Albanese joins Trump’s war in Iran—time to break the US alliance
Donald Trump has unleashed weeks of savage bombing of Iran, threatening “death, fire and fury” as the regime refuses to capitulate.
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Manosphere shines light on growing misogyny but fails to challenge sexist ideas
Louis Theroux’s new Netflix documentary Inside the Manosphere follows some of the world’s most popular misogynist online influencers.
One Nation surge in SA election shows need for a fight against racism and right-wing Labor
South Australia’s election has confirmed the rapid growth in support for the racist One Nation party, while the Liberals are spiralling downwards.
‘21 and nothing’ triggers strike at Curtin Uni
“Twenty one and nothing”: this was one of the reproaches that was directed at management at the Curtin University as staff held a 24 hour strike on Monday.
Unions
Which way forward for the UWU? ‘We need to take control of our union’
The first contested election for Australia’s biggest blue-collar union, the United Workers Union, has become the focus of an intense debate about the way forward for the union.
Iran
Trump’s imperialist strike on Iran risks backfiring
Donald Trump’s bombing of Iran was supposed to demonstrate the US’s military might, through punishing or even bringing down the Iranian regime.
Why we need to defy ban on Globalise the Intifada
The Minns government in NSW is attempting to ban the phrase “Globalise the Intifada”, with Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan also saying she hopes to prosecute people using it.
Racism and Indigenous rights
Labor fans Islamophobia as One Nation surges
One Nation is surfing a wave of anger and disillusionment with the major parties. Much of that momentum is fuelled by the cost-of-living crisis—but the party is also fomenting Islamophobia to harden up its supporters.
Australia
Canada and Australia: allies in capitalist extractivism and militarisation
The Canadian leader visited Australia this week. Both Prime Ministers spoke of a “natural partnership” built on a shared British settler-colonial history and their possession of one third of the world’s mineral resources between them.
Defying repression and police violence: Lessons from the 1978 Mardi Gras
Jean Parker looks at how the first Mardi Gras led to a campaign that won the right to march, as well as victories for LGBTIQ+ rights.
International
Far right gains in France as mainstream parties blame the left for fascist’s death
Mainstream and far right politicians are painting the left in France as violent after the death of a far right activist.
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
How West Australian unions defeated Court’s protest ban
Tom Orsag tells the story of how union power and solidarity broke WA's repressive anti-protest laws.


















