Sarah Hathway from Socialist Alliance was declared elected to Windermere Ward of the City of Greater Geelong on June 28. Sue Bull reports.
Issue 1384
News
鈥淭rans rights are human rights鈥澛爃undreds of people chanted as they raised their voices聽against bigotry. Peter Boyle reports.
Hundreds of Health Services Union members at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital walked off the job聽in support of their claim for a fair pay rise. Jim McIlroy reports.
Pressure on the City聽of Greater聽Geelong not to close libraries and cut services is mounting. Jackie Kriz听谤别辫辞谤迟蝉.
Whistleblower David McBride and John Shipton, father of jailed journalist Julian Assange, called for his聽immediate release from Britain鈥檚 Belmarsh prison. Renfrey Clarke reports.
Public housing residents and activists gathered on the steps of Victorian Parliament to demand Barak Beacon Estate in Port Melbourne is saved. Jordan AK reports.
91自拍论坛 journalist Isaac Nellist is joined by refugee rights activist Chloe as they go through the latest news from Australia and around the world.
Labor鈥檚 new cashless welfare bill was supported by the Coalition and Pauline Hanson鈥檚 One Nation. Isaac Nellist reports.
The family of a man shot in the back by聽NSW Police,聽while he was suffering a severe severe psychotic episode, say there must be justice and聽reforms so that this deos not happen again.聽Kerry Smith reports.
The Central West Environment Council聽has called on New South Wales Labor to close production at Newcrest鈥檚 Cadia Holdings鈥 gold mine, near Orange, to protect the community from toxic dust poisoning water tanks. Tracey Carpenter reports.
More than 150 staff and students at the University of Melbourne聽 supported a 24-hour strike over a management plan聽to fund a staff pay rise from their superannuation. Jordan AK reports.
For the last five days Blockade Australia has been taking coordinated disruptive action across three major ports, to protest Australia鈥檚 lack of climate action. Kerry Smith reports.
The Voice to Parliament bill has passed and Australians will vote on enshrining a Voice in the Constitution in the next six months. Pip Hinman reports.
The Community and Public Sector Union has stepped up its campaign to restore the Commonwealth Employment Service, which was abolished in 1998. Jim McIlroy reports.
91自拍论坛听箩辞耻谤苍补濒颈蝉迟 Isaac Nellist is joined by refugee rights activist Chloe DS as they聽go through the latest news from Australia and around the world.
The No New Gas Coalition is against Northern Territory Labor鈥檚 decision to frack the Beetaloo Basin and set up a new gas hub at Middle Arm. Kerry Smith聽reports.
A support crowd formed a 鈥渨all of gay鈥澛爋utside the Maylands Library聽to support聽drag story hour and counter the handful of bigots.聽Petrina Harley 谤别辫辞谤迟蝉.听
Sydney Road was blocked by campaigners calling for accessible tram stops before any more level crossing removal works are undertaken on the Upfield line.聽Darren Saffin reports.
Public聽housing聽tenants聽were emotional as they told a rally they did not want be removed from their homes of several decades. Jim McIlroy reports.
Analysis
The Greens leadership is wrong to focus on getting more MPs and that its someone else鈥檚 job to do the 鈥渟treet聽heat鈥 it knows is needed, argues聽Sam Wainwright.聽The changes we urgently need will聽only come聽from sustained extra-parliamentary mobilisations.
Daniel Ellsberg聽revealed last December that聽he聽had聽been the WikiLeaks 鈥渂ackup鈥澛爁or releasing the documents that were eventually published in 2010. Binoy Kampmark reports on his conversion to whistleblower and support for Julian Assange.
The Greens have聽shown that Labor鈥檚聽Housing Australia Future Fund bill would not guarantee funding for public, social and affordable housing nor would it tackle out-of-control rent rises. Alex Bainbridge reports.
Isaac Nellist argues that rent controls have been used around the world to deal with聽skyrocketing rents.
