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Qld elections: Liberal, Labor ‘law and order’ push is thinly disguised racism

Alex Bainbridge — Tue, 22 Oct 2024 12:00:00 +1100

A week out from the October 26 Queensland election, the two major parties are doubling down on their racist law and order campaign, despite experts warning of social problems worsening without structural reform. Alex Bainbridge reports.

Sink Labor’s racist refugee bill

Sue Bull — Thu, 04 Apr 2024 14:30:00 +1100

Labor's draconian bill, which would allow the immigration minister to send asylum seekers back to countries where they could be killed, is one of the worst decisions it has made since being elected, argues Sue Bull.

Holocaust survivor: Israel is turning Gaza into a 'death camp'

Suzanne Weiss — Wed, 15 Nov 2023 11:00:00 +1100

Suzanne Weiss, a Jewish Holocaust survivor, socialist activist and author, condemned Israel for turning Gaza into a “death camp”.

Greens: Reboot '23

Richard Boult — Fri, 01 Sep 2023 08:49:31 +0000

Come along to Reboot - a free festival of utopian-realist ideas next Sunday 3rd September. Hear from our stellar lineup of speakers covering topics spanning climate, housing, AUKUS and much more!

United States: Medical racism and corporate exploitation

Malik Miah — Mon, 21 Aug 2023 14:15:00 +1000

Cancer victim Henrietta Lacks’ family reached an out of court settlement with medical company Thermo Fisher Scientific in the United States on August 2, related to the unauthorised use of her cervical cancer cells in medical research since the 1950s, reports Malik Miah.

The struggle after the Voice referendum

Peter Boyle — Wed, 16 Aug 2023 14:30:00 +1000

First Nations activists supporting the progressive No case say Labor could make practical reforms now, without a referendum. Peter Boyle argues that, regardless of the referendum outcome, the struggle for First Nations’ justice will have to continue.

Neo-Nazi sentenced to jail for attack on anti-racists’ home

Kerry Smith — Tue, 21 Feb 2023 15:00:00 +1100

Neo-Nazi extremist Desmond Liddington has been sentenced for his part in an attack on the home of anti-racists. Kerry Smith reports.

United States: White soldier discharged for lying on high security form, not for wanting to kill Black people

Malik Miah — Tue, 13 Sep 2022 17:45:00 +1000

Twenty-one-year-old white supremacist and soldier Killian Ryan was arrested and discharged from the army for lying on a form, but his threats to kill Black people were seemingly overlooked, reports Malik Miah.

The cult of Winston Churchill, racist legacies and Anglophone colonial nostalgia

Rupen Savoulian — Fri, 02 Sep 2022 16:00:00 +1000

No other British prime minister is as lionised to the point of deification as Winston Churchill. Rupen Savoulian looks behind the cult of personality.

United States: Abortion rights sent back to a time ‘worse than before Roe’

Barry Sheppard — Tue, 05 Jul 2022 12:15:00 +1000

The full implications of the United States Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe vs Wade are just beginning to be understood, writes Barry Sheppard.

Pat O’Shane: ‘Racists should be put last’

Renee Lees — Wed, 04 May 2022 12:00:00 +1000

Kuku Yalanji woman Pat O’Shane is calling on voters to put the Liberal National MP Warren Entsch last on the ballot given his support for the racist One Nation party. Renee Lees reports.

United States: Black workers sue Tesla over systemic racism

Malik Miah — Wed, 06 Apr 2022 12:45:00 +1000

Tesla is being sued in a class action in the United States over a shocking racist culture and practice, reports Malik Miah.

Pandemic fuels rise in anti-Asian racism

Pip Hinman — Thu, 29 Jul 2021 15:45:00 +1000

A second report on COVID-19-driven anti-Asian racism by the Asian Australian Alliance makes chilling reading. Pip Hinman reports.

How capitalism creates racism

Jacob Andrewartha — Thu, 18 Feb 2021 15:15:00 +1100

There was a sense of relief as former Collingwood president Eddie McGuire was forced to quit, but why is it that racists, or apologists for racism, often escape the consequences, asks Jacob Andrewartha.

Right-wing extremist jailed for targeting left, Muslims

Sue Bolton — Thu, 03 Dec 2020 16:00:00 +1100

Far-right activist Phillip Galea has been jailed on terrorism charges after threatening to commit violence against left-wing activists and Muslims. Sue Bolton discusses what it will take to defeat such extremists.

