Administration was imposed on the Construction, Forestry and Maritime Employees Union in Queensland because it supposedly brought bikies into the industry as union enforcers. But hearings have revealed that a major contractor was responsible for bikies intimidating CFMEU members. Jonathan Strauss reports.
The resignation of the Bharatiya Janata Party’s education minister is the Asian Gen Z movements’ latest blow against government corruption and repressive far-right politics. Jonathan Strauss writes that Ecosocialism 2026 will discuss this and many other global struggles, allowing attendees to get a deeper grasp of these movements’ dynamics.
Queensland’s Liberal National Party government is proposing to cut construction workers’ pay and conditions and restrict their right to organise as part of its attack on the Construction, Forestry and Maritime Employees Union. Jonathan Strauss reports.
Opposition leader Angus Taylor wants to make permanent residents who are not citizens ineligible for welfare payments and NDIS support. He also wants the number of migrants to be tied to housing construction. Jonathan Strauss looks at why.
The first three activists arrested for defying Queensland anti-free speech laws faced court this week. Jonathan Strauss reports.
Workers across Australia joined millions around the world in marking May Day as the symbol of class solidarity and internationalism.
Jonathan Strauss and Clive Tillman attended the First International Anti-Fascist Conference in Porto Alegre, Brazil, which brought together 4000 activists from more than 40 countries.
Socialist Alliance has a range of events organised in regional Queensland in March. Come along to one in your city to meet other socialists and activists who want to change the world.
Socialist Alliance opposes Labor’s Combating Antisemitism, Hate and Extremism Bill. Jonathan Strauss argues that those who want the right to oppose genocide, or to defend democratic rights more generally, should reject these laws.
While popular support for Palestine has grown to unprecedented levels on the back of the anti-genocide movement, the solidarity movement’s job is not yet done. Jonathan Strauss looks at the so-called peace plan for Gaza.
Greater public funding of higher education and an end to the commodification of university education and research would be a basis for enhanced university governance and better staff and student experiences, argues Jonathan Strauss.
Aftab Malik met more than 100 Muslim community members, experts on Islamophobia, youth, women and religious leaders for his A National Response to Islamophobia report. Jonathan Strauss reports.
