More than 100 people took part in a聽鈥淭our de Carmichael鈥, a 105-kilometre cycle for Country聽through sacred Wangan 补苍诲听Jagalingou land to Adani鈥檚 coal mine site,聽reports Kerry Smith.听
Issue 1307
News
The family of Wayne 'Fella'聽Morrison, who was killed in custody, are pushing for聽torture devices to be banned. Renfrey Clarke reports.
As if to dispel any doubts that her privatisation spree was ending,聽Jim McIlroy writes that the NSW Premier has moved to reassure private corporations that it is聽not.
Sydney鈥檚 May Day march highlighted the green ban imposed by the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union on the demolition of a heritage-listed building in Parramatta. Pip Hinman reports.
World Press Freedom Day on May 3 was marked in many places, including outside the ABC Centre and Channel 7 studios where campaigners for Julian Assange's release gathered. Stephen Langford reports.
Jacob Andrewartha reports that聽Victorian Myanmar Youth and other Myanmar-based organisations protested on May 1 against the military coup in Myanmar.
A vigil for the martyrs was organised by the Myanmar community, reports聽Teik Lim.
Chris Slee reports on聽community support for the Medevac refugees who聽have recently been released from hotel detention.
Analysis
Amanda Porter听补苍诲 Helen Corbett聽discuss聽the campaign to stop Black deaths in聽custody, and the significance of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal deaths in custody.
Mary Merkenich reports on the聽findings of an Australian Education Union聽survey of education workers that said workload remained a major issue.
After eliminating almost all its聽generous pandemic聽spending measures, the federal government has indicated it will soft-peddle on further cuts in the May 11 budget. Neville Spencer reports.
It has long been common to falsely label critics of the Israeli government as 鈥渁ntisemitic鈥. Vivienne Porzsolt聽argues why this is聽a problem.
Aged care should not be a profit-making opportunity for giant corporations, argues Janet Parker.
Federal ministers have been brazenly beating the war drums in the latest round of verbal aggression against China,聽escalating聽the government鈥檚 anti-China propaganda to a dangerous new level, argues Peter Boyle.
Alex Bainbridge, Sarah Hathway 补苍诲听Sam Wainwright put the case for a health and justice-focussed聽response to the devestating outbreak of COVID-19 in India.听
Communist, trade unionist and class-struggle fighter for migrant rights George Zangalis died on March 25. Radicalised during the Greek civil war, Zangalis remained a fighter until the end, writes Sue Bolton.
The forced amalgamation of three聽councils in the inner west of Sydney has not worked听补苍诲 residents need to be given a say, argues Peter Boyle.
World
91自拍论坛 speaks with Argentine journalist Pablo Stefanoni about the聽"alt-right" rebellion and what the left can do about it.
Thousands of people mobilised across聽England on May 1 against the proposed Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill, which activists say will erode the right to protest, writes Susan Price.
In response to days of national strikes and mobilisations across Colombia, security forces have unleashed unprecedented repression against peaceful protesters, reports People鈥檚 Dispatch.
Ali Abunimah argues that despite growing recognition that Israel is an apartheid regime, Europe and the United States continue to facilitate the persecution of Palestinians.
Pablo Iglesias鈥檚 plan for the left to win the Madrid elections was simple: to inspire the workers and poor of the region surrounding the Spanish capital to vote, writes Dick Nichols.
Branding armed Papuan resistance groups as 鈥渢errorists鈥 has sparked strong condemnation from human rights groups across Indonesia and in West Papua, writes David Robie.
As the聽daily death toll in India from COVID-19 reaches聽3700 people, the headlines describing the situation there as an 鈥渁pocalypse鈥 are not wrong, writes聽Divya Garg.
The following appeal has been issued by United for Colombia, Australia, in response to the repression of nationwide protests that began in opposition to the government鈥檚 tax reform.
The Tamil Refugee Council (TRC) has condemned the Australian government for supplying five drones to the Sri Lankan police, reports Chris Slee.
The leaders of nine opposition parties have joined forces to demand Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro鈥檚 impeachment, reports Yanis Iqbal.
Even before the COVID-19 pandemic crisis, food delivery companies鈥 profits were skyrocketing, as their 鈥渟elf-employed鈥 workers are blocked from unionising, reports Taroa Z煤帽iga Silva.
Despite pandemic shutdowns, atmospheric carbon dioxide and methane levels surged last year, reports Climate and Capitalism.
Information is coming to light about New Zealand's exports to Indonesia's military forces, which are engaged in a long-running and escalating conflict in West Papua, reports Maire Leadbeater.
United States President Joe Biden has no proposals for the fossil fuel industries to cut their carbon emissions or a firm timetable for a switch to renewables, writes Barry Sheppard.
Culture
For five nights in May, three locations around Warrane (Sydney Cove) will be transformed with images, music and stories of the lives and resistance of Sydney鈥檚 Black, queer and grassroots communities, writes Rachel Evans.
To persuade people to join a political movement, write聽Alex Salmon and Dirk Kelly, leftists need to learn how to use logic to make better arguments.