Wiradjuri and Yuin Redfern resident Angeline Penrith told a protest that Redfern is well into its gentrification, and everyone can see what has happened — in the guise of “progress”. Peter Boyle reports.
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Wollongong Friends of Palestine set up a 300-strong community picket at Bisalloy Steel and two shifts have been successfully blocked. Kerry Smith reports.
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About 300 anti-racist protesters, many still in their work uniforms, demonstrated outside Pauline Hanson’s fundraising event. Cameron Mitchell reports.
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Workers from Parks Victoria took strike action to demand equal pay to other public servants. Jacob Andrewartha reports.
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Coral Wynter reviews Chris Gilbert’s 2023 book, Commune or Nothing: Venezuela’s communal movement and its socialist project, one of the best available accounts of Venezuela’s communal movement.
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Unruly WA, a three-day multimedia exhibition which promoted our democratic right to protest, reminded us of the power movements have to create profound change. Cas Smith reports.
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In this interview with Indymedia Argentina, Claudio Katz assesses the newfound prominence of socialist MP Myriam Bregman from the Workers’ Left Front — Unity in Argentine politics, and examines the country’s political situation, economic crisis and President Javier Milei’s declining support.
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With polls showing a surge towards Pauline Hanson’s One Nation party, Max Chandler-Mather discusses the social context behind the declining support for the major parties and what can be done to involve people in transformational politics.
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One Nation’s right-wing populism is built around a big lie, writes Peter Boyle, because it defends the very capitalist system that has created the widespread pain and insecurity it seeks to channel into racist scapegoating.
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About 1000 people attended the Stop the Chop rally to demand Premier Peter Malinauskas and the Labor government stop destroying the city’s trees and parks. Markela Panegyres reports.
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The investment boom in generative artificial intelligence, spurring the rapid build of data centres across Victoria, is raising widespread concerns. Jacob Andrewartha reports.
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Redistributing the wealth and making mining sustainable requires transitioning to a democratic and publicly run industry. Sam Wainwright argues this is not Pauline Hanson’s vision for the mining industry. Hers is about enabling billionaire owners more ability to profiteer.