Melb Uni’s week-long strike for secure jobs and a real wage increase
On Monday 21 August, following a half day campus-wide strike by Melbourne University NTEU members, five areas including Arts and Law went on to strike for the rest of the week.
Pay rise for NSW teachers, but no workload relief and future wage caps looming
Some teachers in NSW will receive large pay rises following a deal with the NSW Labor government. But the agreement stretches over four years and contains other disturbing clauses.
BRICS summit a sign of growing imperialist rivalry
The BRICS summit took place in Johannesburg, South Africa, in August. It was another confirmation of the relative decline of US power and the increasingly turbulent state of world imperialism.
Ukraine counter-offensive facing failure as bloodshed continues
Despite the failure of the Ukrainian counter-offensive, both NATO and Russia are intent on continuing a war of attrition no matter the cost.
Will a Voice to Parliament deliver change—and is there any alternative?
Solidarity answers key questions about the Voice to Parliament, what it would mean, and whether there is any alternative to it.
Chile’s bloody coup 50 years on
In 1973 workers in Chile were on the march and could have taken power, but the left’s failures allowed the ruling class to unleash bloody repression, argues Raili Maria Haagensen.
How Israel trades on war and occupation
Antony Loewenstein’s new book, The Palestine Laboratory, looks at Israel’s military cyber industrial complex and its role as one of the world's biggest arms dealers and seller of some of the most invasive software. He talked to Solidarity.
Matildas’ success caught up in a wave of nationalism
The widespread admiration for the Matildas has been a blow against sexism but it has also fuelled nationalism.
Ben Abbatangelo: Labor promotes the Voice but ignores Indigenous demands on housing, poverty, imprisonment
Gunaikurnai and Wotjobaluk writer Ben Abbatangelo spoke to Solidarity on the Voice to Parliament.
Labor conference endorses Albanese’s conservative agenda and military build-up
Anthony Albanese and Defence Minister Richard Marles staked their credibility on defeating dissent over AUKUS. It was not much of a gamble.
