Trump humbled as Iran deal shows US and Israel’s failure

The US might have the most powerful military in the world, but it’s Donald Trump who has been humiliated with the end of the war against Iran.
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Vic health professionals march for pay justice

More than 3500 Victorian health professionals and workers, members of four unions, struck and marched on state parliament on 16 June, calling for an above-inflation pay rise.
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West Papuans speak out against government plan for massive destruction of traditional lands

Maeve Larkins spoke to two members of Yayasan Pusaka Bentala Rakyat, an activist group based in West Papua, about the Indonesian government’s National Strategic Project in Merauke, a region in the south of West Papua.
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Biased Royal Commission farce targets support for Palestine

The Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion is turning into a show trial with the Palestine solidarity movement in the dock.
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Contents June 2026
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Unions

Iran

Trump tries to rein in Israel in search of deal with Iran

Donald Trump lashed at out Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a call in early June, calling him “fucking crazy” and telling him “everybody hates Israel”.

Albanese joins Trump’s war in Iran—time to break the US alliance

Trump’s imperialist strike on Iran risks backfiring

Palestine

Convergence to expose Pine Gap’s role in genocide

Activists from across the continent will converge on the Pine Gap spy base in Central Australia in July for three days of protest and discussion.

Protest campaign forces Sydney Uni to drop disciplinary threats over Palestine poster

Israel imposes slow death in Gaza as genocide goes on

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Racism and Indigenous rights

No justice for Indigenous people under NT’s police state

Indigenous people in the Northern Territory are facing a “police state”, Mililma May, Danggalaba Kulumbiringin Tiwi writer and community organiser, told Solidarity’s Keep Left conference in April.

Labor fans Islamophobia as One Nation surges

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

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Australia

Labor budget failure on cost of living is feeding workers’ rage

It’s not sympathy for aspiring tech billionaires that means Labor's budget has been badly received. It has done nothing to provide the cost-of-living relief needed.

Labor’s budget failure on cost of living and its racist policies no antidote to One Nation

Labor’s austerity budget won’t fix housing or cost of living crisis

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Sexism and LGBTIQ

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International

Iraqi doctors stage two-week strike over unpaid wages and unsafe conditions

Five thousand Iraqi medical graduates from the class of 2024, now working in the public health sector, staged a national strike from 1 June to 15 June, vowing to continue to fight until their demands are met.

Protests as Japan boosts military to back the US against China

US workers strike back at Trump on May Day

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Long reads

Venezuela: from revolutionary transformation to imperialist victory

David Glanz reviews a new book that helps explain why the high hopes of the Bolivarian revolution ended in a squalid deal with US imperialism.

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

Capitalism and the politics of neurodiversity

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Radical history and theory

Tech oligarchs, capitalism and the AI arms race

Erima Dall looks at the impact of AI, including in the workplace, and the consequences of its use in the service of profit

How West Australian unions defeated Court’s protest ban

Violent police exist to protect capitalism and the rich

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