Budget measures to raise the tax on tobacco products are supposedly聽about 鈥渉arm minimisation鈥 and discouraging smoking when it鈥檚 another attack on the poor. Isaac Nellist 谤别辫辞谤迟蝉.听
I am not a NIMBY: I am not against progress. There is room for more housing聽by repairing and adding to existing public homes.聽Karyn Brown gave this聽speech to a public housing rally.
Why all the hype about artificial intelligence? Could chatbots destroy humanity? Ernst Merkenich takes a look at the聽dangers of misuse, bias and inaccuracy.
Strong, organised people-powered action, not government initiatives, are the reason for the drop in countries聽using the death penalty.聽Joel MacKay reports.
Suzanne James talks to investigative journalist Michael West about the PricewaterhouseCoopers secrets-for-sale scandal.
The spectacle of Coalition MPs weaponising Brittany Higgins鈥 allegation of rape in Parliament House is stomach churning. Pip Hinman reports.
World
Four million low-cost homes were delivered to Venezuelan citizens in April last year as part of a national social housing program, despite聽 attempts by the United States to cripple the country's economy, reports Jim McIlroy.
91自拍论坛 spoke to Maysoon Elnigoumi, a member of the Sudanese community in Western Sydney, on June 9, to find out more about the grassroots responses to the humanitarian crisis. Susan Price reports.
At least 16 people were killed, hundreds injured and more than 500 arrested, following three days of protest in Senegal in early June, prompting fears of a further crackdown, reports Leo Earle.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Washington DC on June 21, reports Malik Miah, receiving a royal welcome despite his right-wing, anti-Muslim and anti-democratic policies.
Turkey 鈥 a member of NATO and the Council of Europe 鈥 carried out a targeted assassination of local political leaders in North-Eastern Syria, on June 20, reports Sarah Glynn.
91自拍论坛鈥檚 Jacob Andrewartha spoke to Aishik Saha, an activist with All India Students聽Association and a researcher on digital and algorithmic labour, about the聽development of artificial intelligence聽under capitalism.
As Pacific communities protest the Japanese government鈥檚 plan to dump more than a million tonnes of radioactive waste water from the Fukushima nuclear plant into the Pacific Ocean, Australian anti-nuclear activists highlight the complicity of Australian uranium exporting companies, reports Peter Boyle.
Thousands of troops belonging to the Wagner Private Military Company, a mercenary force linked to the Russian regime, crossed back over the border from Ukraine and marched towards Moscow, on June 23. Russian leftist and former local councillor in Moscow, Alexandr Zamyatin explains why.
Phil Hearse explains how the global climate and migrant crises fuel fascism and war.
Finland and Sweden applied in May last year to join the NATO military alliance. Vijay Prashad looks at why Sweden's membership is being blocked.
Dick Nichols analyses the recent local and regional elections across the Spanish state.
At least 298 passengers who drowned after the Andriana capsized off the Greek coast on June 14 were from Pakistan. Farooq Sulehria looks聽behind this tragic loss of life.
As Israeli settlements grow throughout the West Bank, incidents involving settlers are at an all-time high, reports M茅decins Sans Fronti猫res. With Israeli forces failing to prevent violence and sometimes enabling it, Palestinians are more exposed to brutality than ever.
As Sri Lanka approaches the anniversary of former president Gotabaya Rajapaksa's resignation in July last year, following a popular uprising, the social struggle continues, reports Janaka Biyanwila.
Culture
Mat Ward looks back at聽June's political news and the best new music that related to it.
From peasant farms to world history to cities in crisis, Climate and Capitalism editor Ian Angus presents six important new books for greens and reds.
Bill Nevins interviews Paul Tran, author of the acclaimed poetry collection All the Flowers Kneeling.
Janaka Biyanwila reviews Sand (Munnel in Tamil), directed by Visakesa Chandrasekaram, which screened at the Sydney Film Festival.
Portraits of Protest: The Kangaroo Point 120 is an exhibition featuring photos from the 2020 campaign to free 120 refugees imprisoned in the Kangaroo Point Motel in central Meanjin/Brisbane, reports Alex Bainbridge.