Trump defeated, now we need to battle Biden

Alex Bainbridge — Thu, 12 Nov 2020 17:15:00 +1100

Donald Trump's defeat does not mean that Trumpism is dead. The struggles are going to have to continue, argues Alex Bainbridge.

Sydney’s colonisers set basis for gendered wage

Markela Panegyres — Wed, 28 Oct 2020 13:45:00 +1100

Markela Panegyres uncovers some of the history of the Hyde Park Barracks, a former convict dormitory and Female Immigration Depot.

Video: US socialist Paul Le Blanc on Trump, fascism and the presidential elections

Paul Le Blanc — Thu, 15 Oct 2020 09:00:00 +1100

United States socialist Paul Le Blanc talks to 91��̳ about the coming presidential elections and the threat of fascism in the US.

Public housing residents speak out against being scapegoated for COVID-19 spread

Sue Bolton — Thu, 09 Jul 2020 20:45:00 +1000

Socialist councillor Sue Bolton argues that listening to, and working with, affected communities is critical for any government wishing to stop the spread of the coronavirus pandemic.

Speaking the 'language of the unheard' is our only option

Benji PK — Tue, 02 Jun 2020 18:30:00 +1000

It’s an uncomfortable and disorienting time to be alive but to achieve justice we have to continue to speak in the 'language of the unheard', writes Benji PK.

Racism multiplies COVID-19 risk for Indigenous communities

Emma Murphy — Mon, 06 Apr 2020 15:45:00 +1000

Being Indigenous in one of the richest countries in the world is a risk factor for COVID-19, quite apart from the other factors dispossessed people struggle with, such as high rates of incarceration, unemployment and suicide, writes Emma Murphy.

Tanya Plibersek’s patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel

Peter Boyle — Tue, 28 Jan 2020 16:15:00 +1100

When British essayist Samuel Johnson wrote in 1774 the famous words “Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel” the context was an aggressive British colonial expansionist push and associated wars with its European colonial competitors.

Relatives demand answers after Yorta Yorta woman dies in custody

Chloe DS — Thu, 16 Jan 2020 15:30:00 +1100

Disgracefully, Victorian authorities took more than a week to confirm the death in custody of another Yorta Yorta woman on January 2. Veronica Nelson was being held at a maximum-security prison in Melbourne for a minor crime when she died.

Sacred tree attacked as support for Djab Wurrung embassy grows

Alex Milne — Thu, 05 Sep 2019 15:00:00 +1000

Support for the Djab Wurrung Heritage Protection Embassy continues to grow, nearly a month after the Victorian Labor government gave Traditional Owners and supporters two weeks to vacate the protest camp site.

US-Australia ‘mateship’ built on white supremacy

Richard Barcham — Thu, 22 Aug 2019 16:00:00 +1000

It has happened again. A white supremacist has committed another atrocity, this time in El Paso, Texas, in the United States. Like the Christchurch murderer, he took to the internet to promote his motives.

Letter from the US: White supremacist terror unleashed

Barry Sheppard — Thu, 15 Aug 2019 17:15:00 +1000

Three mass shootings in the United States in little over a week have changed the political discussion in the United States, bringing to the fore white supremacy and the terrorist mass murder it has produced, writes Barry Sheppard.

Trump’s boorish racism sounds so familiar

Rupen Savoulian — Sat, 03 Aug 2019 18:00:00 +1000

Over the past few weeks, United States President Donald Trump launched a series of white nationalist diatribes directed against four US Congresswomen of non-white background.

Why is it so easy to monetise hate?

Peter Boyle — Thu, 04 Jul 2019 15:15:00 +1000

The rapidity with which homophobic rugby player Israel Folau raised $2.2 million for his fight against Rugby Australia is just the latest example of how easy it is to monetise hate these days. It is a morbid symptom of a capitalist system plumbing the depths of moral bankruptcy.

Student migrant faces deportation

Rachel Evans — Thu, 25 Apr 2019 17:30:00 +1000

Students, unionists and community members protested outside the immigration department on April 11 against the threatened deportation of Kinley Wangchuck, an 18-year-old hearing-impaired student who lives in Queanbeyan, NSW.

After Mueller: Trump’s presidency a product of US capitalism

Barry Sheppard — Fri, 05 Apr 2019 11:45:00 +1100

The most important finding of the long Mueller investigation into United States President Donald Trump — that there was no collusion with the Russians to fix the 2016 US election so that Trump would win — came as a shock to most liberals, progressives and even many socialists.

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