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Itamar Ben-Gvir is Israel
2+ day, 11+ hour ago (595+ words) Paneli Greek activists from the Global Sumud Flotilla Israel's assault on the Global Sumud Flotilla participants is an international outrage. The Flotilla, designed to break the siege on Gaza and bring much-needed aid to the Strip, was intercepted miles from…...
Business community has a big sook
2+ day, 11+ hour ago (1692+ words) No fair!" the rich brats of Australian capitalism cry. They screech, flail and kick because they believe, like the odious children in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, that they deserve more treats. Veruca Salt ended up in a garbage chute....
Australia's royal commission is a show trial
1+ week, 18+ hour ago (961+ words) Now, more than ever, we need a fighting left and a strident movement for Palestinian justice. The commission is an attempt to intimidate the left and to make resistance to war, fascism and racism more difficult. "L'a Levy testifying before…...
May in the minds of men: 100 years since the British general strike
1+ week, 18+ hour ago (679+ words) The 1926 British general strike is best known as one of history's most excruciating betrayals. For those seeking to understand the frequently treacherous actions of modern union officials, the story remains an important one to study and remember. "From The Angry…...
German high schoolers strike against conscription
1+ week, 3+ day ago (875+ words) BERLIN'Tens of thousands of German high school students skipped class on 8 May to protest against conscription and militarism. In total, 45, 000 took part in demonstrations in 150 towns and cities across the country. "In my class, there's barely anyone left, a year…...
So much budget bluster
1+ week, 4+ day ago (483+ words) If you were to believe the Sydney Daily Telegraph, the Albanese government's latest budget is a "big taxing communist manifesto" and "the most radical redistribution of wealth since the Whitlam era". Other Murdoch outlets followed suit. It was class war…...
We have to fight, not accommodate, One Nation and the far right
1+ week, 6+ day ago (1177+ words) One Nation must be fought relentlessly. That has to be the lesson the left and the working-class movement takes from the victory of Hanson's far-right racist party in the Farrer by-election, where One Nation won close to 40 percent of the…...
Strike wave in India shows workers" power
2+ week, 2+ day ago (541+ words) The industrial workers of India, so often written off by academics and paternalistic union bureaucrats alike, are once more proving themselves to be a fighting force. Wildcat strikes and militant protests have spread across several industrial belts in India in…...
The savagery of Trump and Netanyahu
2+ week, 3+ day ago (616+ words) Three months in, the numbers emerging from the latest war waged by Israel and the US are harrowing. More than 1, 600 civilians have been killed in Iran since 28 February, and 3. 2 million people are internally displaced. US strikes have obliterated apartment blocks…...
The best decision you could make at university, or anywhere else, is to become an activist
2+ week, 3+ day ago (1173+ words) The world is getting increasingly violent and irrational. The horror in Gaza has been followed by yet more death and destruction in Iran and Lebanon. The right is ascendant almost everywhere, with the surge in support for One Nation here…...