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After two years of campaigning, and amid threats to cancel the enterprise agreement,聽the聽Maritime Union of Australia has reached an聽agreement with Patrick Stevedores. Jim McIlroy reports.

Walden Bello

The Party of the Labouring Masses and Fight of the Masses聽are jointly fielding a slate of candidates in the May 9 national elections in the Philippines. Vice presidential candidate聽Walden Bello spoke at the election platform launch.

Climate activists Petrina Harley and Alex Salmon are running for the Socialist Alliance in the WA Senate while聽Sam Wainwright is standing for聽the seat of Fremantle. Janet Parker reports.

Anti-war protest in the United States. Photo: Code Pink/Twitter

The United States and its backing of far-right forces in Ukraine聽is the biggest impediment to peace, writes聽Barry Sheppard.

The聽Hobart City Council has added to the pressure on the federal government to release refugees from indefinite聽detention in the Park Hotel prison in Melbourne. Chloe DS reports.

Paula Sanchez, who is running for the Socialist Alliance in the NSW Senate, has called on the public to back the nurses鈥 strike on February 15. Pip Hinman reports.

If we needed more proof that the 鈥渞eligious discrimination鈥 bill was anything more than an attempt to discriminate against the LGBTIQ community, the Australian Christian Lobby provided it, argues聽Petrina Harley.

Justice for Amir Locke

Protesters again took to the streets of Minneapolis, Minnesota 鈥 where George Floyd was murdered by cops in 2020 鈥 demanding justice for a young Black man killed by the police, reports Malik Miah.

Scott Morrison has temporarily shelved its 鈥淩eligious Discrimination Bill鈥, after a public outcry. This video footage, by Peter Boyle, was taken聽at a聽protest聽organised by Community Action for Rainbow Rights.

Adele Welsh argues聽that no matter how it is dressed up, the聽'let it rip' approach to the pandemic has caused untold harm to families, workplaces and communities.

The propaganda war against China and Russia got a whole lot worse in the past week. The very real danger of war either in our region, or in Europe, was made abundantly clear, argues William Briggs.