Politicians have long been made aware of a deep rot in higher education, but seem shocked when evidence shows how universities in Australia are governed. Binoy Kampmark reports.
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Timor-Leste is the latest country in the Asia-Pacific region to be rocked by Gen Z protests against the corruption of political elites. Green Left’s Peter Boyle speaks to Konfrontu Vencer, one of the student protest organisers.
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Deepak Joshi argues that while structural racism must be challenged, migrants have responsibilities too, including to refuse to be vote banks for careerist politicians.
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While the Australian Taxation Office whistleblower Richard Boyle will not spend time in prison, the law needs to be reformed so other whistleblowers can come forward without fear of prosecution, argues Paul Gregoire.
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Alex Bainbridge argues that the fight against the far right has to include challenging mainstream racism, as that will help undercut the fertile ground on which more far-right forces survive.
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For three days, the streets of Timor-Leste’s capital Dili have been filled with thousands of young protesters, led largely by Timor-Leste’s Generation Z, frustrated by perks for parliamentarians, while their generation suffers poor education and an uncertain economic future, writes Ato ‘Lekinawa’ da Costa.
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Anti-racism corroborrees and Sovereignty Never Ceded rallies were organised across the country in a powerful pushback to the right’s attempts to declare that immigration must end and migrants are not welcome. Chloe DS, Markela Panegyres and Peter Boyle report.
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In the context of racist far-right marches — including attacks on First Nations-led Camp Sovereignty — the recent Ecosocialism 2025 conference in featured a panel of four First Nations women deeply involved in the struggle for sovereignty. Ben Radford reports.
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Gunnai, Gunditjmara and Djab Wurrung independent Victorian Senator Lidia Thorpe said a Treaty process that does not address the “continuous theft of our land and destruction of our sacred sites undermines our very survival”. Kerry Smith reports.
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Amanda Shweeta Louis, Socialist Party of Malaysia member and chairperson of their youth wing, Pemuda Sosialis, spoke to Green Left’s Isaac Nellist about the commercialisation of Malaysia’s education system, solidarity with Palestine and why young Malaysians are looking to socialism.
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More than 50,000 Queensland teachers went on strike to demand better pay and more classroom resources. Alex Bainbridge reports.
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Green Left’s Isaac Nellist spoke to Amanda Shweeta Louis from the Socialist Party of Malaysia about the commercialisation of Malaysia’s education system, solidarity with Palestine and why young Malaysians are looking to socialism.