Artists’ protests win Khaled Sabsabi’s reinstatement
In a major about-face, Creative Australia has reinstated artist Khaled Sabsabi and curator Michael Dagostino as representatives of Australia at the 2026 Venice Biennale.
Kumanjayi Walker inquest exposes systemic racism in NT police
NT Coroner Elizabeth Armitage’s report lays bare the “entrenched, systemic and structural racism” at the heart of the NT Police including “normalised” usage of racist, violent language that paints Aboriginal people as subhuman.
Administration tightens grip but it’s not too late to defend the CFMEU
The two-day strike in Queensland following the High Court decision upholding Administration was fantastic. But with no similar response anywhere else in the country the Administration has moved quickly to tighten its grip on the union.
ANU fights back against savage cuts to jobs and courses
On Wednesday 30 July, more than 100 ANU students marched against the university’s proposed Renew ANU cuts.
South Australian toxic algae another climate disaster
A toxic algal bloom twice the size of the ACT is causing apocalyptic scenes in South Australia. Since March, the algal bloom is estimated to have killed almost 14,000 marine animals from more than 400 species.
Talisman Sabre exercises in Australia’s north prepare for war on China
This year’s instalment of the Talisman Sabre war games was the largest yet—designed to send a message to China about growing preparations for war.
Protest at security headquarters in Egypt shows rage over Gaza betrayal
On 25 July, young Egyptians launched a courageous action in solidarity with Gaza, exposing the appalling complicity of Abdel Fattah El-Sisi’s dictatorship in Israel’s genocide.
Syria’s new regime stirring sectarian tensions again
A new wave of sectarian violence has erupted in Syria, centred around the majority Druze area of Suweyda in the south.
Are ideas enough to change the world?
The dominance of right-wing ideas reflects capitalism’s control of society, writes Jacob Starling, but new ideas alone are not what drives social change, in the next article in our series on what socialists say
Forty years since the historic defeat: How union leaders blew it at SEQEB
James Supple looks at the lessons from the historic union defeat at SEQEB in 1985, when Joh Bjelke-Petersen took on the unions and won.
Is AI enabling a new age of misogyny?
Laura Bates’s new book The New Age of Sexism claims that violence against women is being ‘coded into the fabric’ of our future. But sexism has deeper roots than new AI technology argues Sarah Bates
Indigenous resistance and settler-colonialism
Paddy Gibson spoke to Stephen Gapps about his research on Indigenous resistance and his new book Uprising at this year’s Keep Left event
Albanese’s antisemitism envoy wants to silence opposition to genocide
Jillian Segal, Anthony Albanese’s appointed antisemitism envoy, has produced a series of Trumpian recommendations that have drawn widespread shock.
