Green Left Weekly

Federal election

2016 federal election: Can the disengaged be mobilised for change?

A flurry of polls over the last weeks, before Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull affirmed the Coalition's plan for a double dissolution election on July 2, underscored the widespread disillusion with the major parties, their leaders and what they have to offer.

Deaths in custody

Deaths in custody: 25 years after the royal commission

The 25th anniversary of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody reminds us that nothing less than a paradigm shift will ensure that we will not be marking another anniversary with even more Aboriginal deaths in custody, as we do this one.

Latin America

Brazil: Social movements reject coup, take to streets

In response to a recent vote in the lower house of Brazil’s parliament in favour of impeaching Workers’ Party (PT) President Dilma Rousseff, Brazil’s two main coalitions of social movements issued the statement below on April 17.

Pakistan

Pakistani socialist: 'We are fighting for women's liberation'

Sarah Eleazar is a Pakistani journalist and member of the socialist Awami Workers Party (AWP). She co-edits Tajdeed, a left research journal in Urdu.

This week's Socialist Alliance 'Our Common Cause' column

Why we need a strong construction union, not the ABCC

The federal government's move to reintroduce the Australian Building and Construction Commission (ABCC) is an attempt to make it harder for the unions to go in and fight for workers' rights and conditions in all parts of the construction industry.

THIS WEEK'S COLUMN BY RESISTANCE!, SOCIALIST YOUTH ORGANISATION

Resistance member: Why I'm running in the elections

The Socialist Alliance recognises that not only has corrupt, business-as-usual politics caused a deepening social and climate crisis, but that those entrenched and greedy interests are unwilling and incapable of providing real solutions.

Australian News

Underground coal gasification banned in Queensland

Nearly every day they come with new banners and signs, created with the few resources they can access in the centre. They hold signs saying “Seeking asylum is not a crime” and “Aussies let us live in Australia”.

Nauru protest against detention enters 34th day

Nearly every day they come with new banners and signs, created with the few resources they can access in the centre. They hold signs saying “Seeking asylum is not a crime” and “Aussies let us live in Australia”.

Further Australian News

International News

The (un)Democratic primary — game rigged against the 99%

Despite a decisive victory on April 19, providing further confirmation of her likely nomination, in many respects Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton emerged from the New York primary more damaged and her party more divided.

France: With Nuit debout, a new mass movement rises

During the protest on March 31 against France's new labour law, a few protesters handed out leaflets which read Nuit debout (“rising up at night”), echoing Etienne La Boetie's Discourse on Voluntary Servitude: “Tyrants appear great only because we are on our knees”.

Further International News

Comment and Analysis

Abolition of road safety tribunal makes roads less safe

The federal government has succeeded in scrapping the Road Safety Remuneration Tribunal (RSRT). Legislation to abolish the tribunal passed the Senate without Labor and the Green's support on April 18 after two hours of debate.

Nature is neglected in this election campaign – at its and our own peril

Nature is missing in action from the political agenda for many reasons. Here are two key ones: questionable political donations and processes, and the gagging of the public service, government and university scientists.

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