Issue 193 - Mar

Fightback underway as hundreds of jobs face the axe at UTS and ANU

Up to 150 staff and students rallied at UTS on 12 March against plans for cuts to jobs and courses.

Turning point for CFMEU as High Court decision looms

The combination of the imminent High Court decision on the challenge to administration and the looming federal election means the Victorian Building Industry Group of unions delegates’ meeting on 26 March comes at a critical moment.

Labor’s Indigenous jobs program: where are the jobs?

Albanese promised his government would create “real jobs” for Indigenous people. Its new program offers only 700 jobs this year.

Warmongering panic over Chinese warships

Livefire exercises by two Chinese warships off Australia’s east coast led to howls of outrage across the mainstream media in February.

Trump wants a deal with Putin to loot Ukraine for US interests

Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance’s public dressing down of Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky at the Oval Office sent shockwaves across the Western political establishment.

Israel unleashes more terror on Gaza, aided by Trump and Albanese

Israel has flagrantly broken the terms of the ceasefire with Hamas, killing over 400 Palestinians, mostly women and children, as it renewed the bombing of Gaza.

Protests erupt across US following attempt to deport Mahmoud Khalil

There has been a wave of outrage following Donald Trump’s attempt to deport Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil.

Trump, imperialism and the new world order

Trump’s bullying and threats against US allies are part of a crude effort to restore US power, and a display of naked imperialism, writes James Supple

As the threat of Dutton looms: Why has Labor been such a failure?

Erima Dall looks at Labor’s drop in support and why it has disappointed its supporters.

Will Trump lead to a fascist America?

Adam Adelpour looks at the difference between fascism in power and other forms of far right politics, and the lessons from history on how to stop them

‘Our lives over their profits’—huge Greek general strike demands justice over train crash

Workers in Greece staged the country’s largest general strike in decades on the two-year anniversary of the Tempe train crash in 2023.

Germany—mainstream parties fuel the rise of fascist AfD

The racist AfD doubled its vote in the German election in February, finishing second with 20.8 per cent in the latest advance for the far right.

Serbian students and workers rock corrupt government

Huge student-led protests have rocked Serbia, with the potential to unseat the current regime.

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