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Disability services we need won’t come from market profiteers

The NDIS was introduced in 2013 with bipartisan political support. But the NDIS market has failed to deliver consistent, quality care and support.

No justice for Indigenous people under NT’s police state

Indigenous people in the Northern Territory are facing a “police state”, Mililma May, Danggalaba Kulumbiringin Tiwi writer and community organiser, told Solidarity’s Keep Left conference in April.

Eight Melbourne councils strike for pay rise to catch up with cost of living

About 2000 union members from across eight metropolitan Melbourne councils took part in a historic strike for fair wages and conditions on 5 May.

NSW nurses rage as legal case fails to deliver pay rise needed—now start planning for serious strikes

There has been an outpouring of anger by nurses and midwives in New South Wales following the long-awaited IRC decision on NSW public system nurses and midwives’ pay.

Teachers in Victoria: vote to reject any bad deal, keep up the fight

After the Victorian teachers’ strike on 24 March where tens of thousands marched, the Australian Education Union (AEU) announced that action would escalate in Term 2.But escalated action was...

US workers strike back at Trump on May Day

May Day in the US was a day of resistance to Trump’s rotten agenda of mass deportations, imperialist wars abroad, and war on the working class at home. 

Iran stares down a superpower as Trump faces defeat

Donald Trump has the mightiest military in the world at his command. But he’s failed to defeat Iran, a regional power.

Israel imposes slow death in Gaza as genocide goes on

Trump’s so-called “ceasefire” in Gaza is now more than six months old. But Israel’s genocide continues as it denies entry of aid and basic medical supplies to a devastated population.

Capitalism and the new wave of misogyny: Fighting sexism today

Elizabeth Grosshans looks at what's responsible for the wave of online misogyny and rising sexism, and how we can fight it.

Nine days that shook Britain: the 1926 general strike

One hundred years on, Jack Stubley looks at the general strike that saw millions of workers paralyse Britain, only to be betrayed by their own union leaders

Algeria’s anti-colonial struggle and the right to resist

Finnian Colwell looks at the armed struggle against colonial rule in Algeria and why elements of the French left were right to support the resistance

Labor cuts the NDIS but pours billions more into the military

Less than a week after announcing $53 billion more in defence spending, the Albanese government announced $35 billion of cuts to the NDIS over the next four years.

Rise up to punish Albanese for backing Trump’s murderous fiasco in Iran

Trump and Israel’s war has already compounded the cost of living crisis and had a drastic effect on the world economy.

Strike for pay to beat war’s new cost of living crisis

The new cost of living crisis triggered by Trump’s war on Iran means real wages are falling.

Price pain from Trump’s Iran war set to continue for months

Workers will be feeling the impact of the oil crisis produced by Donald Trump’s attack on Iran for months yet—even if the ceasefire holds.

Capture the rage: Escalate the fight in Victorian schools now!

Forty thousand Victorian government school staff marched on 24 March, in a sea of red AEU shirts, with tens of thousands more out on strike. It was the first strike since 2013.

Palestine protest slogans target of anti-protest law push

NSW Labor Premier Chris Minns’ plans to ban the pro-Palestine phrase “globalise the intifada” appears to have stalled due to government concern over whether the attack on free speech would survive a constitutional challenge.

Cops aim to intimidate with wave of Herzog protest arrests

NSW and Queensland police are raiding homes and arresting anti-genocide protesters in the latest attempts to scare the Palestine movement off the streets.Queensland police raided the Dorothy Day House,...

Open the borders, oppose Labor’s refugee visa ban

The blanket ban on Iranian visa holders is an extension of the government’s ruthless practice of cancelling the visa on arrival of anyone they suspect might claim asylum

Labor’s ‘progressive patriotism’ only feeds One Nation’s racism

Anthony Albanese and Labor are embracing so called “progressive patriotism” in response to rising support for One Nation and the far right.

SA election confirms One Nation surge as Labor echoes its racism

Recent months have seen a surge in the polls for Pauline Hanson’s One Nation. The South Australian election confirmed what these polls had suggested.

Trump’s failure in Iran is a defeat for US power

The US-Israel war on Iran has brought death and destruction to Iranian cities. But it has also humiliated Donald Trump and highlighted the relative decline of American power.

Israeli onslaught on Lebanon aims to crush Hezbollah resistance

Within hours of the ceasefire announced with Iran, Israel launched its biggest and most destructive assault on Lebanon to date.

