Issue 196 - Jun

Resistance continues as Administration tightens grip on CFMEU

CFMEU Administrator Mark Irving has moved to tighten his grip on the union following Labor’s win in the federal election in May.

Savage new job cuts planned at UTS and Macquarie Uni

Universities across the country are rolling out savage job cuts.

Step forward for abortion access in NSW but major barriers remain

A bill aimed at improving abortion access has passed NSW Parliament, allowing nurses and midwives to prescribe abortion pills up to nine weeks gestation.

Israel openly plans ethnic cleansing as it starves Gaza

Israel’s genocide in Gaza is reaching its final monstrous stage.

Palestine protests sweep graduation ceremonies at US universities

Students in the US have defied growing repression to stage a wave of protests during graduation ceremonies in solidarity with Gaza.

PKK disbands but Kurdish fight for freedom not over

The Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) is disbanding, ending four decades of armed struggle against the Turkish state.

Capitalism and the politics of neurodiversity

Lucy Honan examines the politics of neurodiversity and argues that we need to fight the pressures capitalism places on people, not just look for individualised solutions.

1925-27: When China’s workers challenged for power

Griffin Phillips looks at the massive revolt that began in China 100 years ago and raised the possibility of real socialism based on workers’ power

EVs, tech industries and the US-China trade war

David Glanz looks at how China is trying to dominate high-tech manufacturing, and why its economic challenge to the US is spilling over into imperialist conflict

Demands for justice after another Aboriginal death at police hands in Alice Springs

Momentum is growing behind a campaign for Justice for Kumanjayi White, a 24-year-old Warlpiri man from Yuendumu killed by police in the Coles supermarket in Mparntwe-Alice Springs on Tuesday.

NSW Labor pushes ahead with plan to cut workers’ compensation despite union campaign

The whole union movement has united in condemnation of the NSW Government’s proposed changes to the workers' compensation scheme.

Hundreds of students join Sydney Uni SGM to reject antisemitism smears against Palestine protests

Over 200 students packed a Student General Meeting at the University of Sydney this week, rejecting the university's new definition of antisemitism and standing up its crackdown on protest.

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