Issue 1290

News

Residents in the Glebe public housing estate were letterboxed on November 11 about the demolition of their homes.听The next day, public housing residents in Eveleigh received a similar letter. Rachel Evans reports.

Allianz Adani protest

Coral Wynter reports on a campaign to pressure insurance company听Allianz听to withdraw all support for the controversial Adani-owned Carmichael coal mine.

Vigil for delivery riders

The deaths of five food delivery riders in just two months prompted unions organise a vigil outside the Sydney HQ of Uber Eats, reports Jim McIlroy.

The Gomeroi Nation has听put听the federal and New South Wales governments on notice for not听respecting听their rights听and听are saying听鈥渘o鈥 to a gas invasion of their听country, says 惭补谤颈补听'笔辞濒濒测'听颁耻迟尘辞谤别.

Human rights activists gathered to denounce the ongoing massacres and killings of social leaders in Colombia on November 21, reports Fred Fuentes.

War crimes protest

A snap protest听outside听Australian Department of Defence offices听called for the total withdrawal of troops to Afghanistan, reports Peter Boyle.

Longer Tables, not higher fences solidarity day, November 11. Photo: Alex Bainbridge

The iconic black and white banners displayed by refugees detained at the Kangaroo Point hotel听have been seized by Serco and/or Border Force, reports Alex Bainbridge.

Sydney Knitting Nannas are calling on NSW MPs to support a bid to outlaw gas licences that have expired, reports Pip Hinman.

Zebedee Parkes reports that community organisations and unions marched through Parramatta听to protest the NSW government鈥檚 plan to move the heritage-listed Willow Grove building.

Rachel Evans reports on a protest outside Silverwater Correctional Services to demand an end to strip searches on female detainees.

The federal government鈥檚 war on unions continues with the Australian Federal Police raid on CFMEU offices and official's homes in Sydney. Jim McIlroy reports.

Analysis

The federal police is听considering charging SAS soldiers for听war crimes. Pip Hinman argues听senior officers and politicians听responsible for the Afghan war听must also be held accountable.

Australia鈥檚 political history is a dark tapestry, woven from the repeated redrafting of truth with a litany of political lies, writes Suzanne James.

The systematic running-down of public housing by governments over a few decades is not news. However, in Western Australia the situation has become particularly desperate, writes Sam Wainwright.

Jacob Andrewartha reports on concerns that state funding for new public, as distinct from social, housing has not been included in the Victorian government's housing plan.

Australia鈥檚 role in Afghanistan wasn鈥檛 a contribution听to the cause of global peace or democracy:听it helped destroy a country, argues Nick Riemer.

Caroline de Costa,听Jacinta O'Leary听and听Jonathan Strauss discuss the federal government's ongoing attacks on refugees and rising resistance to this policy.

About 330,000 people听will be pushed into poverty when the coronavirus supplement is cut again on January 1, writes Peter Boyle.

Sue Bull reports on oil refinery Viva Energy's new plans for gas and a public bail-out.

Mat Ward was as pissed off as most people when Santos' coal seam gas project听was approved听in Narrabri, despite听98% of people opposing it. So he听decided to spend a few days cycling the area and meeting听the activists who are fighting back.

Mat Ward was as pissed off as most people when Santos' coal seam gas project听was approved听in Narrabri, despite听98% of people opposing it. So he听decided to spend a few days cycling the area and meeting听the activists who are fighting back.

Mat Ward听was as pissed off as most people when Santos' coal seam gas project听was approved听in Narrabri, despite听98% of people opposing it. So he听decided to spend a few days cycling the area and meeting听the activists who are fighting back.

An anti-coal seam gas mural on a building in Pilliga township.

Mat Ward听was as pissed off as most people when Santos' coal seam gas project听was approved听in Narrabri, despite听98% of people opposing it. So he听decided to spend a few days cycling the area and meeting听the activists who are fighting back.

World

John Pilger describes how class remains the most virulent disease in Britain, resulting in record levels of child poverty.

The Spanish government is being attacked from the right over its new education reforms, writes Dick Nichols.

west papua flag

The armed conflict in West Papua鈥檚 central highlands continues to deteriorate, costing the lives of innocent civilians, writes Human Rights and Peace for Papua.

A new documentary describing the background and aftermath of last year's West Papua protests has been launched, reports听Human Rights and Peace for Papua.

pill with money spilliing out

In Ireland and across much of the advanced capitalist countries the political class has decided to put all its eggs into the basket of a COVID-19 vaccine, rather than elimination, writes Dave Murphy, heralding mega profits for the major pharmaceutical companies.

Two weeks on from the US Presidential election and Donald Trump is still trying to cling to power, writes Malik Miah.

Culture

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Climate and Capitalism editor听Ian Angus presents seven new books to kick off your summer reading.

There鈥檚 a new comic book superhero in South Africa and she is fighting climate change, capitalism and COVID-19, write Mandy Moussoris and Dale McInley.

Alex Salmon reviews Catrine Clay's Good Germans, which focuses on six resisters, who risked their lives to oppose the Nazi regime in Germany from 1933-45.

Barry Healy reviews The Furnace 鈥 a road trip (by camel) mixed with a western-style shoot-鈥榚m-up centred on stolen gold.