Iran stares down a superpower as Trump faces defeat
Donald Trump has the mightiest military in the world at his command. But he’s failed to defeat Iran, a regional power.
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SA nurses’ ‘Respect’ campaign escalates with 24-hour rolling stoppages
Public sector nurses and midwives at the Lyell McEwin Hospital in Adelaide’s northern suburbs struck for 24 hours on 4 June.
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.
Protest campaign forces Sydney Uni to drop disciplinary threats over Palestine poster
After widespread outrage, the University of Sydney has backed down on its threat to discipline two students over a poster for a Palestine protest used on campus.
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Unions
Eight Melbourne councils strike for pay rise to catch up with cost of living
About 2000 union members from across eight metropolitan Melbourne councils took part in a historic strike for fair wages and conditions on 5 May.
Iran
Trump’s failure in Iran is a defeat for US power
The US-Israel war on Iran has brought death and destruction to Iranian cities. But it has also humiliated Donald Trump and highlighted the relative decline of American power.
Israel imposes slow death in Gaza as genocide goes on
Trump’s so-called “ceasefire” in Gaza is now more than six months old. But Israel’s genocide continues as it denies entry of aid and basic medical supplies to a devastated population.
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.
Australia
Labor’s budget failure on cost of living and its racist policies no antidote to One Nation
Despite Labor’s boasts, there is nothing fair about its budget.
Capitalism and the new wave of misogyny: Fighting sexism today
Elizabeth Grosshans looks at what's responsible for the wave of online misogyny and rising sexism, and how we can fight it.
International
Protests as Japan boosts military to back the US against China
Japan is witnessing its largest wave of anti-war protests in decades as the government pushes up military spending in an effort to back US threats against China.
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.

















