Episode 8: 91自拍论坛 journalists Ben Radford and Isaac Nellist take you through the latest news from Australia and around the world.
Issue 1381
News
Hands off Glebe organised a snap action calling on the New South Wales Labor government to halt plans to demolish public housing. Jim McIlroy reports
Campaigners, members of parliament and councillors gathered on the steps of Parliament House听to urge听the Victorian government to improve public transport in the western suburbs.听Gabriel Di Falco听谤别辫辞谤迟蝉.
Protesters gathered on the steps of the Japanese consulate听to call on the Japanese government to stop funding fossil fuels.听Gabriel Di Falco reports.
A forum on the vast sums being spent on AUKUS and the war on China also discussed how to build the anti-war campaign. Jim McIlroy reports.
The High Court is hearing an appeal by Qantas that it did not unfairly sack baggage handlers, under the Fair Work, and outsource their jobs during the pandemic. Jim McIlroy 谤别辫辞谤迟蝉.听听听
Protesters converged on Minister for the Environment and Water Tanya Plibersek鈥檚 electorate office听after she approved a new coal mine in Central Queensland鈥檚 Bowen Basin. David Killingly reports.
Tamils rallied听to commemorate the massacre of tens of thousands of Tamils by the Sri Lankan armed forces in Mullivaikkal in the north of the island of Sri Lanka in May 2009. Chris Slee reports.
A protest is being planned when United States President Joe Biden听arrives for the Quad听summit听on May 24.听Karri Bramble reports.
One of the most significant battles in recent听working-class history was remembered at the annual May Day dinner to support 91自拍论坛 at Geelong Trades Hall. Sue Bull reports.
Thousands came out听across Australia听to commemorate the 75th anniversary of Al Nakba (the catastrophe)听in 1948 and call for justice.
Hundreds rallied and marched in Sydney, Gadigal land, to commemorate the 75th anniversary of Al Nakba. Video by听Peter Boyle.
Between 6000-7000 people protested in front of Parliament House to say 鈥渘o鈥 to a new football stadium 鈥 costing $715 million 鈥 in the heart of the waterfront. Robynne Murphy reports.
Unionists at Ballarat Trades Hall Council (BTHC) marked 75 years since the Nakba. Ron Guy reports.
Knitting Nannas and supporters were at听the NSW Supreme Court听to support Dominique Jacobs and Helen听Kvelde challenge to the undemocratic anti-protest laws. Rachel Evans reports.
First Nations people, farmers and communities across the Northern Territory have condemned NT Labor鈥檚 decision to approve exploration permits for shale gas fracking in the Beetaloo Basin. Pip Hinman reports.
About 500 members of the Australian Nursing & Midwifery Federation (ANMF) attended the union鈥檚 10th Health & Environmental Sustainability Conference. Jackie Kriz听reports.
Gender bias in the health system was discussed at a forum hosted by听Geelong Women Unionist Network (GWUN) and the Geelong Regional Library.听Jackie Kriz reports.
The South Coast Labour Council organised the听first big union protest听against Labor's AUKUS nuclear听submarines in Port Kembla. Jim McIlroy 谤别辫辞谤迟蝉.听
Thousands marched through Port Kembla to reject nuclear base plan, report Peter Boyle and Pip Hinman.
Analysis
Richard Marles has stated that the Defence Strategic Review recommended a 鈥渟eamless鈥 defence industrial base between Australia, the United States and Britain. Michelle Fahy reports.
It was notable that听听Treasurer Jim Chalmers didn鈥檛 mouth the words 鈥渃limate action鈥澨齱hile spruiking the budget. Alex Bainbridge argues that鈥檚 because it didn鈥檛 contain a听plan for the climate transition we need.
Forget the working stadia already in place and that Tasmania already plays AFL. No stadium,听no team,听the AFL said. Tasmanians disagree, as 叠颈苍辞测听碍补尘辫尘补谤办 reports.
Tributes to Stewart West听were powerfully worded, but hearing Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton honour him for the kinds of things they mostly do not do听made me angry.听Emily McGrath looks at the legacy of her late grandfather.
