Labor budget failure on cost of living is feeding workers’ rage

It’s not sympathy for aspiring tech billionaires that means Labor's budget has been badly received. It has done nothing to provide the cost-of-living relief needed.

You're welcome to join our discussions on theory, history and building resistance today

Latest news

Convergence to expose Pine Gap’s role in genocide

Activists from across the continent will converge on the Pine Gap spy base in Central Australia in July for three days of protest and discussion.

Victorian teachers: vote No and continue the fight

Victorian teachers are fighting for an historic No vote to a union-recommended proposed agreement.

Tech oligarchs, capitalism and the AI arms race

Erima Dall looks at the impact of AI, including in the workplace, and the consequences of its use in the service of profit

Follow us

Podcast: The Sound of Solidarity

Unions

Iran

Trump tries to rein in Israel in search of deal with Iran

Donald Trump lashed at out Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a call in early June, calling him “fucking crazy” and telling him “everybody hates Israel”.

Protest campaign forces Sydney Uni to drop disciplinary threats over Palestine poster

After widespread outrage, the University of Sydney has backed down on its threat to discipline two students over a poster for a Palestine protest used on campus.

Racism and Indigenous rights

No justice for Indigenous people under NT’s police state

Indigenous people in the Northern Territory are facing a “police state”, Mililma May, Danggalaba Kulumbiringin Tiwi writer and community organiser, told Solidarity’s Keep Left conference in April.

Australia

International

Protests as Japan boosts military to back the US against China

Japan is witnessing its largest wave of anti-war protests in decades as the government pushes up military spending in an effort to back US threats against China.

Long reads

Venezuela: from revolutionary transformation to imperialist victory

David Glanz reviews a new book that helps explain why the high hopes of the Bolivarian revolution ended in a squalid deal with US imperialism.

Radical history and theory

Feature articles

Reviews

In focus