NTEU commits to academic boycott of Israel
On 5 October, the National Council of the NTEU voted to endorse an institutional academic boycott of Israel.
Crackdown on the right to protest for Palestine at uni
Universities are cracking down on Palestine activism in a blatant attack on free speech and the right to protest.
ANU faces fight against restructures and hundreds of job cuts
Over 400 staff and students attended a rally on 16 October at ANU in defense of jobs and pay, marching to the Chancelry building and office of the Vice-Chancellor.
Over 100 days fighting for permanent visas
Almost exactly five years ago, then Immigration Minister Peter Dutton tried, and failed, to deport the Tamil family from Biloela to Sri Lanka.
Industrial action the key to ending CFMEU administration
CFMEU members in NSW are set to strike on 12 November in protest at the Albanese government placing the CFMEU into administration.
Disasters in Spain and Florida a sign of growing climate chaos
Last month, Hurricane Helene and Milton ripped through Florida, killing 241 people and wiping out hundreds of billions in homes and infrastructure.
New study says offsets scheme a sham
Many of Australia’s offset schemes remove almost no carbon from the atmosphere, a new study has found, despite claiming hundreds of million of dollars worth of credits.
Why hasn’t the US restrained Israel?
US President Joe Biden has spent the past 13 months tut-tutting over the death toll as Israel has committed genocide. But the flow of American weapons to the IDF has never stopped.
Sub-imperialist powers fuel Sudan’s civil war
Sudan is being ravaged by a civil war between the country’s generals. Outside powers are feeding the conflict—but on this occasion it is mostly a struggle between sub-imperialist regional powers, not the world’s biggest states.
China’s rise and workers’ resistance
Griffin Phillips reviews a new book that charts China’s emergence as an economic power, the growth of an immense working class and the likely turmoil ahead.
Israel’s bloody agenda in Lebanon and Hezbollah’s resistance
Hezbollah emerged as a resistance movement to Israeli occupation and has humbled Israel before but recent years have shown its limitations, argues James Supple.
The US working class—a history of radicalism and resistance
Far from any natural conservatism, ordinary people in the US have a history of bitter and explosive struggles against exploitation and racism, writes Jacob Starling.
Last minute lurch left not enough to save Queensland Labor
Labor has lost office in Queensland after nearly a decade. While early polling indicated an LNP landslide, in the end Labor managed to avoid total humiliation—but still suffered a substantial 7 per cent swing.
