United States President Donald Trump’s Board of Peace, ostensibly to oversee the reconstruction of Gaza, was always problematic, given US complicity in Israel’s genocidal campaign in the Gaza Strip. Binoy Kampmark reports.
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Alana Lentin argues that by constituting racism as “hate”, it becomes detached from the policies and practices of a state and presented as a matter of attitudes qualified by individuals’ perceptions. The effect is to punish legitimate criticisms of Israel and Zionism.
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Socialist Alliance opposes the Anthony Albanese government’s Combating Antisemitism, Hate and Extremism Bill 2026 because it is an assault on democratic rights.
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NSW Police have fatally shot a person having a mental health episode already this year. As Paul Gregoire argues, it is a key justice issue for the state to fix.
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Chris Minns’ hastily drawn-up “inquiry” into hate speech in NSW, following the Bondi Beach terrorist attack, is set to lead to new laws criminalising certain words in addition to preventing protests. Pip Hinman argues this overreach and communities will not be made safer.
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As bushfires were raging across Victoria, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said he “had our backs”. As Alex Bainbridge argues, this simply not true, as Labor continues to approve new coal and gas.
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Socialist Alliance expresses its solidarity with the students, workers, shopkeepers, young people, women and all Iranians resisting a brutal and authoritarian regime.
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Pat Walsh, one of Australia’s great human rights defenders and promoters, was also a true internationalist. Patrick Earle pays tribute to his life’s work in support of the Timorese people’s right to self-determination.
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The rising number of Aboriginal deaths in custody — a form of state-sponsored violence — is a scathing indictment of law enforcement and the judicial system, writes Mark Gillespie.
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Abigail Boyd argues that our response to extremism needs to be considered, evidence-based and effective — the opposite of what NSW Labor is doing.
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Two protestors, who brought attention to Pine Gap’s secretive activities when they the main access route, have also prompted a Crown prosecutor to admit to Israel's genocide. Binoy Kampmark reports.
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Few things impact the human experience more than living with a disability. The creation of the NDIS was a welcome relief, argues Suzanne James, but now its architects are planning to hand “choice and control” to an algorithm without human oversight and no right of appeal.