Editorial: Labor is shuffling the deckchairs on the Titanic
Another round of infighting has broken out inside the parliamentary Labor Party as the reality of defeat this September finally sinks in.
Another round of infighting has broken out inside the parliamentary Labor Party as the reality of defeat this September finally sinks in.
On 26 August 2001, the MV Tampa rescued Palapa 1, with 438 asylum seekers on board (369 men, 26 women and 43 children). In September 2001, the Howard government signed an agreement with the Nauru government to establish off-shore processing of asylum seekers on the island—marking the beginning of the Pacific Solution. It ran until February 2008, when the Rudd Labor government formally announced its closure.
David Glanz looks at what’s behind the rise of maverick Bob Katter’s Australia party, and mining billionaire Clive Palmer’s Palmer United Party
One of the first acts of the Labor government in 2008 was to apologise to the Stolen Generations. Then Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said “the injustices of the past must never, never happen again.” But Aboriginal children are being removed from their parents in numbers far higher than during the Stolen Generations and the rates are skyrocketing.
Gina Rinehart’s Enterprise Migration Agreement (EMA) for her Roy Hill project has sparked debate over the issue of “Aussie jobs” and 457 visas. This statement of union activists, anti-racists and others expresses concern over the anti-foreign worker sentiment, and argues unions should welcome temporary workers on 457 visas into the unions. Please read and consider signing on.
In our third installment of our Labor history series, Jean Parker finds some rich lessons in the incredible story of the New South Wales Labor Party’s “socialisation units” and the figure of Jack Lang in the 1930s
The smell of death is hanging over Labor. Mark Gillespie looks at how they got themselves into such a mess
Amy Thomas analyses the The Greens’ role in left politics since the federal election
A workers’ occupation of the Greek ERT state broadcasting corporation was the only media outlet broadcasting in the country today, Wednesday. Journalists across the rest of the Greek media struck in solidarity with occupation.
A small protest that began with 50 people in Gezi Park, Istanbul, to save it from becoming a shopping mall, became the spark for weeks of resistance against Turkey’s Prime Minister, Tayyip Erdoğan.
Staff at Sydney University from the NTEU and CPSU held their fifth successful day of strike action this year on 5 June as they face off against the aggressive anti-union management of hated Vice-Chancellor Michael Spence.
The $2.3 billion cuts to universities have unleashed a wave of anger across the country. A national day of protest on budget day organised by the National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) along with student groups drew 1500 people in Melbourne and 500 in Sydney. Hundreds more protested in Perth, Adelaide, Brisbane, Canberra and across regional campuses.
The strike campaign by Sydney Uni staff has already begun to force the intransigent, nasty management to back down from some aspects of their attack on staff conditions and education. Staff, represented by the NTEU and the CPSU, successfully shut down the campus for two days in late March, following a 24-hour strike in earlier in the month.
Twenty seven refugees with adverse ASIO security assessments exposed the detention regime with a ten day hunger strike at Broadmeadows detention centre in Melbourne. The refugees have won a meeting with Immigration to press their demands.
Solidarity meets in cities all around the country. Check here for details of the latest upcoming meetings.
Two days of discussion, debate and ideas to change a world in crisis.
Saturday 17 and Sunday 18 August, at UTS Building 6, Sydney.
Tickets now on sale, to book visit this link
It is all too clear that the current Labor government is determined to out flank Tony Abbott to the right on refugees, re-opening Howard’s detention hell holes on Nauru and Manus Island. We need a strong movement to turn the tide. Join the campaign in your city to call for an end to mandatory detention of refugees and offshore processing.
Get involved in the campaign to stop the racist Northern Territory Intervention and the expansion of Income Management