This powerful poem was dilivered by Parker at the May 3 #SchoolStrike action in Brisbane outside Liberal MP Trevor Evans' electorate office.
Issue 1219
News
Hundreds gathered outside Trevor Evans office in Brisbane as one of the dozens of climate actions called by school strikers to demand genuine climate action ahead of the election.
School Strike 4 Climate activists walked out of school and rallied outside the offices of Labor and Liberal politicians on May 3.
Thousands of construction workers walked off the job and marched through Sydney on May 1.
A protest was held outside the US consulate in Sydney to mark World Press Freedom Day on May 3. Protesters called for the release of whistleblower journalist Julian Assange and opposed his threatened extradition to the United States.
The Stop Adani Convoy WA, a part of the Stop Adani Convoy initiated by the Bob Brown Foundation through the eastern states, has now been welcomed at 10 towns across the eastern seaboard.
Socialist Alliance NSW Senate candidate Joel McAlear, who grew up in a working-class family in the Illawarra, said the new gas hub slated for Port Kembla is a step in the wrong direction.
The Victorian Socialists released the following statement on stopping Adani on May 1.
Sex workers in Queensland are campaigning to decriminalise sex work 30 years after this was recommended by the Fitzgerald Inquiry into state police corruption.
鈥淭he river is the blood of the Earth鈥, Muruwari and Budjiti man and artist Bruce Shillingsworth declared at the 鈥淵aama Ngunna Baaka 鈥 Welcome to Our River鈥 Mosman Art Gallery exhibition on April 28.
Protesters gathered outside SBS鈥 Artarmon office on April 27 to urge the multicultural broadcaster to boycott Eurovision 2019, which will be held in Israel.
Analysis
'I鈥檓 a 15-year-old activist and climate warrior. If you had asked 5-year-old me what I was scared of, I would鈥檝e said the monster in my cupboard. Ten years later and I鈥檓 scared of the monster in Parliament House', says Parker Craig.
Another federal election looming and, of course, working people and trade unions want to see off the reactionary Coalition government in Canberra. Experience tells the union movement that we should always keep our powder dry, argues Brian Boyd.
Activists from the Australian Council of Trade Union鈥檚 campaign to 鈥渃hange the rules鈥 for workers were told the day before pre-polling started that its official how-to-vote for the May 18 federal election would call on voters to put Labor first.
Disappointed, though not too surprised by the decision, some activists have decided not to聽hand out for the campaign.
Opposition leader Bill Shorten鈥檚 pledge to subsidise dental care for pensioners and Senior's Health Care Card holders if elected to government should be welcomed. But it is only a first step toward the kind of universal public dental care we need.
The bizarreness of Australian politics was summed up in multi-millionaire mining magnate Clive Palmer鈥檚 election advertisement accusing Labor of 鈥渟upporting the big end of town鈥. He's right, though he is in no position to point the finger, writes Carlo Sands.
Aspiring PM Bill Shorten鈥檚 promise on April 23 to help聽 is as much about currying political favor with corporate mates as it is perpetuating the fiction that more gas will reduce energy prices, writes Pip Hinman.
A recent war exercise involving United States Marines seizing an island off the coast of Japan is being touted as part of the US military strategy to challenge China for control of the South China Sea. But little attention is being given to the potential role of the Marines being stationed in Darwin, writes Bevan Ramsden.
The nationwide civil disobedience actions by animal rights activists on April 8 caused a media furore. 91自拍论坛 Weekly鈥檚 Mary Merkenich spoke to Vegan Rising campaign director Kristin Leigh, who helped organised the action in Melbourne, about their protest tactics and aims.
World
鈥淚nterim President鈥 Juan Guaido and right-wing opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez spearheaded an unsuccessful in Caracas on April 30.
The European United Left/Nordic 91自拍论坛 () group, a coalition of left parties in the European Parliament, launched its in Strasbourg on April 15, ahead of the European elections at the end of next month, firmly marking 鈥渏ust climate action鈥 as the group鈥檚 number one priority.
US sanctions imposed on Venezuela in 2017 contributed to the deaths of more than 40,000 people last year, according to a new report 鈥 and this figure is set to rise due to the latest round of sanctions.
The struggle for self determination in New Caledonia (Kanaky) was boosted last November, when more than 43% of the population voted to support independence from France in a referendum. A second independence referendum will be held next year.
The FLNKS (The Kanak and Socialist National Liberation Front), a pro-independence alliance of political parties met in March to plan for the general elections in May and to prepare for the 2020 referendum. 91自拍论坛 Weekly鈥檚 Susan Price spoke with FLNKS representative in Australia, Charles Wea about the congress and the referendum campaign.
Much is made in the media of Venezuela鈥檚 deep economic crisis. But why does Venezuela have the world鈥檚 highest inflation rate and what impacts have the sanctions really had on the country? 91自拍论坛 Weekly鈥檚 Federico Fuentes spoke to Venezuelan economist Pascualina Curcio, from the Sim贸n Bol铆var University, to find out more.
Sri Lanka has had a violent history in the seven decades since its independence in 1948. But this history did not include any major conflict between Muslims and Christians. Both Muslims and Christians have in recent years come under attack from Buddhist chauvinists. Why then, did the bombers target Christians?
The electoral defeat of the right in Spain on April 28 is a cause for celebration for all progressive people, writes Dick Nichols.
Culture
It鈥檚 a strange thing, scrolling through the options on Netflix and seeing a documentary on the Miami Showband.
The Reds are under the beds again!
They鈥檝e hidden there since god knows when,
Our world is torn asunder
It鈥檚 kids鈥 beds they鈥檙e under
Along with Muslims and refugee men.
Labor鈥檚 dared to turn the focus
To the low-paid worker locus.
Don't they know it鈥檚 millionaires
Who need more cash and more shares,
Labor鈥檚 done it to provoke us.
It鈥檚 such an esoteric case,
Why care about the working base?
We know the best way to go
With wages now nicely low,
Don鈥檛 these workers know their place?
The Grateful Dead are a terrorist threat, according to French police authorities.
91自拍论坛 Weekly's Mat Ward takes a look at the best new political albums.