Our Common Cause

We need a humane policy for refugees now

Bipartisan mistreatment of refugees since 2001 has been a key feature of politics in Australia. But the movement for refugee rights has won some concessions and it could win more, writes Alex Bainbridge.

Morrison uses cyber scare to push Trump鈥檚 racist anti-China campaign

Scott Morrison鈥檚 melodramatic emergency media conference about an alleged, but unspecified, major cyber attack on Australia was calculated to instil fear. The context, as Peter Boyle writes, is the sustained and racist campaign by the Trump administration to scapegoat China for its own deadly failure to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic

Slavery endemic to Australia鈥檚 colonial history

Jim McIllroy argues the right鈥檚 culture wars are taking a hammering as Black Lives Matter-Stop Deaths in Custody movements rise.

Reject the Coalition鈥檚 Accord-style JobMaker

The JobMaker plan聽is an attempt to get us to accept a return to the neoliberal regime that made jobs precarious, ran down public services and made housing and education unaffordable, writes Peter Boyle.

Oppose Dutton鈥檚 push for new ASIO powers

Home affairs minister Peter Dutton is using the COVID-19 pandemic to push through amendments to security laws that will further erode people鈥檚 rights, argues Vivien Miley.

Socialist Alliance withdraws from Victorian Socialists

Socialist Alliance has decided to withdraw from the Victorian Socialists because it has not lived up to its promise to build a more united left.

No going back to 鈥榥ormal鈥?

The slogan 鈥楾here鈥檚 no going back to normal鈥 has gained considerable popularity as governments are forced by social necessity to take emergency steps they would not normally countenanced. Peter Boyle looks at how we can keep and extend these measures to cope with the next crisis.

Workers are all in this together and capitalism is still the problem

鈥淣ormal鈥 was so broken, we don't want to go back to that. But, as Sam Wainwright argues, we're going to have to build a movement strong enough to transform Australia鈥檚 economy.

The profit motive and Morrison鈥檚 (slow) push for 鈥榟erd immunity鈥

There is no disguising the United States' right wing push for corporate profits above human life. The ruling elite in Australia has the same priority, but it is a little more subtle, argues Alex Bainbridge.

Don鈥檛 accept the billionaires鈥 call to sacrifice lives for their economy

The cost of the COVID-19 corporate bailouts is still growing, but the battle over who will carry that cost has only just begin, writes Peter Boyle.

Our lives are worth more than their profits: An emergency plan to confront the crisis

The Socialist Alliance has released the following plan to combat COVID-19.

COVID-19: Mass testing, shut downs and guaranteed incomes for all

The coronavirus pandemic is both a threat to our health and corporate profits. As Alex Bainbridge argues, our health needs must come first, which聽means meeting聽health needs without making workers and the unemployed pay for the crisis.