Albanese complicit as Israel rains terror on Lebanon
Israel has murdered Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah and is now on the brink of all out war in Lebanon.
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EXCLUSIVE: Bosses’ letter to Labor reveals conditions, union rights the real reason for attack on CFMEU
A letter from four construction bosses’ organisations to Murray Watt, Minister for Employment, has blown open the real agenda behind the attack on the CFMEU.
Refugee encampments push Labor for visa justice
Despite persistent harassment from local councils and police, after more than 80 days the refugee encampments demanding permanent visas are still standing strong in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and Perth.
US election—falling behind Kamala Harris no answer to Trump
Fear of another Trump presidency means much of the left in the US is swinging behind Kamala Harris, weakening the movements that are needed to win real change, writes Matilda Fay.
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Unions
Threat to CFMEU EBAs shows need to keep fighting administration
For the second time in a month, tens of thousands of CFMEU members across the country took strike action on 17 and 18 September to oppose the Labor-imposed administration of the union.
Climate action
Labor weakens environment law to please mining companies
The Albanese government has continued to prioritise profit over the environment, signalling their intention to make a deal with the Liberals to water down the powers of their proposed environment regulator, Environment Protection Australia.
Student activist Bea Tucker’s expulsion overturned
Student activist Bea Tucker has had their expulsion from the ANU in Canberra overturned by a university appeals committee, in a victory for free speech and the campaign for Palestine.
Racism and Indigenous rights
Refugee protest camps keep fighting to demand Labor deliver permanent visas
Refugees have begun a series of continuous 24-hour protests for permanent visas, with encampments in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane as well as protests in Adelaide.
Australia
Cops run riot to defend warmongers’ profits
About 1500 Palestine and anti-war activists gathered from early morning on 11 September to protest the Land Forces military expo in Melbourne.
Critical care—nurses’ unions and the AIDS crisis
In November 1982, the first case of AIDS was diagnosed in Australia. In the 1980s, life expectancy for those diagnosed with AIDS was three years. Geraldine Fela’s new book tells the story of the nurses on the frontline of the response. She spoke with Solidarity’s David Glanz.
International
‘Black Thursday for the Kanak people’ as French repression continues in Kanaky
Four months after protests first broke out in Kanaky-New Caledonia, the French state continues to repress the Indigenous Kanak people.
Long reads
Indonesia: behind the rise of Prabowo from war criminal to president
Prabowo Subianto will take office as President of Indonesia in October. He is a military strongman with a sordid history of killings and human rights abuses. How did he win the election? An Indonesian socialist explains the background to his rise.
Radical history and theory
Why the West hates Iran
US and Australian hostility to Iran is not driven by concern at the regime’s repression at home but by competition for influence in the Middle East, writes Miro Sandev.