The Socialist Alliance met for 19th National Conference to discuss its perspectives and plans for 2025, a federal election year. Isaac Nellist reports.
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Independent Senator Lidia Thorpe told Isaac Nellist and Chloe DS that the major parties are in a “race to the bottom” on policy for First Nations peoples and that Labor has “delivered nothing”.
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Mariota Spens reviews Wicked, a technicolour fairytale and allegory for United States politics, which shows us the mechanics of patriarchal capitalism.
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Australia is yet to see the AUKUS nuclear-powered submarines and, in the meantime, Labor is allowing the country to become garrisoned to Washington’s geopolitical vanities. Binoy Kampmark reports.
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Grassroots Action Network Tasmania protested logging in the Huon Valley, responding to Uncle Jimmy Everett’s call to protect Country. Kerry Smith reports.
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Coral Wynter reviews the recent documentary, Unbreakable, the story of tennis star Jelena Dokic’s courage and resilience after surviving years of abuse at the hands of her father.
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Just days before the Republicans, headed by Donald Trump, take charge in the US, pro-Palestine protests across Australia continued to demand that Labor cut ties with Israel. Pip Hinman, Sarah Hathway and Adam Bremner report.
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Andrew Chuter reviews Cameron Murray’s highly accessible and much-needed book about the persistent myths that prevent rational discussion and action to address the housing crisis in Australia.
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While road transport is necessary, even urgent in some places, the climate emergency also demands alternatives to road and air transport for people and goods in a continent as vast as Australia, argues Pip Hinman.
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Grassroots activists have formed Justice not Jails to counter the Northern Territory Country Liberal Party’s punitive “tough on crime” approach. Stephen W Enciso reports.
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The first pro-Palestine rallies for 2025 condemned Israel’s attack on Kamal Adwan hospital and the arbitrary arrest of its director, Dr Hussam Abu Safia. Alex Bainbridge reports.
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Criticising the actions of a state and its policies should not be mistaken for antisemitism, writes Judith Avril, a member of Jews Against the Occupation ’48 Australia.