Despite the left holding the largest bloc of seats in France’s national assembly, President Emmanuel Macron has again undemocratically appointed one of his allies as prime minister, sparking an explosive grassroots reaction, reports John Mullen.
Workers & unions
Iran under the mullahs has seen several waves of mass protest, each put down with extreme violence, writes Sarah Glynn.
Doctors working in public hospitals have voted to overwhelmingly reject NSW Labor’s latest pay offer, with 75% voting “no”. Kerry Smith reports.
The National Tertiary Education Union, together with the Australian Services Union and the Community and Public Sector Union, among others, joined a national protest to demand that Labor impose sanctions on Israel. Pip Hinman, Jim McIlroy, Jacob Andrewartha and Markela Panegyres report.
Join the protest and march to say: Sovereignty was never ceded; racism and fascism are not welcome.
Rebecca Meckelburg looks at the growing discontent that led to mass protests across Indonesia.
A national day of action for Palestine has been called by rank-and-file National Tertiary Education Union members in the NSW division. Markela Panegyres reports.
More than 100 staff working at the Art Gallery of NSW and their supporters protested NSW Labor’s plan to cut 51 jobs from the gallery workforce. Jim McIlroy reports.
A disintegrated left establishment, worsening economic crisis and resurgent right wing marked the first round of Bolivia’s elections, which spelt the end of the Movement Towards Socialism’s 20 years in power, reports Ben Radford.
Salvador De León is a member of the Autonomous and Independent Workers’ Committee in Venezuela. In the second of our two-part interview, Green Left’s Federico Fuentes speaks to De León about the situation facing Venezuelan workers and trade unions.
The Communication Workers Union led a rally of independent contractors outside Service Stream’s office in Naarm/Melbourne, protesting the company’s proposed 20–30% rate cuts for subcontractors. Kalindi Salvo Sampson reports.
Unions NSW organised a “Unions for Peace” rally at Town Hall Square on Gadigal Country/Sydney, the first such action it has organised since Israel ramped up its genocide in Gaza in October 2023. Jim McIlroy reports.
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