More than 10,000 students joined climate strike actions around the country, reports Alex Bainbridge and Jim McIlroy.
Issue 1321
News
Casual workers at the University of Sydney have launched a $2 million wage theft claim against university management.听Georgie Dixon reports.
Inner West Council is the first of the forcibly amalgamated councils in NSW听to give residents a direct say on a demerger. But, as Pip Hinman reports, it will听distribute questionable information to听residents.
An Extinction Rebellion action highlighted the critical danger facing the Great Barrier Reef. Alex Bainbridge reports.
Precarious workers in Cairns are bearing the brunt of the COVID-19 economic crisis in Far North Queensland. Jonathan Strauss reports.
Residents are organising to oppose the NSW government's efforts to听open up the valley of Rylstone in the Central Tablelands to coal mining. Coral Wynter reports.
Bernard Collaery will be allowed听to make public certain information in his trial. While he should not have to face a trial听at all for helping his client, Witness K, this is a positive step, writes Jim McIlroy.
An听international peace webinar drew speakers and participants听from across the world to condemn the new Australia-United Kingdom-United States听alliance. Jim McIlroy reports.
CFMEU members are campaigning for an enterprise agreement, three years after the old one expired. Steve O'Brien reports.
Domestic and family violence shelters with good connections to communities have fared better in the lockdowns, writes听Markela Panegyres.
Long-term community and union activists听Andrew Chuter and Rachel Evans will run for the Socialist Alliance in the New South Wales Senate. Jim McIlroy reports.
More than 300 people took part in an online rally organised by the Tamil Refugee Council听to demand protections for refugees and ensure they are not deported to danger. Chris Slee reports.
In response to the plan to rapidly phase out the disaster payment,听the Australian Council of Social Service said听the JobSeeker rate needs to be lifted听to $80 a day.听Arie Huybregts reports.
Suzanne James听writes听about the rise in public support for the Voluntary Assisted Dying听bill and the likely impact of the change of leadership in New South Wales on its potential passage.
Prisoner rights听activists are demanding that authorities heed the health advice and protect people in prison.听Elliott Guerrero听补苍诲听Rachel Evans report.
The 听Australian Criminal and Family Lawyers is challenging several New South Wales Police powers under the COVID-19 public health orders in the Supreme Court.听Elliott Guerrero reports.
The Combined Rail Unions and the Rail, Tram & Bus Union听are continuing protected industrial action in New South Wales as negotiations for a new NSW Trains and Sydney Trains Enterprise Agreement听break down.听Jean Dor reports.
Activist gardening collective Growing Forward held an action outside the offices of luxury developer Bluebird Property. Alex Bainbridge reports.
A Victorian coroner has found that a high-speed police pursuit resulting in the death of First Nations man Raymond Noel Lindsay Thomas in 2017 was unjustified. Chris Slee reports.
Analysis
Climate Council member Will Steffen 蝉辫辞办别听迟辞 91自拍论坛听about climate science and politics in the lead up to the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow.
Whistleblower Frances Haugen听has called out Facebook and its sister site Instagram for听exacerbating body image听and mental health issues in teenage girls, writes听Janet Parker.
The capitalist establishment has spent years debating whether or not Australia should have a 2050 climate target. It is a distraction from the task at hand, argues Alex Bainbridge.听听
As NSW eases听restrictions for fully vaccinated people, vulnerable First Nations people are still struggling to be vaccinated, write听Rachel Evans 补苍诲听Elliott Guerrero.
Socialist Alliance strongly supports vaccination as a public health measure. Vaccines should be free and easily available.
In part three of our series on the draft Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill (NSW) 2021, 91自拍论坛听interviews听NSW Greens MP Cate Faehrmann, co-sponsor of the bill to be introduced by Independent Sydney MP Alex Greenwich.
The extent to which the ruling class will go to protect those accused of sexual violence is on full display in the case of the PM's treatment of the听former Attorney General Christian Porter, argues听Markela Panegyres.
