Peter Boyle, Socialist Alliance candidate for the NSW Senate, joins the Green Left Show to discuss the result of the May 3 federal election, in which Labor won a landslide victory after a disastrous result for Peter Dutton and the Coalition.
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Labor has secured a second term, with a landslide victory, but unless unions, social and community movements organise for real change, it will continue to bend to the will of the billionaire class, argue Jacob Andrewartha and Isaac Nellist.
Sarah Hathway, the Socialist Alliance candidate for Corio, told a pro-Palestine rally that we cannot and will not address the existential threat of runaway climate change when we’re investing in genocide and war.
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Protesters took to the streets in many cities in pre-election protests for Palestine, demanding Australia cut political and military ties with Israel. Pip Hinman and Isaac Nellist report.
Australia’s undemocratic voting system works to funnel small parties’ preferences to the Coalition and Labor. Zane Alcorn argues that a proportional voting system in the House of Representatives would be more democratic.
While this federal election is heavily focused on cost-of-living pressures, Mark Gillespie argues that candidates cannot ignore the fact that Australia also faces urgent international relations’ challenges.
Peter Henning argues that while the it is wrong for “representative democracy” to be replaced by snake-oil pork-barrelling, the deliberate censorship of Australia’s contribution to genocide is the most disgraceful aspect of this federal election campaign.
Victorian Socialists senate candidate Jordan van dem Lamb, also known as Purple Pingers, is the guest on the latest Green Left Show.
Andrew Chuter, NSW Senate candidate for Socialist Alliance, argues that we must stand firmly and unapologetically with the Palestinian people.
The Coalition of Women for Justice and Peace is calling on people to make their vote count in the fight for justice and peace in the Middle East. Jepke Goudsmit reports.
Peter Boyle argues that Labor and Coalition governments have exploited the ANZAC sacrifice myth to justify and promote Australian participation of, and complicity in, subsequent imperial wars.
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