Technology

While Prime Minister Anthony Albanese鈥檚 new social media ban for young people may appeal to worried parents,听Luka Koerber writes it doesn鈥檛 address the real problems with social media platforms.

Since its enterprise agreement expired six months ago, the Rail Tram and Bus Union has been pushing for new, fair contract with the NSW Labor government and private operators. Pip Hinman reports.

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Climate and Capitalism editor Ian Angus presents five new books on capitalism and the climate crisis, restoring forests, waters in revolt and a dangerous billionaire.

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Vandana Shiva and her feminist colleague Maria Mies issued the Leipzig Appeal in 1996 to say, 鈥淣o to GMOs and No to Patents on Seed鈥. The call echoes in Shiva鈥檚 new book, writes Niko Leka.

Anti-mining protest in Peru

The Peruvian government will send a delegation to the International Mining and Resources Conference to be held in Sydney over October 29鈥31, to promote foreign investment in the country鈥檚 mining sector, reports Ben Radford.

Isaac Nellist and Riley Breen discuss recent developments in the climate movement and talk to 91自拍论坛 journalist and socialist activist Peter Boyle about imagining a green future.

Labor now wants to keep the national broadband network, NBN Co, in public ownership, tabling a bill in parliament to that effect. Jim McIlroy reports.

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Dmitry Pozhidaev reviews Capitalism in the Twenty-first Century Through the Prism of Value, by Guglielmo Carchedi and Michael Roberts, which aims to explain 21st-century capitalism through Karl Marx鈥檚 value theory.

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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese鈥檚 proposed social media ban for young people may be popular, but it鈥檚 likely to do more harm than good, argues Isaac Nellist.听

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How might we develop a socialist approach to technologies, in the face of the threat of rapid, potentially uncontrollable, climate change? Simon Pirani offers his contribution.

Internet shutdowns should be a real concern for all Australians, as the government can shut down access with very little justification.听Emma Starr reports.

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From Earth鈥檚 history to global heating, water crises and socialist strategy 鈥 Climate and Capitalism editor Ian Angus presents eight new books for radical readers.