Albanese fans Islamophobia in attack on Palestine protests
The Albanese government is stirring up Islamophobia to try to demonise the Palestine movement and justify its efforts to keep out Palestinian refugees from Gaza.
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.
NTEU members back BDS and Palestine
Support for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) against Israel within the university staff union, the NTEU, is growing.
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.
Black incarceration crisis deepens as Labor races to the right
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are the most incarcerated group on the face of the planet.
Labor backs plans for more US warplanes in northern Australia
The high-level AUSMIN talks between Australia and the US in August underlined the Albanese government’s commitment to deepening its ties with the US empire.
Racist riots in Britain as far right takes to the streets
A surge of far right rallies and violence across Britain and Northern Ireland aimed at refugees and migrants shocked millions last month.
Fight for change must continue after students bring down Bangladeshi regime
In early August, a mass student uprising in Bangladesh overthrew the 15-year rule of dictator Sheikh Hasina.
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.
Fighting the far right: Lessons from the 1930s popular front
The Popular Front against fascism in France in the 1930s weakened resistance and meant restraining one of the greatest workers’ upsurges in history, writes James Supple
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.
Union power on display as CFMEU rallies against administration
Tens of thousands of construction workers walked off the job to protest the attack on the CFMEU on Tuesday in a nationwide strike.
