Issue 192 - Feb

Antisemitism smears used to crack down on support for Palestine

Governments, university administrations and the mainstream media have opportunistically seized on a string of antisemitic attacks to try to demonise and discredit the Palestine movement.

Universities collaborating with weapons companies and Israel

The Palestine movement has uncovered connections with companies which are directly involved in supplying the missiles and machinery for Israel’s genocide in Gaza.

Palestine campaign win: Students stop Bezalel exchange

Sydney Uni has announced the end of its exchange program between Sydney College of the Arts and the Israeli Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, in a win for the campaign to cut ties with Israel.

NSW rail workers—Time to defy Fair Work orders

Sydney rail workers have been banned from taking industrial action for four months, with the Fair Work Commission imposing a “cooling off” order lasting until 1 July.

NT Liberals launch right-wing rampage

The new Country Liberal Party government is on the rampage in the Northern Territory, inspired by Donald Trump’s rapid-fire reactionary policy announcements in the US.

Resist Trump’s brutal plan for ethnic cleansing in Gaza

Donald Trump has announced a sickening plan to ethnically cleanse Gaza. He wants to remove Palestinians from Gaza and turn it into “the Riviera of the Middle East”.

Israeli occupiers step up war on Palestinians in West Bank

A surge in attacks in the occupied West Bank has left at least 870 Palestinians dead there since October 2023.

Israel’s Likud aligns with Europe’s fascist right

Israel’s ruling Likud party has joined the European alliance of far-right parties as an observer member, aligning it with fascists and Holocaust deniers.

Trump, genocide, climate chaos—Why you need to be a socialist

In the face of global catastrophe and the horrors of capitalism, we need a socialist world run in the interests of people and planet, argues Jacob Starling

Why minority government is no way to win change

Caitlin Doyle and James Supple look at the experience of minority government in the past and why it has not delivered serious change.

The Freedom Ride 60 years on

Tom Fiebig looks at the famous Freedom Ride in NSW, which saw students expose the racism and segregation against Aboriginal people across the state.

Labor vote collapse points to workers’ growing anger

Labor has won the Werribee by-election in Melbourne’s outer west by a whisker, with a massive swing against the party in what was formerly a rock-solid ALP state seat.

Labor fails to stand up to Queensland’s attack on trans rights: fight to overturn the ban

Fresh off the back of Donald Trump’s latest attacks on gender affirming care, the anti-trans right in Australia is on the offensive.

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