Green Left Weekly

Coal seam gas

Metgasco turns up the heat on Mike Baird

Metgasco CEO Peter Henderson said on September 1 that he “expected” the NSW government “will provide all necessary police protection” to allow drilling to begin at Bentley. He said he had been given such assurances by the government.

Naomi Klein

Why Naomi Klein wants to thank Tony Abbott

In Sydney to promote her new book Capitalism versus the Climate: This Changes Everything, Klein said the conflict between what the planet needs and what capitalism needs is exemplified in Australia

Kurdish struggle

A look at Rojava's democratic, feminist revolution

Rojava, the Kurdish-majority liberated zone in northern Syria, is the location of a unique experiment in grassroots, participatory democracy.

United States

No charges for cop who shot 'skateboard-wielding' Black youths

The white police officer who shot two unarmed Black youths in May in Thurston County, Washington state, will not face criminal charges, the Thurston County Prosecutor announced on September 2, because the youths’ skateboards were said to be “threatening” the officer.

This week's Socialist Alliance 'Our Common Cause' column

Behind ‘Border Farce’ are serious human rights abuses

An unedifying spectacle of buck-passing followed as the Border Force hierarchy pushed the blame down the chain of command, as did government ministers — except for immigration minister Peter Dutton, who vanished.

THIS WEEK'S COLUMN BY RESISTANCE!, SOCIALIST YOUTH ORGANISATION

A World to Win — Transgender liberation

“Genuine bonds of solidarity can be forged between people who respect each other’s differences and are willing to fight their enemy together. We are the class that does the work of the world, and can revolutionize it. We can win true liberation.”

Australian News

Hutchison assembly stands firm against eviction threat

The assemblies have been maintained for more than four weeks to protest against the sacking of 97 waterside workers by the giant Hutchison company, part of the biggest multinational stevedoring corporation in the world. The NSW Port Authority issued a notice of eviction to the Hutchison assembly to be complied with by 5pm on September 3. The Brisbane assembly also received an eviction order.

Acland mines faces growing opposition

Queensland’s environment department has given conditional approval for the controversial expansion of the Acland coalmine. But questions about the link between political donations to the former LNP government and their support for the project remain unanswered. Conditional approval has now been given for the Acland stage 3 expansion. But the community campaign in opposition is intensifying as is the demand that the Palaszczuk government make good on its election promises.

Further Australian News

International News

Malaysia: Half a million in BERSIH 4 democracy mobilisation

Malaysian democracy activists estimate that between 300,000 and half a million people peacefully took to the streets of the capital Kuala Lumpur for 34 hours from August 29 to 30.

Ecuador: Behind the 'Indigenous Uprising' against Correa — divided left weakens struggle for change

Ecuador’s President Rafael Correa is facing the most important challenge yet to his self-styled “Citizens' Revolution”.

Further International News

Comment and Analysis

Carlo's Corner: Cruelty battles idiocy in Team Abbot

Meanwhile, a real humanitarian crisis is enveloping Europe as huge numbers of desperate people fleeing war zones die trying to enter Europe, rot in detention centres or seek to physically force their way into the wealthier Europe nations.

People’s Climate March to change everything

It is becoming increasingly clear that we need an alternative to capitalism if we are to solve the climate crisis.

Further Comment and Analysis

Cultural Dissent

Dave Zirin: How Hurricane Katrina provoked new rise of the political athlete

If there was ever a moment that signalled how little Black lives mattered to people in power in the US, it was in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, which hit the Gulf of Mexico — especially devastating the city of New Orleans — 10 years ago.

Engels as dickhead — novel ignores history

McCrea minutely researched daily life in Victorian England in order to bring domestic details to life — you can smell the stench and feel the press of the bodies. And if ever you thought that running a house with servants was easy, Burns has a thing or two to explain to you.

Further Cultural Dissent

Dave Zirin: How Hurricane Katrina...

Solidarity confronts Fortress Europe in response to ‘refugee crisis’