Israel lobby not the reason West backs the terror state

US and Australian backing for Israel is the result of their imperialist interests in dominating the Middle East, not the power of the Israel lobby, writes Mark Gillespie

Palestinian resistance and the Second Intifada

Sophie Cotton looks at what happened in the Second Intifada, why Palestinians have a right to resist and what it means to Globalise the Intifada

Ireland’s Easter 1916 Rising: National liberation and socialism

Ireland’s uprising against British rule in 1916 was designed to strike a blow against Empire and war. Liam McMullen looks at the attitude socialists took to it.

Albanese joins Trump’s war in Iran—time to break the US alliance

Donald Trump has unleashed weeks of savage bombing of Iran, threatening “death, fire and fury” as the regime refuses to capitulate.

Why we need to defy ban on Globalise the Intifada

The Minns government in NSW is attempting to ban the phrase “Globalise the Intifada”, with Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan also saying she hopes to prosecute people using it.

Defiance needed to new laws meant to silence Palestine solidarity

Two protesters in Queensland were arrested for using the slogan “From the River to the Sea” at a rally on 11 March—the day new laws that ban the phrase came into effect. One of them now faces charges which carry the threat of two years’ jail.

Palestine supporters assaulted and kicked out of Mardi Gras

Supporters of Palestine were banned from this year’s Mardi Gras parade and thrown off floats by police, continuing the climate of repression created by NSW Premier Chris Minns’ anti-protest laws.

Labor fans Islamophobia as One Nation surges

One Nation is surfing a wave of anger and disillusionment with the major parties. Much of that momentum is fuelled by the cost-of-living crisis—but the party is also fomenting Islamophobia to harden up its supporters.

Which way forward for the UWU? ‘We need to take control of our union’

The first contested election for Australia’s biggest blue-collar union, the United Workers Union, has become the focus of an intense debate about the way forward for the union.

UWU members speak out on what’s at stake in the union election

Solidarity spoke with United Workers Union members about the current union election

Trump’s plans for Gaza—occupy and plunder

The first meeting of Donald Trump’s Gaza “Board of Peace” was held on 19 February. It was a sickening gathering of war criminals and plunderers, meeting to discuss their nightmarish plans for a post-war Gaza.

Far right gains in France as mainstream parties blame the left for fascist’s death

Mainstream and far right politicians are painting the left in France as violent after the death of a far right activist.

Iranian activist speaks out against the war

Solidarity spoke to a young Iranian activist about the war

Trump’s imperialist strike on Iran risks backfiring

Donald Trump’s bombing of Iran was supposed to demonstrate the US’s military might, through punishing or even bringing down the Iranian regime.

Why US bombing won’t bring democracy to Iran

Donald Trump has denounced the Iranian government as “evil”. But US bombing and war will not bring democracy to Iran.

No to war, no to the Islamic Republic: freedom must come and will come from below in Iran

I oppose the Islamic Republic because it is a capitalist regime built on inequality and the denial of basic freedoms. But I also am also opposed to imperialist war against Iran, because foreign intervention has never brought democracy.

Iran—how workers’ revolution was thwarted in 1979

Mike Grewcock reviews a new book that looks at how workers played a key role in bringing down regimes in Iran, Poland and South Africa, but then lost out to other forces

Defying repression and police violence: Lessons from the 1978 Mardi Gras

Jean Parker looks at how the first Mardi Gras led to a campaign that won the right to march, as well as victories for LGBTIQ+ rights.

Defiant protests disrupt Albanese’s embrace of war criminal Isaac Herzog

Anthony Albanese invited Israeli President Isaac Herzog to visit in the hope of boosting support for Israel. Instead mass protests, and anger at police violence in Sydney, showed the continuing depth of opposition to the genocidal state.

Defiance at Uni Melb shows how to beat Palestine repression

In the wake of the Bondi attack, governments are attempting to repress the Palestine movement, with anti-protest laws, federal hate crime laws and plans to ban chants such as...

Liberals’ new leader stuck with same problems as One Nation gains at their expense

The Liberals have a new leader. But they’re still stuck with their old problems—and Angus Taylor isn’t going to dig them out of a deep hole.

New cost of living crunch as Labor and Reserve Bank hit workers

The Reserve Bank pushed interest rates back up in February, as workers face a new cost-of-living shock.

Violent police exist to protect capitalism and the rich

Violence against protests is not the result of rogue officers. It is part of the basic role of the police.

