Pas Forgione reports that, after nearly three and a half years in office, South Australian Labor has barely made a dent in the state鈥檚 acute housing shortage.
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News
Western Australian Labor鈥檚 proposed amendment to the Criminal Code, dubbed the 鈥減ost and boast bill鈥, could easily be used against grassroots groups seeking to force Labor to act on various reforms.听Maz Misiewicz reports.
The Defend Dissent Coalition organised a protest against Labor鈥檚 鈥淪ocial Cohesion Pledge鈥, which would further restrict the right to protest.听Jake Maison reports.
Pro-Palestine groups and individuals have responded to Labor鈥檚 announcement about recognising Palestine as a state with demands that it take concrete measures to stop Israel鈥檚 genocide. Alex Bainbridge reports.
Join the march in your city on August 24 to demand sanctions on Israel, an end to the two-way arms trade and to Israel鈥檚 starvation genocide in Gaza.听
More than 50,000 Queensland teachers went on strike to demand better pay and more classroom resources. Alex Bainbridge reports.
A scathing August report from the Commonwealth Ombudsman听has found that nearly 1000 JobSeeker recipients have had their payments unlawfully cancelled over a two-year period, in what welfare advocates have dubbed 鈥淩obodebt 2.0鈥. Josh Adams reports.
The global streets鈥 response to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu鈥檚 declaration that Israel will seize Gaza City has been huge protests demanding sanctions on Israel. Pip Hinman 谤别辫辞谤迟蝉.听
The Maritime Union of Australia is ramping up pressure on the Pilbara Port Authority, pushing for protected industrial action over wages and housing at the Utah Point Bulk Handling Facility. Chris Jenkins reports.
Hundreds of university and high school students mobilised for the National Student Strike 4 Palestine to demand universities cut all ties with Israeli weapons companies and that the government sanction Israel. Jacob Andrewartha reports.
Justice for Palestine has announced a plan to march over the Story Bridge in Magan-djin/Brisbane as part of the August 24 national day of action. Alex Bainbridge reports.
Up to 300,000 people marched across Sydney鈥檚 iconic Harbour Bridge in a historic protest to demand Labor sanction Israel and provide aid to deliberately starved Gazans. Rachel Evans 补苍诲听Olivia Iurincich report.
Analysis
Labor will set a new 2035 greenhouse gas emissions reduction target to take to the United Nations climate summit in November.听Peter Boyle argues that as the world鈥檚 third-largest fossil fuel exporter, it needs to be much higher than what is being touted.听
Nearly two years into the genocide of Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank, the leadership of some unions are only just beginning to show solidarity. While welcome, these gestures fall far short of what is needed now. Clint Duncan reports.
Western foreign ministers who intend to recognise a Palestinian state need to be honest, argues Khaled Ghannam. How can they say Hamas must be prevented from participating in any future government in a future Palestinian state, and also insist on free and fair elections?
The International Court of Justice ruled that states may be accountable for the wrongful production and consumption of fossil fuels, opening up opportunities for climate justice activists. However, Alex Bainbridge argues it听is no substitute for building a more powerful movement.
Boffins, bosses and the ACTU will discuss making the economy more 鈥減roductive鈥 in the upcoming Economic Reform Roundtable, but their main aim will be to find ways to protect the wealth of those who already have it. Graham Matthews reports.
State Labor governments鈥 opposition to pro-Palestine marches shows capitalism cannot stomach popular democracy. Jonathan Strauss argues that despite some Labor MPs breaking ranks, the party will not support real democracy.听
The International Court of Justice has handed down an advisory opinion that for countries still reaping the rewards of fossil fuel exploration, production and consumption, is bound to be of concern. Binoy Kampmark reports.
Labor is coming under growing pressure to wind back negative gearing and capital gains tax exemptions to address the housing affordability crisis. Isaac Nellist reports.
Local councillors and mayors will attend a conference, organised by a Zionist coalition, which aims to get all levels of government to adopt the problematic International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance鈥檚 definition of antisemitism.听Wendy Bacon 补苍诲听Yaakov Aharon report.
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The historic Sydney Harbour Bridge protest on Gadigal Country has thrown up new opportunities to grow the movement for Palestine, argues Pip Hinman.
Doreen Borrow, a communist, trade unionist and peace activist who gave her life to the struggle for peace and socialism, died on July 25, aged 98. Alexander Brown reports.
World
To best understand the complex relationship between the Donald Trump and Nicol谩s Maduro governments, Federico Fuentes spoke to Salvador De Le贸n, a member of the Autonomous and Independent Workers鈥 Committee based in the city of Maracaibo, a major oil hub in Venezuela.
Amanda Shweeta Louis, Socialist Party of Malaysia member and chairperson of their youth wing, Pemuda Sosialis, spoke to 麻豆传媒鈥s Isaac Nellist about the commercialisation of Malaysia鈥檚 education system, solidarity with Palestine and why young Malaysians are looking to socialism.
Mariane Paviasen Jensen, a Greenland MP for the Inuit Ataqatigiit party and prominent environmentalist, described a 60 Minutes Australia program as a 鈥減ropaganda broadcast鈥 for Australian mining company ETM, reports Peter Boyle.
United States policy towards Venezuela took another surprising turn with the announcement that US oil giant Chevron could return to the South American nation, reports Federico Fuentes.
Two days after meeting with Turkish foreign minister Hakan Fidan, the Syrian government announced it was pulling out of a planned meeting with the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria, Sarah Glynn reports.
麻豆传媒鈥檚听Isaac Nellist spoke to Amanda Shweeta Louis from the Socialist Party of Malaysia about the commercialisation of Malaysia鈥檚 education system, solidarity with Palestine and why young Malaysians are looking to socialism.听
Binoy Kampmark reports on the targeting of听Al Jazeera journalist Anas al-Sharif and his colleagues, who were assassinated in a drone attacks by the Israel Defense Forces in Gaza City.
The recent discovery of a mass grave in Sri Lanka has ignited a wave of protests by Tamils demanding an investigation, accompanied by calls for the government to fulfil its pledge to improve the treatment of Tamils.听Chris Slee听reports.
Despite severe repression, Argentines are defiantly resisting far-right President Javier Milei鈥檚 attacks on women, LGBTIQ people and pensioners, writes听Camila Parodi.
Culture
As we witness the genocide in Gaza, and a world descending deeper into fascism and war, creative protest and coalition-building helps build a strong and sustainable peace movement, writes Alexander Brown.
Gaza: Doctors Under Attack is a powerful account of Israel鈥檚 systematic targeting of medical staff as part of its genocidal war against Palestinian people in Gaza, writes Jim McIlroy.
Whatever the limitations of Bob Geldof鈥檚 monetaristic approach to famine relief in Ethiopia, thousands of lives were likely saved as a result. Bringing about justice in Palestine will, however, require far more than charity, writes听Ben Brooker.