Julia Gillard has always been willing to go that extra mile when it comes to putting the boot into refugees. In spite of being nominally in the Left, she sided with the Labor Right at the 2004 national conference to vote against Labor for Refugees motions. December’s national Labor conference is going to be no different.
For the past two months, the Occupy movement has electrified US politics and inspired movements in its image around the world. The occupations themselves have been relatively small, but hugely popular: a sign of the deep crisis of legitimacy facing those that run the world.
Baiada Poultry workers in Melbourne have won a major victory for fair pay and job security after 13 days on strike. These 300 mostly migrant workers stuck together in the face of harassment and intimidation from their bosses, the media and police to humble a major corporation through indefinite strike action.
Amy Thomas analyses the The Greens’ role in left politics since the federal election
Freya Bundey looks at the way forward for the revolution that toppled a dictator
Hawke and Keating’s Accord agreement was designed to hold back wages and conditions and weakened union power, argues Feiyi Zhang
One year from the start of the revolution that toppled Hosni Mubarak and is now challenging the power of Egypt’s military junta, Egypt’s Revolutionary Socialists analyse the dynamics of the revolution and the need to link up the revolutionaries in the squares with those fighting for economic justice in the workplace.
At the end of 2011 the Sydney University administration announced 340 job cuts (150 academic and 190 general) to be finalised by February 2012. They claim that this is because of reduced income. But they have plenty of money to spend on buildings and technology to promote Sydney University. This is about increasing the profitability of the University by slashing the quality of teaching and learning.
Egyptian trade unionists have called for demonstrations on January 25, the one year anniversary of the overthrow of Hosni Mubarak. The demands of workers and protestors have not been met by the ruling military regime.
Labour leaders in Nigeria called off a general strike on Monday of this week after the government agreed to partly reintroduce petrol subsidies.
Australia cannot evade its share of the responsibility for the tragic sinking of another asylum boat off Java, according to advocates from the Refugee Action Coalition. The boat is believed to have been carrying Afghan and Iranian refugees.
The political crisis in Papua New Guinea split open in mid-December as two men both claimed the right to be the Prime Minister.
Solidarity meets in cities all around the country. Check here for details of the latest upcoming meetings.
It is all too clear that the current Labor government is determined to out flank Tony Abbott to the right on refugees. We need a strong movement can 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
Labor has announced they will pursue another version of a price on carbon. Much like the emissions trading scheme proposed by Kevin Rudd, the scheme is likely to dish out billions of dollars to polluters and do nothing to stop the mass expansion of coal-fired power happening all around the country. Get involved to demand real action on climate change.
Anarchist and autonomist ideas have influenced many recent movements, including Occupy. Lachlan Marshall takes a look at a new booklet that weighs up their merits.
Review: Quarterly Essay 43 “Bad News”, by Robert Manne, Black Inc, $19.95
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