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German students continue to mobilise against militarism
3+ hour, 29+ min ago (1024+ words) Germany's students are mobilising in their tens of thousands against the government's war drive and the looming threat of conscription. A "die-in" protest which disrupted the National Veterans' Day celebrations in Berlin on 21 June gained a lot of attention. Immediately…...
The US's strategic defeat in the Gulf
3+ day, 9+ hour ago (917+ words) Donald Trump's memorandum of understanding with Tehran marked a defeat for Washington. For all the death and destruction it rained down on Iran, the US was surrendering and suing for "peace. It's been only a short time since President Trump…...
What happened to "social cohesion?
4+ day, 10+ hour ago (470+ words) But those words'cohesion and safety'seem to have magically disappeared as the far-right presence in official politics has grown. In her 17 June National Press Club address, Hanson was clear about what all this meant: people who cannot speak English and/or…...
Keir Starmer and the banality of evil
5+ day, 9+ hour ago (824+ words) Starmer's assignment as leader was to sanitise the Labour Party and present it as a viable option for the ruling class. No-one really wants to watch a 63-year-old man break down in tears on the road outside his house. Unless…...
The economics of US imperialism, part one: from boom to AI bubble?
1+ week, 2+ hour ago (389+ words) The US economy is undergoing its biggest ever capital investment boom, driven by government industrial policies, corporate tax cuts and AI data centre spending. Profits as a share of the economy are at their highest in 80 years. The stock market…...
Victorian Socialists gain ground in Thomastown
2+ week, 1+ day ago (521+ words) While One Nation climbed the polls to be the most popular party in the country, something else was stirring in the Melbourne suburb of Thomastown: a grassroots campaign to elect socialist activist Sarah Garnham to the Whittlesea City Council. In…...
2026 Socialist Alternative fund drive
2+ week, 2+ day ago (396+ words) From the genocide in Gaza to the relentless, profit-driven climate crisis and the rise of the far right, world capitalism is horrifying. But there is hope amidst the horror. A new generation is responding with anger and looking for an…...
One Nation needs to be fought, not just analysed
2+ week, 4+ day ago (723+ words) Socialists are the natural enemy of the far right. We reject everything they stand for, as well as the system that cultivates them. We need more people to stand up and be part of the fight against fascism. That fight…...
Rebellion in Bolivia against austerity
2+ week, 4+ day ago (550+ words) However, the MAS government faced its own problems. Its historic leader, Evo Morales, who served as president from 2006 to 2019, was constitutionally barred from running. Instead, his economy minister, Luis Arce, led the MAS presidential ticket. Arce, however, would go on…...
No good news: an interview with Martin Hirst
2+ week, 4+ day ago (680+ words) Martin Hirst started his career in journalism at the University of Sydney student newspaper Honi Soit during the heady years of student radicalism in the mid-1970s. From 1984 to 1990 he worked at the ABC, before joining the SBS press gallery team." One…...