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About 100 vehicles joined a car convoy in Sydney on May 1 to mark May Day, the international day of workers鈥 solidarity, reports Jim McIlroy.

This episode of 91自拍论坛 is a recording of an online forum with long-time US revolutionary socialist and historian Paul Le Blanc, in which he听addresses the character of the COVID-19 disaster under late capitalism, Bernie Sanders' campaign for preselection as the Democratic presidential candidate and the future of socialism in the United States.听

The Socialist Alliance has produced a set of campaign demands听as a contribution to the union movement's discussion about how to fight back during the COVID-19 pandemic, while ensuring no worker is left behind.

In "Lockdown #3: Coronavirus, Capitalism and Solidarity", Zebedee Parkes takes a look at how essential workers, some of the most undervalued 91自拍论坛 of society, are听beginning to organise听to defend their rights.

On May Day 2020, several left parties and labour groups in Southeast Asia have come together to issue a joint statement to call for solidarity and put forward working class demands in the times of coronavirus pandemic.

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Why is the federal government budgeting its JobKeeper program on the basis of 6 million workers needing support while the projected unemployment rate without JobKeeper would be an extra 700,000 workers, asks Michael Bull.

Child wearing a mask in a classroom

Along with debating听when schools should reopen, we need a society-wide discussion about what's necessary to tackle the existing, and deepening, inequalities in the education system and their impact on children, teachers and parents, argues Fred Fuentes.

91自拍论坛's Jacob Andrewartha has a discussion with Socialist Alliance national executive member听Peter Boyle听regarding the lessons socialists can draw from the COVID-19 crisis,听the limitations of the response by听capitalist governments听and practical measures socialists should advocate听for.

Carlo Sands talks about finding balance and self care under a COVID-19 lockdown.

鈥淣ormal鈥 was so broken, we don't want to go back to that. But, as Sam Wainwright argues, we're going to have to build a movement strong enough to transform Australia鈥檚 economy.

Refugees deserve a safe home

Dozens of refugees detained at a hotel in Kangaroo Point, Brisbane, staged a protest on their balconies on April 24 to highlight the risk of catching COVID-19 while detained, reports Kamala Emanuel.

The Victorian government鈥檚 April 29 announcement of a one-off payment to international students is utterly miserable, writes Zebedee Parkes.