for New Year’s Eve, but workers willing to fight

Suspending industrial action only gives the government breathing space and prolongs the inevitable showdown with the Minns government.

Ramp up NSW rail workers’ and nurses’ strikes to win on pay

Don’t rely on court case to end CFMEU administration

Climate action

Rich countries refuse to pay for climate action at talks in petrostate

Another greenwashing climate summit was held in petrostate Azerbaijan in November, in the wake of climate denier Donald Trump’s re-election in the US.

Disasters in Spain and Florida a sign of growing climate chaos

New study says offsets scheme a sham

Ceasefire in Lebanon but no sign Israel will end its wars

The ceasefire in Lebanon was scarcely hours old before Israel launched fresh attacks, firing into the southern Lebanese town of Markaba, wounding two people. Israel also shelled the villages of Taybah and Khiam.

Why hasn’t the US restrained Israel?

Rank-and-file teachers step up for Palestine and Lebanon

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Racism and Indigenous rights

Labor’s refugee shame as Liberals claim ‘we are running the Immigration system’

The three anti-refugee laws rushed through Parliament in the dying days of the last parliamentary sitting are even worse than those of the Howard and Dutton era.

Over 100 days fighting for permanent visas

Refugee encampments push Labor for visa justice

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Australia

Albanese short-changing workers and still backing Israel’s war crimes

Labor’s failure over the cost of living means Albanese could easily follow Kamala Harris and the Democrats out of office.

Uni staff fight job cuts as Labor scapegoats international students

Trump’s return a warning as Labor fails on genocide and cost of living

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Sexism and LGBTIQ

#MeToo at an impasse—Why is the government failing to stop violence against women?

Critics argue the government response to violence against women is failing, writes Lucy Honan, but recognising its roots in capitalism and the family is necessary to addressing it.