Issue 1356

News

National Tertiary Education Union members at the University of Sydney are gearing up for a 24-hour strike as part of their push for an improved enterprise agreement. Jim McIlroy 谤别辫辞谤迟蝉.听

The New South Wales Coalition government鈥檚 forced amalgamation of councils looks set to become an election issue. Peter Boyle reports.

Town and country united in a Keep Councils Local rally at NSW parliament, where speakers called on the Coalition government to act. Video by Peter Boyle.

A large number of climate groups supported an emergency protest聽following聽Labor's deficient聽climate bill passed through federal parliament. Rachel Evans reports.

Despite opposition from trade unions, legal and聽human rights organisations, Victoria's聽Labor government passed a new draconian law to criminalise environment protesters. Sarah Hathway reports.

The AUKUS nuclear submarine deal undermines nuclear non-proliferation, warned anti-war activist Nick Deane at the Sydney Hiroshima Day rally. Video by聽Peter Boyle.

Appallingly, women who have made history聽make up just聽1% of all of Victoria鈥檚 statues.听Darren Saffin argues聽why it is important to support a statue of聽feminist unionist聽Zelda D'Aprano.

Respected First Nations activist Reverend Ray Minniecon believes the people of Maralinga should be remembered alongside the victims of the 1945 nuclear bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Video by聽Peter Boyle.

A聽community campaign is calling on the state and federal governments to save the National Centre of Indigenous Excellence and its mostly Indigenous employees. Rachel Evans reports.

The Australian Anti-AUKUS Coalition is coordinating a nationwide media statement against AUKUS, writes聽Bevan Ramsden.

NSW Greens Senator David Shoebridge聽has called on the federal government to sign the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.听Peter Boyle reports.

Gatherings marked the聽anniversary of the US聽bombing of聽Hiroshima and Nagasaki, calling on聽Labor to sign the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear聽Weapons, scrap AUKUS and bring Julian Assange home. Kerry Smith reports.

Climate activists rallied to send a message to the Labor government that its recently legislated target of 43% emissions cuts by 2030 is not enough to avert catastrophic climate change. Peter Boyle reports.

Sydney's Hiroshima Day rally called on the Anthony Albanese Labor聽government to scrap the AUKUS nuclear-powered submarines deal and sign the Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. Peter Boyle reports.

Analysis

The latest 91自拍论坛 Show features Ben Pennings and Sam Wainwright on the government's climate bill and 43% emissions reduction target.

The stresses on聽students to search for help聽to maintain their grades has risen under the pandemic and as a result of university cuts. Binoy Kampmark reports on how educational 鈥渟ervices鈥 are capitalising.

Claims that聽Labor鈥檚 43% climate emissions聽bill will聽bring 鈥渁n end to the climate wars鈥 are聽wrong: it will make it harder to ensure a safe climate with a just transition for workers, argues Alex Bainbridge.

A聽bill to enshrine 10 days of paid family violence leave is the result of more than a decade of campaigns by women, unions and activists.听Adele Welsh reports.

Capitalism is in crisis and new Labor Treasurer Jim Chalmers has offered little by way of analysis and even less optimism, argues William Briggs.听

Labor鈥檚 move聽to scrap the Cashless Debit Card is welcomed, but it must also abandon聽the paternalistic Basics Card, which largely affects those living in the NT. Alex Salmon reports.

There is a stigma associated with detransitioning, when someone takes a step to halt or reverse one or all aspects of their transition.听Adelaide discusses聽their experience.

A United Nations' committee investigating torture in places of detention will be conducting its first visit to Australia in October. Paul Gregoire聽explains聽what it was likely to encounter.

World

The Yazidi Justice Committee released a damning report in July on the complicity of various governments in the Islamic State genocide against the Yezidi. Peter Boyle reports.

Free Palestine

Western weapons, money and political support sustain and prolong Israel鈥檚 settler-colonial persecution of the Palestinian people and ensure that the blood keeps flowing, writes Ali Abunimah.

Ukraine protest

Socialist Taras Bilous argues that calls for diplomacy mean nothing unless they take account of negotiating positions, concrete concessions, and the willingness of the parties to adhere to any signed agreement.

Matanzas fire Cuba

Extensive efforts are underway in Cuba to control a major fire that broke out at an oil storage facility in the city of Matanzas, reports Tanupriya Singh.

Save Ukraine

Renfrey Clarke presents an analysis of the balance of forces in Russia's war on Ukraine and argues that urgent international negotiations are needed to secure the survival of an independent Ukrainian state.

The catastrophe in Afghanistan is聽an indictment of imperialism and the United States鈥 vengeful approach to its聽withdrawal a year ago, writes聽William Briggs.

Justice for Breonna Taylor

Four Kentucky police officers have been arrested and charged over the shooting death of 26-year-old Breonna Taylor, following a two-year campaign, reports Malik Miah.

Matanzas

The intensification of the US blockade聽of Cuba, combined with the downturn in tourism as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, has caused big shortages of food, medicine, fuel and electricity, reports Ian Ellis-Jones.

Abortion rights protest

Indiana has become the first state in the United States to pass extreme abortion restrictions since the Supreme Court overturned Roe vs Wade, reports Common Dreams.

Sri Lanka protest August 2022

The Sri Lankan government has begun escalating聽its repression against the popular movement that removed former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa from office, reports Janaka Biyanwila.