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US requests Australian warship to protect Israeli shipping in Red Sea
The Australian government is considering a US request to send an Australian warship to the Red Sea to protect commercial tankers against Houthi attacks.
How mass picket held up Israeli ship
Some 200 Palestine solidarity activists picketed the Patrick’s terminal in Fremantle, holding up an Israeli ship for 22 hours.
How resistance can turn into revolution
Ending the domination of Israel in the Middle East and the Western imperialism behind will require revolution, writes James Supple.
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.
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.
Racism and Indigenous rights
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.
Australia
After the Voice referendum: What can we do about racism in Australia?
Matilda Fay looks at where racism in Australia comes from and what we can do about it.
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.
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