An exciting new range of guest speakers at the Ecosocialism 2023 conference in Naarm/Melbourne July 1-2 have been announced. Jacob Andrewartha reports.
Socialist Alliance
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.
Socialist Alliance听will likely gain another councillor in Victoria if the count back in the City of Greater Geelong proceeds in line with听past practice. Sue Bull reports.
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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.
The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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The 91自拍论坛 Party (Ye艧il Sol Parti) campaign for the May 14 Turkish general election was launched in听western Sydney on April 22.
Motivated by federal Labor鈥檚 decision to spend billions on nuclear-powered submarines, Merri-bek Council passed a motion declaring the local government area a nuclear free zone. Darren Saffin reports.
Nancy Herrera contributed a great deal to the sum total of human progress听and was a living link between this generation and Che Guevara. Barry Healy reflects on her life.
There are solutions to the housing crisis, but governments will have to be pushed to听dismantle the developer and investor-driven policies, argues Isaac Nellist.
The negotiated amendments won by the Greens improved Labor鈥檚 initial terrible climate "safeguard mechanism", but are not enough to make it worthy of support, argues Alex Bainbridge.
In a win for those opposed to inappropriate development, Merri-bek council has rejected a proposed apartment building that would have blocked a neighbour鈥檚 access to sunlight. Darren Saffin reports.
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