The Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement won an important victory when Trinity College Dublin cut institutional ties with Israeli universities. Alex Bainbridge reports.
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The Australian Education Union Victoria told its members in the first week of June it was ready to fight Jacinta Allan’s Labor government for the full funding that it promised public schools. Adam Bremner reports.
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Workers across Colombia went on strike to defend President Gustavo Petro’s proposed labour reforms against right-wing opposition obstruction in Congress, reports Ben Radford.
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A Voice for Members, a rank-and-file ticket contesting the Community and Public Sector Union elections, organised a protest against Labor’s proposed job cuts. Jacob Andrewartha reports.
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Workers at the Allied Pinnacle Altona, who produce baked goods for supermarkets such as Coles and Woolworths, took their third consecutive weekly strike action. Adam Bremner reports.
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Several hundred unionists rallied outside the NSW Treasury to demand NSW Labor drop its proposed cuts to workers’ compensation laws. Jim McIlroy and Peter Boyle report.
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John O’Brien, a founding member of Geelong Socialist Alliance, passed away at the age of 89, after a short illness, writes Jacqui Kriz.
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New South Wales Labor is planning to scrap workers’ rights to access compensation for psychological injuries. Isaac Nellist reports.
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As capitalism’s inherent barbarism is being exposed via the West’s enabling of genocide in Gaza, organisers of the Ecosocialism 2025 conference are confident its program will attract significant interest. Jacob Andrewartha reports.
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Protests have been held across Aotearoa New Zealand against the right-wing coalition government, after it forced through a bill amending the country’s Equal Pay Act. Zara Lomas reports.
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Community members gathered outside Labor MP for Solomon Luke Gosling’s office to mark the 1948 Nakba and condemn Labor’s complicity in the Palestinian genocide. Stephen W Enciso reports.
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The Chaser's election quip, "Labor secures bigger majority, excited to do nothing with it", was spot on. Sue Bolton argues that the left has to focus on building the extra-parliamentary movements if it wants real change.