Dockworkers strike to stop arms to Israel

Tens of thousands of dockworkers across Europe and the Mediterranean shut down 21 major ports in a co-ordinated day of strike action in support of Palestine on 6 February.

Israel extends land grabs and genocide in West Bank

While Israel continues to massacre Palestinians in Gaza during the so-called “ceasefire”, at times killing over 20 people a day, it is also stepping up the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians in the West Bank.

Epstein files expose the rich and powerful and their sick system

The Epstein files expose the corruption and depravity of some of the world’s richest and most powerful people.

Resistance in Minneapolis forces back Trump’s racist violence

Trump’s ICE agents have unleashed an orgy of racist violence in Minneapolis, but also faced a city in virtual uprising against them, writes James Supple

Australia’s growing role in the US’s empire of bases—From Pine Gap to North West Cape

The expansion of US bases here locks Australia in as a key part of the US’s military machine, and its strategy for war with China, writes Tom Fiebig

How defiance defeated Bjelke’s protest ban—Lessons for the Palestine movement

Ian Rintoul looks at the campaign of defiance that ended Joh Bjelke-Petersen’s ban on street marches in Queensland and draws lessons for the Palestine movement today

Huge protests against visit of Israel’s President defy anti-protest laws and police violence

Albanese’s hopes that he could use Isaac Herzog’s visit to win sympathy for Israel after the Bondi attack have blown up in his face.

Stop work to stop racism: united action sends Hanson a warning

Pauline Hanson’s screening in Melbourne of the reactionary film A Very Progressive Movie was challenged when cinema workers walked off the job and joined an anti-racism rally.

Wins over protest rights and censorship show they won’t silence us on Palestine

Since the Bondi attack, there has been an onslaught from the media and politicians demanding a crackdown on protests for Palestine and blaming Muslims and migrants.

Defiance needed to push back attacks on Palestine movement and the right to protest

The terrorist attack in Bondi has been followed by an avalanche of new laws aimed at blaming the movement for Palestine.

Hundreds rally to defy NSW protest ban and say no to Herzog visit

Over 400 people gathered at Sydney Town Hall on Friday 16 January to rally against Chris Minns’ anti-protest laws and genocidal Israeli President Isaac Herzog’s planned visit to Australia.It...

What do we mean by Intifada?

Intifada usually refers to two popular uprisings by the Palestinians in Jerusalem, Gaza and the West Bank that shook the Israeli occupation.

Labor feeds racist scapegoating of Muslims and migrants for Bondi attack

In the wake of the Bondi attack, many migrants, particularly Arabs and Muslims, have faced an outpouring of racist bile on social media, in workplaces and on the streets.

One Nation surges as Labor paves the way for rise in racism

A January Newspoll is showing that One Nation has nearly quadrupled its support since May’s federal election.

Social media ban lets tech companies continue to spread toxic harm

Anthony Albanese’s social media ban for under 16-year-olds was a stunt designed to give a do-nothing government the appearance of taking action to protect kids.

Minneapolis rises up against Trump’s deportation raids after ICE murder

Minneapolis has become the latest flashpoint in the fight against Trump’s anti-immigrant campaign after ICE agents murdered Renee Good, a 37-year-old American citizen.

‘No King, No leader, No Trump’—Iran rises up in revolt

Iran’s Islamic Republic regime has faced its biggest challenge from below since the 1979 revolution toppled the Shah.

Trump’s colonial plan puts war criminals and billionaires in control of Gaza

Trump’s “ceasefire” hasn’t stopped Israel’s genocide in Gaza.

Strikes for Palestine and against arms spending across Europe

Europe has seen a series of strikes against the ongoing genocide in Gaza and surging military spending.

Maduro and the history of Venezuela’s popular uprising

Venezuela’s Bolivarian Revolution was a beacon for all those who wanted an alternative to neoliberalism and United States imperialism.

Naked imperialism and Trump’s new world order

Trump’s openly imperialist grab for resources and profits in Venezuela and elsewhere is a product of capitalist competition and the US’s declining position, argues Jack Stubley

The Cummeragunja walk-off: How workers backed struggle for Indigenous rights

Paddy Gibson looks at how unions and socialists provided support for one of the major struggles for Aboriginal rights and against the racist Protection system

Hands off Venezuela, no to Trump’s gangster invasion

Donald Trump has declared that US will “run” Venezuela after its military captured President Nicolas Maduro and his wife and launched airstrikes on the Latin American country.

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