Refugees step up detention protests for freedom from infection risk
Refugees in detention centres across the country are continuing their resistance, calling for their immediate release amid the threat of COVID-19 infection.
Pressure builds for action as uni staff face savage cuts
Momentum is growing at universities to take collective action to defend our jobs and conditions.
Virus exposes class inequality of US capitalism
The United States, the world’s richest nation, is struggling to deal with the coronavirus due to decades of government cutbacks and a dysfunctional political system headed by Donald Trump.
Amid pandemic, Trump steps up aggression against Venezuela
Trump has threatened Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, raising a bounty of $15 million for his capture, claiming he's involved in drug trafficking.
Hungary’s government seizes autocratic control
Hungary's government has effectively declared itself a dictatorship under the guise of combating the coronavirus.
Coronavirus and capitalism—Big Pharma’s addiction to profit
As the coronavirus spreads around the world, David Glanz looks at how capitalism and the corporate control of medicine means profit comes before public health
Strikes in a time of pandemic: The 1919 seafarers’ strike
Almost exactly 101 years ago, the first great pandemic of the twentieth century struck Australia. But 1919 was also the year of the biggest strike wave in Australia’s history.
Hutchison wharfies win COVID-19 safety measures
After a ten-day standoff with Hutchison, Sydney wharfies returned to work on Sunday 12 April after winning dramatic safety improvements to manage the risk of coronavirus at work.
Saving capitalism from itself: lessons from Rudd’s GFC stimulus
With the world facing the sharpest economic downturn in the history of capitalism, governments are again turning overnight from neo-liberal budget-balancers to Keynesians on steroids.
Crackdown on protest as refugee activist arrested and others fined over Melbourne cavalcade
On Friday Solidarity's Chris Breen was arrested and charged with "incitement" for helping to organise a car cavalcade protest past the Mantra Hotel in Preston, Melbourne.
Coronavirus─the myth that we’re ‘all in it together’
“There are no more unions or bosses. There are just Australians now.” So said Scott Morrison last week.
