Issue 1345

News

Justice for Palestine Meanjin has vowed to defy police restrictions on the right to march at next year's rally, reports Alex Bainbridge.

Researchers in Britain and refugees in Australia condemned the new offensive against refugees in Britain and across Europe.

Children by Choice released the following sign-on statement for reproductive rights and access to legal, safe, timely and compassionate abortion.

Peace groups organised a protest at Darling Harbour outside the 2022 Indo Pacific Expo naval arms bazaar. Video by听Peter Boyle.

Unionists and students have set up picket lines at the University of Sydney in support of their claim for permanency, First Nations employment targets听and reasonable workloads. Jim McIlroy reports.

GetUp has released how-to-vote recommendations for a number of seats in the coming election including in Leichhardt where Pat O'Shane is standing. Alex Bainbridge reports.

More than 50 protesters defied the rain听to call on听Deputy Premier and Minister for Regional New South Wales Paul Toole to end coal.听Charles Boag reports.

The Transport Workers Union has welcomed a full bench decision by the Federal Court听that Qantas鈥 outsourcing of nearly 2000 ground crew workers two years ago was illegal. Jim McIlroy reports.

Unionists and refugee activists gathered at the State Library to show solidarity with refugees who continue to be denied safety and security.

Analysis

Kicking out Morrison and electing a minority Labor government dependent on Greens support would open up political opportunities for progressive reform. But to ensure they win, we have to build our balance of power on the streets, argues Sam Wainwright.

Greens are waging a grassroots campaign to win Griffith

The Greens are waging an insurgent campaign to win the seat of Griffith. Alex Bainbridge reports.

Nicola and Andrew "Twiggy" Forrest.

听ABC鈥檚 Australian Story rehashed the billionaire philanthropy trope in its episode about听the second-richest person in Australia, Andrew "Twiggy" Forrest. Peter Boyle reports.

North Queensland has a rich socialist history, with women, migrants and First Nations people playing a big role. Renee Lees reports.

Superannuation tax concessions mostly help those on higher incomes and have an impact on the way the climate emergency is tackled. Andrew Chuter explains how.

The NSW听government has scrapped planning laws aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions during and after the construction of new apartments. Ben Radford reports.

The Arkadia Building in Alexandria, close to transport and opposite Sydney Park, is a model of what government-supported affordable housing could look like, argues Andrew Chuter.

While essential workers kept society running through the pandemic, governments and bosses worked assiduously to undermine their pay and conditions. Federico听Fuentes reports.

The latest episode of the 91自拍论坛 Show features Hayden Patterson, Amanda (from SayNo7) and Angela Carr听who discuss what sort of听welfare policy we need.

Suzanne James听asks Shayne Higson and Greg Connell for an听update on the stalled NSW Voluntary Assisted Dying bill.

World

Rosa Miriam Elizalde reports on the heroic actions of those who went out to save others after the Hotel Saratoga tragedy in Havana, Cuba.

Bong Bong Marcos

Reihana Mohideen discusses the May 9 election result in the Philippines, which saw the consolidation of rule by political dynasties and clans under the former Rodrigo Duterte regime.

The institutional integration of sports with the military has reproduced authoritarian sports cultures, writes听Janaka Biyanwila.听Popular protests demanding regime change are also about demilitarising the state.

Abortion rights protest in the US

The stake for Black women and the working class in the fight for abortion rights and to become equal and full citizens is existential, writes Malik Miah.

Elon Musk

If Elon Musk was in Russia, Western propaganda would call him an 鈥渙ligarch鈥, but since he is in the United States he is referred to as a 鈥渧ery successful businessman鈥, writes Barry Sheppard.

Robert Golob

To discuss the significance of the recent election result in Slovenia and what it might mean for the left, we spoke with Miha Kordi拧 from the radical left party, Levica.

Culture

Artworks

An art auction will help raise funds for Socialist Alliance candidate Pat O'Shane, reports Jonathan Strauss.

Mohammed Bin Salman and Greg Norman

The rebranding of Saudi Arabia's blood-stained image using sports has been spearheaded by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, palace coup plotter and figure behind the butchering of dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi, writes Binoy Kampmark.

Failures of Command book cover

Alex Salmon reviews Failures of Command, a book about a family's search for truth about their son's death just two months after his deployment to Afghanistan in 2012.