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Israeli state and settler violence grows in West Bank
The so-called truce did not end the violence against Palestinians in the West Bank, where Israeli settlers and troops are terrorising and killing with impunity.
Labor’s grovelling to Dutton fails the character test
On 8 November, the High Court ruled indefinite immigration detention unlawful, overturning a 20-year-old precedent.
Why two states is no solution for Palestine
Israel has never been willing to allow any kind of Palestinian state. The solution is to fight for a single democratic state with equal rights for Jews and Arabs argues Luke Ottavi.
Unions
Big Pharma meets big resistance
About 65 maintenance workers at CSL Behring, in the northern Melbourne suburb of Broadmeadows, having been on rotating strikes since August.
Climate action
Labor still expanding fossil fuels as world heads for ‘hellish’ heating
A stark warning from the UN has revealed the world is on track for a “hellish” three degrees of warming this century.
Protest blocks Zim boat in action against Israel’s genocide in Gaza
Up to 500 people staged a snap protest in Sydney last night, significantly disrupting the Israeli shipping company, Zim.
Racism and Indigenous rights
Refugee activists win fines case: now give refugees permanent visas
Police have dropped charges against eight Refugee Action Collective Vic activists who were fined for taking part in a car cavalcade on Good Friday 2020.
Australia
‘Labor has blood on their hands’: why I quit the ALP
Labor’s support for Israel’s horrific war on Gaza is creating tensions within the party. Solidarity spoke to one member about why she quit the ALP.
Sexism and LGBTIQ
Matildas’ success caught up in a wave of nationalism
The widespread admiration for the Matildas has been a blow against sexism but it has also fuelled nationalism.
International
US and NATO prolonging a bloody stalemate in Ukraine
The war in Ukraine has become a bloody stalemate that continues only because both Russia and the US are pouring in weapons to continue the killing.
Long reads
White Australia and the labour movement
This is the text of the 2023 Alex Macdonald Memorial Lecture, delivered by Phil Griffiths. With thanks to the Brisbane Labour History Association.
Radical history and theory
Workers’ control and the Opera House 50 years on
The construction of the Sydney Opera House, opened 50 years ago this month, saw unionists launch an experiment with workers’ control of production, writes Erima Dall.
Feature articles
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