ACTU elects new president
In July, Michele O’Neil was elected president of the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU). She replaces outgoing president Ged Kearney who was bumped …
My Health Record controversy
The My Health Record scheme has proved to be yet another debacle for the already embattled federal government. Less than one month since announcing …
Book review: Ahed Tamimi – A girl who fought back
On the morning of the last Sunday in July, Palestinian activist Ahed Tamimi was released from an Israeli prison, where she had been for …
Inspiring CWI school held in Barcelona
The annual European summer school, organised by the Committee for a Workers’ International (CWI), was attended by around 400 people in July. The CWI …
Turnbull deposed, but political crisis set to continue
Australia saw yet another change of prime minister in late August. After a week of high drama, the Liberal Party booted Malcolm Turnbull from …
Film review: The Young Karl Marx
Director Raoul Peck takes us on a voyage through the life of ‘The Young Karl Marx’. At first a follower of the idealist philosopher …
Capitalism oversees sluggish response to climate change
The latest figures on renewable energy use show that it is being rolled out far too slowly to help us avoid dangerous changes to …
Czechoslovakia 1968: Russian invasion crushes hopes of workers’ democracy
The year 1968 was tumultuous with workers’ accumulated frustrations igniting rebellion against capitalism and non-capitalist Stalinist regimes alike. Brewing discontent in France spilled over …
China: Solidarity with the Jasic Technology workers!
Since July 18 workers at Jasic Technology, a factory in Shenzhen employing 1,000 workers making machines and robots, have been campaigning to set up …
Book review: The Real Lenin
The global capitalist crisis is intensifying. Wars are raging, immigrant children are being torn from their parent’s arms and put in cages, while billions …
The quiet before the storm
This document was debated and agreed upon at our 2018 National Conference, held in Melbourne on August 11. It builds upon the statement agreed …
Scrap the ‘secondary boycott’ laws
In Australia today, bosses have an unfettered right to organise across an industry or supply chain. In addition, employers can freely outsource jobs to …
The new world disorder
Donald Trump’s brazen unilateralist ‘America First’ foreign policy is straining to the limits the architecture of international relations that has mediated the different interests …
Complement industrial manslaughter laws with on-the-job action
In a bid to boost his electoral fortunes at the upcoming state election, Victorian Labor premier Daniel Andrews has promised to introduce new laws …
Hospo Voice: New “digital” union launched
Hospitality is an industry with notoriously bad working conditions. Wage theft is rampant, and casualisation is the norm. Many people employed in cafes and …
Shady superannuation system exposed
Workers retirement funds are being poorly managed and have gouged billions of dollars for fees and dodgy insurance according to a report from the …
Rent control: How would it work?
The capitalist market has created a housing affordability crisis in Australia. Landlords, developers and speculators have made billions of dollars profiting from people’s intrinsic …