The听big lie at the heart of every budget it that it is a plan to manage the economy for the collective good of the nation, write听Peter Boyle 补苍诲听Paul Oboohov.
NTEU members struck and rallied at James Cook Universities鈥櫶齮wo larger campuses in Townsville and Cairns,听joining the union鈥檚听nationwide campaign. Jonathan Strauss reports.
Labor鈥檚 threat to slash-and-burn NDIS funding gives the lie to Jim听Chalmers鈥 claim that the budget would offer 鈥渕ore help for some of the most vulnerable in our community鈥, argues Graham Matthews.
Isaac Nellist writes that听Labor鈥檚 budget is a huge disappointment for many, but especially young people struggling with the cost-of-living crisis, surging rents and expensive education.
Labor's budget betrays renters, job seekers and people doing it tough. It leaves millions stuck in poverty while billionaires get tax cuts, argues Sue Bull.
The monarchy seems like an enormous Ponzi scheme听and now is the right time to talk about听a republic,听argues Tony Smith.
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PricewaterhouseCoopers is looking forward to the federal budget with dollar signs in its eyes, argues Liam Cross.
World
The Turkish general election on May 14 had mixed results, reports Peter Boyle. A run off for the presidential poll will take place on May 28, amid of electoral irregularities, while the far-right AKP failed to win a majority in the Assembly.
The people of Western Sahara听鈥 known as Africa's last colony听鈥斕齧arked听the 50th anniversary of the founding of their liberation organisation, the Polisario Front, on May 10, 1973, writes Ron Guy.
John Tamihere from Te P膩ti M膩ori (Maori Party) talks about the AUKUS military pact.
Rasti Delizo, an international affairs analyst, longtime socialist activist in the Philippines and former vice president of the Bukluran ng Manggagawang Pilipino (BMP, Solidarity of Filipino Workers) discusses听rising militarism in the Asia-Indo-Pacific region.
South Korea unions are fighting back against the right-wing Yoon Suk-yeol government, reports Clive Tillman. Strikes are planned for July on the back of record-breaking May Day mobilisations.
Marxist economist Michael A Lebowitz passed away at home on April 19. With his death, the international left has lost one of its most insightful and original thinkers, writes Federico Fuentes.
The situation in Pakistan is highly unstable and volatile, writes Farooq Tariq. The 'palace-intrigues' between the country鈥檚 political elite and military establishment has worsened already fragile economic conditions.
South Korea鈥檚 far-right President Yoon Suk Yeol is rushing South Korea headlong into the middle of the new Cold War that the United States is waging against China, argue Dae-Han Song and Alice S Kim.
Title 42 ends today at midnight, but the United States-led war on refugees will continue, as the policies that are replacing Title 42 are in many ways, much worse, writes Tamara Pearson.
This year鈥檚 May Day celebration in Cuba was interrupted by severe storms that knocked out electricity in much of the country, but this didn't dampen the spirits of more than 150 activists from the United States visiting on a solidarity delegation, reports Walter Smolarek.
Mohammad Sadeghpour examines the balance of power between the people and Iran's theocratic regime and the tactics being used to attempt to divert the historic people's uprising.
Newly released South Korean government documents reveal that the sexual exploitation of Korean women continued long after Japan鈥檚 colonial rule ended in 1945, reports Barry Sheppard.
Culture
Why will the generations born since the mid 1980s most likely be financially poorer than previous generations? Mick Bull looks at this and other questions posed by Alison Pennington in her new book Gen F鈥檇?
The Circle of Silence is a work of witness, remembrance and hope, writes Leo Earle.
Simon Butler reviews Ian Angus鈥檚 new book, The War Against the Commons, which vividly retells the story of how land that had been shared for centuries was privatised by force and deception in England, Wales and Scotland.
As we prepare to join the global Palestinian diaspora in remembering the ethnic cleansing of 1948,听Folke Bernadotte's personal story听illuminates Zionism in action, writes听Ken Blackman.
Film and TV writers began their strike on May 1 in Hollywood and New York, to demand a living wage and job security听amid an听explosion in profits in the streaming era, reports Malik Miah.