Defiant protests disrupt Albanese’s embrace of war criminal Isaac Herzog

Anthony Albanese invited Israeli President Isaac Herzog to visit in the hope of boosting support for Israel. Instead mass protests, and anger at police violence in Sydney, showed the continuing depth of opposition to the genocidal state.

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Liberals’ new leader stuck with same problems as One Nation gains at their expense

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.

Dockworkers strike to stop arms to Israel

Tens of thousands of dockworkers across Europe and the Mediterranean shut down 21 major ports in a co-ordinated day of strike action in support of Palestine on 6 February.

Australia’s growing role in the US’s empire of bases—From Pine Gap to North West Cape

The expansion of US bases here locks Australia in as a key part of the US’s military machine, and its strategy for war with China, writes Tom Fiebig

New pamphlet: How workers rose up to defend the Whitlam government in 1975

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Unions

Hospital workers fight for healthy deal

Hospital workers in Melbourne, members of the Health Workers Union, walked out on strike and rallied at the new Footscray Hospital.

Climate action

Labor’s unambitious new climate targets rest on offsets fraud

The world is on track for catastrophic warming and climate disasters are multiplying. Yet the Albanese government’s new climate targets refuse to meet the urgent need for action.

What do we mean by Intifada?

Intifada usually refers to two popular uprisings by the Palestinians in Jerusalem, Gaza and the West Bank that shook the Israeli occupation.

Racism and Indigenous rights

Stop work to stop racism: united action sends Hanson a warning

Pauline Hanson’s screening in Melbourne of the reactionary film A Very Progressive Movie was challenged when cinema workers walked off the job and joined an anti-racism rally.

Australia

Wins over protest rights and censorship show they won’t silence us on Palestine

Since the Bondi attack, there has been an onslaught from the media and politicians demanding a crackdown on protests for Palestine and blaming Muslims and migrants.

Queensland healthcare ban part of wider attack on trans rights

The Queensland government’s ban on puberty blockers and hormone treatments for children was overturned in October, with Supreme Court Judge Peter Callaghan ruling it unlawful.

International

Minneapolis rises up against Trump’s deportation raids after ICE murder

Minneapolis has become the latest flashpoint in the fight against Trump’s anti-immigrant campaign after ICE agents murdered Renee Good, a 37-year-old American citizen.

Long reads

Letter from Indonesia: the fight to free the August political prisoners

Anthony Albanese visited Indonesia in February to sign a security treaty with Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto. But there was not a word about Subianto's vicious jailing and torture of political prisoners. An Indonesian socialist tells the story that Albanese ignores

Radical history and theory

The Cummeragunja walk-off: How workers backed struggle for Indigenous rights

Paddy Gibson looks at how unions and socialists provided support for one of the major struggles for Aboriginal rights and against the racist Protection system

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