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Nuclear obsession warps our thinking about truth.聽Nuclear armed countries establish so-called red lines around their weapons and yet accept genocide in Palestine, aggression in Ukraine and civil wars in numerous other countries, argues Tony Smith.

Book cover against a background of anti-war protest

Scholar and activist Marty Branagan examines how language, film, history, gender issues, the arts and religion 鈥渃an contribute either to cultural violence or to cultures of peace鈥 in his book, The Cultural Dimensions of Peacebuilding. Jim McIlroy reviews.

Shaye Candish, general secretary for the NSW Nurse and Midwives Association, told a snap protest outside Royal Prince Alfred Hospital the union would not allow midwives to be cut. Pip Hinman reports.

As Labor pitches AUKUS as an opportunity for 鈥渉igh tech鈥 jobs, the聽City of Newcastle聽is conducting a survey which urges respondents to approve of a missile factory, adjacent the Newcastle Airport/Williamtown Air Force base.

Thousands of people took to the streets across Australia over June 27鈥29, again demanding Labor sanctions Israel and stops sending arms. Pip Hinman and Isaac Nellist 谤别辫辞谤迟.听

Victorian teachers protested the Jacinta Allan government鈥檚 decision to delay at least $2.4 billion in promised funding for public schools. Isaac Nellist spoke to Adam Bremner, Victorian public school teacher, Australian Education Union (AEU) member and Socialist Alliance member, about the impact of this funding cut on teachers and students.

NSW Labor鈥檚 2025-26 budge hands subsidies to developers and other private businesses but largely ignores the welfare of workers and the poor. Jim McIlroy reports.

New South Wales Police brutalised pro-Palestine protesters picketing SEC Plating, hospitalising one and arresting five others. Isaac Nellist 谤别辫辞谤迟蝉.听

The strikes on Iran are the manifestation of a failing international order, where the 鈥渕utually binding rules-based order鈥 is being replaced by the pantomime of strongman politics, argues聽Academics for Palestine WA and Gwen Velge.

The CFMEU鈥檚 tradition of struggle聽can inspire all workers and explains why the ruling class wants to break its power, argues Jonathan Strauss.

Protest albums from June 2025

Mat Ward looks back at June's political news and the best new music that related to it.

Palestine solidarity activists are organising to converge on Parliament House in Canberra to demand Labor places sanctions on genocidal Israel. Jacob Andrewartha reports.