The disaster in Nepal, Tibet and China has been described as being like a “horror movie” — only it is too real to ignore the fact that climate change is the greatest security threat of our time. Pip Hinman argues for the need to challenge Australia’s head-in-sand approach.
Sam Wainwright explores some of the lessons for progressives from One Nation’s victory in the Secret Harbour by-election.
Anthony Albanese and Penny Wong’s hand-wringing over the death of Zomi Frankcom is gobsmacking in its selective outrage about Israel’s war crimes in Gaza. Pip Hinman and Sam Wainwright argue it is calculated to take the focus away from its steady alliance with the apartheid state.
Students have demonstrated moral leadership in this country by walking out of class to reject racism and One Nation’s destructive vision for the future. As Peter Boyle writes, Gen Z’s overwhelming rejection of One Nation needs to be backed up by the trade unions.
Socialist Alliance opposes the rapid expansion of artificial intelligence data centres being pushed by the Victorian Labor government, as they have no social license and are being driven by corporate greed.
Sam Wainwright argues we urgently need to step up the fight within the union movement to stop AUKUS and the associated drive to militarism. If there is a war we need to fight right now, it is the one to destroy their attempt to claim social license for these death machines.
Pauline Hanson’s podcast interview with far-right British figure Tommy Robinson has cleared up any ambiguity about the meaning of One Nation’s call for a “monocultural” Australia, argues Peter Boyle.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese claims he wants Labor’s national conference to “showcase” the party as inclusive, open and democratic. But he is just as committed to avoid discussing AUKUS and Palestine, despite sharp internal divisions on both. Markela Panegyres reports.
Billionaire rule has been grossly unjust and patently unsustainable for a long time, but now it is revealing a new level of political toxicity, argues Peter Boyle.
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.
The federal Labor government is boasting its small housing tax changes are the most comprehensive housing plan in generations. Rachel Evans argues they aren’t and lays out what could be done to fix housing unaffordability.
The Pauline Hanson’s One Nation’s victory in the Farrer by-election is an advance for racist, anti-immigrant and right-wing politics. Jacob Andrewartha and Sue Bolton argue that it can be countered.
