Coral Wynter reviews Chris Gilbert’s 2023 book, Commune or Nothing: Venezuela’s communal movement and its socialist project, one of the best available accounts of Venezuela’s communal movement.
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Jepke Goudsmit writes that Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion should have been an investigation into the root causes and persistence of every type of racism in this country, saying exceptionalising antisemitism is a form of racism in itself.
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Police attacked the Goori Camp Embassy during Reconciliation Week to pave the way for construction work on an Olympic stadium at Barrambin/Victoria Park. Alex Bainbridge reports.
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Suzanne James sat down with Melbourne musician Les Thomas and got a history lesson in colonialism, feminism, trade unionism and making music in defense of the working class.
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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.
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NSW Police sergeant Benedict Bryant, who was sentenced after being found guilty of dangerous driving that led to the death of Dunghutti teenager Jai Wright, has said he will appeal the ruling. Kerry Smith reports.
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Northern Territory police announced that the cause of Kumanjayi White’s death last year was “equivocal”. The family say justice is not being done and their hearts are broken. Paul Gregoire reports.
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Zara Lomas pays tribute to Jools Topp, one half of Aotearoa New Zealand’s iconic duo The Topp Twins, who died last month.
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More than 100 activists protested outside the Perth Convention Centre where the Indian Ocean Defence and Security Conference and Exhibition was promoting militarism. Cas Smith reports.
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Tamara Pearson visited Nahua indigenous towns in Guerrero state, Mexico, who are being terrorised by criminal gangs and have formed a community self-defence force to protect their towns from attack.
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Protests against Bolivian President Rodrigo Paz’s neoliberal government continue to intensify, reports Pablo Meriguet.
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London-based academic Penny Green, who visited Rohingya refugees forced to flee Myanmar to the Cox’s Bazaar camps in Bangladesh, and Rohingya refugee Mohammed Zuhar addressed a Refugee Action Collective forum. Chris Slee reports.