Labor needs reminding that war crimes do not justify further war crimes and even less so do they justify genocide, argues Alex Bainbridge.
Our Common Cause
No-one听with a conscience听can watch Israel鈥檚 bombardment of Gaza听and not feel horrified. Sue Bull argues听for an immediate听ceasefire and a听just听political resolution which includes听Palestinians鈥 right to self-determination and an end to听Israel鈥檚 occupation.
Socialist Alliance recommends a Yes vote for the referendum on the Voice. But we also recognise that substantial measures to benefit Indigenous people require a strengthening of the grassroots movements for change. This will be true whatever the outcome on October 14, writes Sam Wainwright.
It's probably听no surprise that the Intergenerational Report 2023 passed without much comment. It forecasts the need for greater income revenue, and that will fall to a younger generation. 厂补尘听奥补颈苍飞谤颈驳丑迟 reports.
We can鈥檛 possibly mobilise the human and material resources needed to confront the climate crisis 鈥 the real threat to our security 鈥 while听gearing up for a new Cold War, let alone a hot war, argues Sam Wainwright.
While the Royal Commission report into Robodebt did not听recommend systemic compensation to the victims, it did听suggest听lifting the rate for social security benefits. Alex Bainbridge reports.
The Greens leadership is wrong to focus on getting more MPs and that its someone else鈥檚 job to do the 鈥渟treet听heat鈥 it knows is needed, argues听Sam Wainwright.听The changes we urgently need will听only come听from sustained extra-parliamentary mobilisations.
Treating housing as a commodity has made it inaccessible to people who need homes.听But it doesn鈥檛 have to be like this, argues Peter Boyle.
Merri-bek Socialist Alliance councillor Sue Bolton argues that councils must not听cave听in to pressure from the homophobic far-right and cancel LGBTIQ gatherings because that enables听鈥渄rag panic鈥.
It was notable that听听Treasurer Jim Chalmers didn鈥檛 mouth the words 鈥渃limate action鈥澨齱hile spruiking the budget. Alex Bainbridge argues that鈥檚 because it didn鈥檛 contain a听plan for the climate transition we need.
Labor's budget betrays renters, job seekers and people doing it tough. It leaves millions stuck in poverty while billionaires get tax cuts, argues Sue Bull.
罢丑别听Defence Strategic Review听doesn鈥檛 contain any surprises, argues Sam Wainwright. It abandons any pretence that military expenditure has anything to do with defence, conceding that it鈥檚 all about helping the United States project its military power into Asia.
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