Activists have successfully prevented the eviction of a disability pensioner听from his home 鈥 for now.听Alex Bainbridge reports.
Issue 1349
News
Brisbane City Council has听charged Greens councillor Jonathan Sri in connection with a protest in the Queen Street Mall in September 2020. Alex Bainbridge reports.
The first听鈥淔ridays4Forests鈥 protest outside听NSW Parliament House was organised to highlight the plight of koalas and native forests. Kerry Smith reports.
Following the Fair Work Commission鈥檚 decision to raise the minimum wage, welfare groups are calling on the Labor government to immediately lift welfare payments above the poverty line. Isaac Nellist reports.
The Gomeroi听people, farmers and climate activists have slammed Resources Minister Madeleine King鈥檚 push听to fast-track the controversial Narrabri coal seam gas (CSG) project. Jim McIlroy reports.
Activists, unions and the new NSW Greens Senator David Shoebridge spoke at a听public meeting on how to resist AUKUS and a war with China. Jim McIlroy听谤别辫辞谤迟蝉.
Inner West Labor councillors voted to put a problematic demerger business case on public exhibition, against the wishes of Greens and Independent councillors who said it needed more work. Peter Boyle reports.
The Kurdish community听and their supporters听joined a global day of action against Turkey鈥檚 war on the Kurds. Chloe DS reports.
Analysis
The suspension of the national electricity market points to the need to learn from the past.听The whole idea of having an energy market for a commodity that everyone needs听is a scam, argues Pip Hinman.
The Albanese government's plan to push ahead with the purchase of nuclear submarines as part of the AUKUS deal is an extraordinary waste, writes Peter Boyle.
A new judicial inquiry into gay and transgender hate crimes听from 1970 to 2010听will look into the indifference of the听NSW Police.听Rachel Evans reports.
Indian-Australians and anti-racist supporters are continuing to organise against听the Hindutva hate movement being promoted in Australia.听Rachel Evans reports.
Confusingly, Labor's Defence Minister Richard Marles told the Shangri-la Dialogue that Australia needs a听good relationship with China while also听letting it be known he supports听the United States' anti-China campaign. William Briggs reports.
The federal government will spend听$48.6 billion on the military. This, we are told, is to keep us safe. But, as 奥颈濒濒颈补尘听叠谤颈驳驳蝉 argues,听many are feeling decidedly unsafe. Our fear is real as we wonder听how to keep warm, pay the bills and听keep a roof over our heads?
Labor has said it will听work听with local communities 鈥on better local solutions鈥 to the cashless debit card, leaving it a little ambiguous. Alex Bainbridge argues that all income management听needs to听stop.
World
As our world spirals toward the catastrophe of nuclear war, there has never been a greater need for a new global balancing and a rejection of great power war, exploitation and aggression, writes Kate Hudson.
Pedro Castillo came to power on a leftist platform with the support of Peru鈥檚 poorest people. In response, anti-democratic forces and their powerful capitalist backers have dedicated themselves to ousting Castillo ever since, writes Ben Radford.
Algeria has suspended its treaty of 鈥渇riendship, good-neighbourliness and cooperation鈥 with Spain due to its听public acceptance of Moroccan sovereignty over Western Sahara, writes Dick Nichols.
Reihana Mohideen听explains听why the May 9 Philippine elections represented a consolidation of the power of political dynasties and clans in the country and the left's call for a 鈥渂road, united front鈥 against the result.
Some claim the fighting in Ukraine is nothing more than a 鈥減roxy war鈥 between Washington and Moscow. On this basis, they deny Ukrainians their right to self-determination and self-defence. This view is mistaken, argue听Geoff Mirelowitz and Argiris Malapanis.
US President Joe Biden is attempting to recreate a unipolar world dominated by the US, first by defeating Russia and then China. Anti-war forces should be demanding a negotiated settlement with Russia now, thwarting Biden鈥檚 imperial goals, argues Barry Sheppard.听
A Bolivian court has found Jeanine 脕帽ez and former police and military chiefs guilty for their role in crimes committed during the coup against then-president Evo Morales in November 2019, reports Peoples Dispatch.
By any objective measure, the ninth Summit of the Americas, hosted by the United States in Los Angeles from June 6鈥10, was a failure, writes听Ian Ellis-Jones.
The first flight from Britain to Rwanda filled with asylum seekers will, unless the Court of Appeal rules otherwise, take off on June 14, writes听Binoy Kampmark.听
Despite ongoing protests, shortages, 40% inflation and a historic debt default, Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa says he will finish his term.听His statement comes amid a wave of mass arrests of peaceful protestors, reports听Janaka Biyanwila.
Culture
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Jim McIlroy reviews The Catastrophe听辞蹿 Ukrainian Capitalism, which tackles the reality of modern Ukraine, providing essential background to the political and economic state of the country in the lead up to Russia鈥檚 invasion.
Julian Assange is being held at Belmarsh, Britain鈥檚 most secure and infamous prisons,听and crushed by judicial procedure. But, as听Ithaka shows, in his听supporters, he has some vestigial reminders of a life outside, writes听Binoy Kampmark.
鈥淜eep Community Strong鈥 has been chosen as the theme for 3CR鈥檚 annual fundraising Radiothon. Throughout June, 3CR听is are asking listeners and supporters to make a donation, writes听Rachel Kirby.
Denis Rogatyuk reviews听Latin American Extractivism,听a compilation of articles analysing the political economy of resource nationalism and policies of natural resource extraction by left-wing and right-wing governments in the region.