Palestine activist expelled at ANU
ANU has decided to expel student activist, Palestine supporter and participant in the encampment, Beatrice Tucker, for comments they made in an ABC radio interview.
Labor dancing to Dutton’s racist tune on immigration detainees—again
On 7 June, Immigration Minister Andrew Giles caved in yet again to the Coalition’s relentless racist campaigning against immigration detainees.
Reject Dutton’s racism—migrants aren’t to blame for housing crisis
Liberal opposition leader Peter Dutton is blaming migrants for the housing crisis gripping Australia but it is rich Australian investors and the government that are to blame.
CFMEU strikes for safety and conditions on Brisbane’s Cross River Rail
Construction workers on Brisbane’s $7 billion Cross River Rail project staged a one-week strike last month as part of a major dispute over substandard conditions.
NSW Labor funds coal power extension in climate failure
The Minns Labor government in NSW has struck a deal with Origin Energy to extend the life of the coal-fired Eraring power station from its original closure date of 2025 until 2027.
British Labour set for office as purge against the left continues
Britain’s Labour Party is a near certainty to win the snap general election on 4 July.
University of California workers strike for Palestine
More than 30,000 workers across six campuses of the University of California have taken weeks of strike action in solidarity with Palestine protests on campus.
Voters punish ruling ANC in South African election
The African National Congress, the party of Nelson Mandela, has slumped below 50 per cent of the vote for the first time in the general election held at the end of May.
Palestine movement can’t afford to dismiss Labor dissidents and unionists
Involving dissenting Labor members in the Palestine movement is necessary to pull in the large number of Labor supporters and unionists we need to win, argues Ian Rintoul
The Kanaky-New Caledonia revolt and imperialism in the Pacific
Riots in Kanaky-New Caledonia are a response to France’s attempts to rule out any hope of independence for the Indigenous people, writes Paddy Gibson.
Workers and the alternative to capitalism
The history of workers’ struggles shows the possibility of a socialism based on mass democratic control of society, writes Judy Cox
Public servants attacked over open letter opposing Israeli arms trade
More than 2000 public servants have signed an open letter since 30 May, condemning the Australian Government for its complicity in the Palestinian genocide.
