The COVID-19 crisis has revealed how the profits-first capitalist system fails to look after the needs of ordinary people. Fred Fuentes sketches out five lessons.
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It is clear the federal government has badly mishandled the COVID-19 pandemic, with doctors now warning聽Australia is on track to be in a "worse position than Italy is currently in". But humane alternatives are possible, argues聽Chris Jenkins.
More people are saying 鈥減olitics is broken鈥 and it is not hard to see why. But, as Alex Bainbridge argues, fixing the situation will require breaking the enormous power fossil fuel corporations have over the major parties.
When British essayist Samuel Johnson wrote in 1774 the famous words 鈥淧atriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel鈥 the context was an aggressive British colonial expansionist push and associated wars with its European colonial competitors.
News that the Austrian Greens made a deal with the hard-right People鈥檚 Party to form a coalition government should be a wake-up call to progressives everywhere. It reaffirms that the climate crisis can lead to eco-fascist conclusions just as much as left-wing solutions.
A strategy to promote union participation in the climate movement will draw us one step closer to finishing off PM Scott Morrison and moving to a sustainable future.
There are two positive things to come out of the horrific bushfire crisis ripping through our country: recognition of the connection between global warming and more frequent and intense bush fires; and the inspiring courage and generosity of volunteers and emergency service personnel to protect their communities, despite being hugely under-resourced.
One of the more atypical protesters at the September 20 Climate Strike was Newcastle coal miner Ian Hodgson. But he exemplifies a large number of workers, including those in the fossil fuel industry, who want real action on the climate emergency, including new secure jobs for those who may lose theirs in any transition.
The global Climate Strike was the largest climate protest in history 鈥 and could turn out to be a tipping point for radical action on climate change, writes Jim McIlroy.
The corporate media have been full of complaints and accusations about Chinese influence in Australia. Author Clive Hamilton claims China is carrying out a 鈥渟ilent invasion鈥 that is eroding 鈥淎ustralian sovereignty鈥, writes Chris Slee.
The Queensland Labor government鈥檚 decision to enact new anti-protest laws to protect new coal and gas projects is a reminder of who the government believes it is in power to serve, writes Margaret Gleeson.
Every day, Australian women face the real prospect of violence. A recent publicised example was the tragic death of Michaela Dunn and attempted murder of Lin Bo at the hands of a knife-wielding murderer in the streets of Sydney. But most violence against women happens in the home, not in the headlines, writes Hannah Duke.
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