Issue 1302

News

Hundreds of people joined a rally on Parliament Lawns in Hobart to call for whistleblower Julian Assange to be freed and support public interest journalism, reports Tristan Sykes.

First Nations organisations have strongly criticised the NT government鈥檚 proposals to get 鈥渢ough鈥 on young people who re-offend, saying it will drive more Aboriginal children into prison, writes听Pip Hinman.

LGBTI activists and supporters have vowing to continue the campaign for next-of-kin recognition for same-sex couples. Matt Haubrick and Rose Matthews report.

Geelong Trades Hall Council is looking to address the region's lack of jobs by issuing听a call for interested parties to start an Environmental Jobs Alliance. Sue Bull reports.

An Aboriginal flag flying at half mast.Photo: Kazadams/Wikimedia Commons

Moreland City Council has voted to fly the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander flags at half-mast each year on January 26 and National Sorry Day on May 26, reports Jacob Andrewartha.

Community and Public Sector Union members working in Parliament House are demanding greater workplace safety and respect, reports Kerry Smith.

Trade union choir at Jack Mundey's memorial. Photo: Jill Hickson.

Former Builders Labourer's Federation听leader听Jack Mundey, who听pioneered the green ban, was given a rousing state send off at Sydney Town Hall. Rachel Evans reports.

Extinction Rebellion organised a series of civil disobedience actions in Perth, calling for urgent action to stop climate change. Alex Salmon reports.

91自拍论坛 30th anniversary event March 27 2021

91自拍论坛 is turning 30! Have a read of the many听messages of support we have received from around the world.

Independent Iraqi journalist Abeer Hasan Al Anitold a gathering to mark the invasion of Iraq that the听promises of freedom, democracy and prosperity the Iraqis longed for have never come true. Peter Boyle reports.

The Kurdish community in Australia held a Newroz (Kurdish New Year) celebration in NSW Parliament House, Peter Boyle reports.

Analysis

The end of the JobKeeper program means that up to 500,000 jobs are at risk. Jim McIlroy argues that plenty of secure jobs could be created if there was a mass campaign to redirect public funds to expand the public sector.

NSW Greens MLC Jamie Parker speaks at a rally for democracy in Myanmar, in Sydney.

Why is Australia so soft in its response to the military coup in Myanmar?听Jamie Parker听speaks to听91自拍论坛听about听this question.

Reporting a male Coalition staffer's bad behaviour as 鈥渓ewd鈥 downplays the systematic nature of sexism and misogyny, argues Alison Pennington.

Resourcing precariously employed workers to become organised, gain a voice and demand change, means changing the way unions organise, writes Josh Cullinan.

Jackie Kriz writes that听the #March4Justice movement needs to keep听mobilising if it wants its听demands to be met.

Murrumbidgee River. Photo: Tracey Carpenter

The ongoing听injustices听and dispossession of听First Nations peoples can be seen in the devastating impact听of stolen听water rights. But, writes Tracey Carpenter, some changes have been won in Victoria.

We are being told by some that the floods devastating NSW and Queensland听are a 鈥渙nce-in-a-hundred year event鈥. They're not.听They are a reminder of the dangers of extreme weather events brought on by climate change, writes Pip Hinman.

Jocelynne Scutt and Kamala Emanuel discuss the meaning, the merits and the limits of the "rule of law",听Christian Porter's defamation case against the ABC and how the "justice" system should听deal with rape and sexual assault.

World

The Dutch election in mid-March was a shift to the right. One of the great mistakes of the Dutch left in the period leading up to this election was that, while it was already at an all-time low in the polls, it did not prioritise its own narrative, writes Alex De Jong.

John McEvoy and Nathalia Urban discuss vaccine imperialism in Latin America.

Left parties from the Asia-Pacific region have spoken out in solidarity with the pro-Kurdish Peoples鈥 Democratic Party,听which is听in the process of being banned听in Turkey,听reports听Peter Boyle.

Socialists around the world have paid tribute听to veteran Canadian Marxist Ernie Tate, writes Alex Bainbridge.听

Unidos Podemos leader Pablo Iglesias will head the party's听list in Madrid's regional elections, writes Dick Nichols. But will Madrid's working class mobilise in numbers to support the left and prevent a听far-right victory?

Lee Tan speaks to 91自拍论坛听about Australian rare earth company Lynas' plan to听build a permanent dump for its toxic waste in a pristine rainforest in Malaysia.

Anti*Capitalist Resistance activists reflect on the police attack on a women鈥檚 vigil in South London.

Anti-racist protests took place in cities across the United States following the murder of six Asian women in Atlanta, Georgia in what was a racist hate crime,听writes Malik Miah.

United States President Joe Biden administration regards China's economic rise as an "existential threat" to the US Empire, writes Barry Sheppard.

Culture

Climate and Capitalism editor Ian Angus introduces six new books that are worth reading 鈥 and one that isn鈥檛.

Jazz is quintessentially American music. But, as听Barry Healy writes, the story of jazz is a harrowing tale of racism and criminal violence stretching through to the present day.听