Rachel Evans 蝉辫辞办别听迟辞 Tamil refugees and activists Kalyani Inpakumar and Renuga Inpakumar about the continuing persecution of Tamils in Sri Lanka and the campaign for rights here.
Australia鈥檚 richest person, Gina Rinehart, warns that unless the federal government听restrains its pandemic spending,听the country will end up like Sri Lanka.听Michael Cooke 补苍诲听Lionel Bopage argue that this is听neoliberal nonsense.
Neoliberalism has turned universities into 鈥渉ungry鈥 institutions that act like zombies: consuming brains for profit rather than enriching minds. Aleks Wansbrough discusses the crisis in higher education.
With new fossil fuel corporations finding it increasingly difficult to find the finance, the Scott Morrison government has come to the rescue with public subsidies. Margaret Gleeson reports.
91自拍论坛 interviews听Beverly Baker, chairperson of Older Women鈥檚 Network听about the Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill 2021, soon to be debated in the NSW parliament.
91自拍论坛 speaks to听Shayne Higson, Vice President of Dying With Dignity NSW,听about the Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill 2021, soon to be debated in the NSW Parliament.
Gladys Berejiklian, the soon-to-be-former premier of New South Wales,听has been a major player in the Liberal-National Party's sell-off of public assets to corporate mates. Andrew Chuter reports.
World
How should the working class respond to a pandemic and protect workers鈥 interests at the same time? Malik Miah reports on the situation in the United States.
The Taliban are hunting down women鈥檚 rights activists in Kabul. Yasmeen Afghan files this account of one such activist who is now underground.
Berlin鈥檚 referendum to expropriate corporate landlords is a watershed moment for rental politics and a rare win against international real estate capital, reports Thomas McGath.
Helen Jaffe, Sujatha Fernandes and Ian Ellis-Jones discuss the听the July 11 protests in Cuba, the corporate media's distortions of them听and what is happening in that country now.
The COP26 Coalition is hosting the People鈥檚 Summit for Climate Justice, from November 7鈥10, and has called a global day of protest action for climate justice on November 6. 91自拍论坛 spoke to the COP26 Coalition's Camille Barbagallo.
Vanuatu and Papua New Guinea have听raised the issue of regional human rights at a recent United Nations General Assembly meeting, a move听welcomed by West Papuans, reports Yamin Kogoya.
Australia鈥檚 brutal policy of turning back refugees at sea has been picked up by Britain, reports Binoy Kampmark.
Supporters of abortion rights turned out across the United States in protest against laws in Texas and Mississippi that effectively outlaw most abortions, reports Barry Sheppard.
The Social Democratic Party's platform to raise the minimum wage and for single-tier health insurance听resonated with voters听and contrasted with the left's failure. Sibylle Kaczorek reports.
R&B singer R Kelly's conviction on racketeering and sex trafficking is a victory for Black girls and women, who have not been listened to in sexual assault cases, writes Malik Miah.
Brazil鈥檚 Supreme Court reserved its judgment on a historic case winding back Indigenous land rights, known as marco temporal (timeframe), on September 15, reports Davi Bertges.
Recent statements by Taliban figures banning perfume have been protested and derided in social media, reports Yasmeen Afghan.
In October, the Central Jakarta District Court ruled on a lawsuit accusing the Indonesian government of unlawfully permitting air pollution in the capital to exceed permissible, healthy limits, reports Binoy Kampmark.
Culture
Alex Salmon reviews Squid Game, a dystopian tale set in Asia's economic "miracle".
Bosses claim the modern, flexible workplace is a wonderland of freedom and self-expression, but a new book reveals what it is really like for workers, writes Barry Healy.
At 21, Jaivet Ealom fled persecution in Myanmar, finding himself on a small boat with 100 other men, women and children destined for Darwin, writes Janet Parker.
Climate and Capitalism editor Ian Angus presents seven new books for understanding and changing the world.
Barry Healy reviews a new film about a Belgian Jew who survives the Holocaust by pretending to be Persian.