Labor needs reminding that war crimes do not justify further war crimes and even less so do they justify genocide, argues Alex Bainbridge.
Our Common Cause
No-onewith a consciencecan watch Israel’s bombardment of Gazaand not feel horrified. Sue Bull arguesfor an immediateceasefire and ajustpolitical resolution which includesPalestinians’ right to self-determination and an end toIsrael’s occupation.
Socialist Alliance recommends a Yes vote for the referendum on the Voice. But we also recognise that substantial measures to benefit Indigenous people require a strengthening of the grassroots movements for change. This will be true whatever the outcome on October 14, writes Sam Wainwright.
It's probablyno surprise that the Intergenerational Report 2023 passed without much comment. It forecasts the need for greater income revenue, and that will fall to a younger generation. ²Էɰ reports.
We can’t possibly mobilise the human and material resources needed to confront the climate crisis — the real threat to our security — whilegearing up for a new Cold War, let alone a hot war, argues Sam Wainwright.
While the Royal Commission report into Robodebt did notrecommend systemic compensation to the victims, it didsuggestlifting the rate for social security benefits. Alex Bainbridge reports.
The Greens leadership is wrong to focus on getting more MPs and that its someone else’s job to do the “streetheat” it knows is needed, arguesSam Wainwright.The changes we urgently need willonly comefrom sustained extra-parliamentary mobilisations.
Treating housing as a commodity has made it inaccessible to people who need homes.But it doesn’t have to be like this, argues Peter Boyle.
Merri-bek Socialist Alliance councillor Sue Bolton argues that councils must notcavein to pressure from the homophobic far-right and cancel LGBTIQ gatherings because that enables“drag panic”.
It was notable thatTreasurer Jim Chalmers didn’t mouth the words “climate action”while spruiking the budget. Alex Bainbridge argues that’s because it didn’t contain aplan for the climate transition we need.
Labor's budget betrays renters, job seekers and people doing it tough. It leaves millions stuck in poverty while billionaires get tax cuts, argues Sue Bull.
ճDefence Strategic Reviewdoesn’t contain any surprises, argues Sam Wainwright. It abandons any pretence that military expenditure has anything to do with defence, conceding that it’s all about helping the United States project its military power into Asia.
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