Issue 204 - Feb

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.

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