Iran stares down a superpower as Trump faces defeat
Donald Trump has the mightiest military in the world at his command. But he’s failed to defeat Iran, a regional power.
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Administration in chaos but attacks on CFMEU keep coming
The attacks by the Administration of the CFMEU haven’t stopped since Mark Irving stepped down as Administrator in late April.
Disability services we need won’t come from market profiteers
The NDIS was introduced in 2013 with bipartisan political support. But the NDIS market has failed to deliver consistent, quality care and support.
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.
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Unions
Eight Melbourne councils strike for pay rise to catch up with cost of living
About 2000 union members from across eight metropolitan Melbourne councils took part in a historic strike for fair wages and conditions on 5 May.
Iran
Trump’s failure in Iran is a defeat for US power
The US-Israel war on Iran has brought death and destruction to Iranian cities. But it has also humiliated Donald Trump and highlighted the relative decline of American power.
Israel imposes slow death in Gaza as genocide goes on
Trump’s so-called “ceasefire” in Gaza is now more than six months old. But Israel’s genocide continues as it denies entry of aid and basic medical supplies to a devastated population.
Racism and Indigenous rights
Labor fans Islamophobia as One Nation surges
One Nation is surfing a wave of anger and disillusionment with the major parties. Much of that momentum is fuelled by the cost-of-living crisis—but the party is also fomenting Islamophobia to harden up its supporters.
Australia
Labor’s budget failure on cost of living and its racist policies no antidote to One Nation
Despite Labor’s boasts, there is nothing fair about its budget.
Capitalism and the new wave of misogyny: Fighting sexism today
Elizabeth Grosshans looks at what's responsible for the wave of online misogyny and rising sexism, and how we can fight it.
International
US workers strike back at Trump on May Day
May Day in the US was a day of resistance to Trump’s rotten agenda of mass deportations, imperialist wars abroad, and war on the working class at home.
Long reads
Letter from Indonesia: the fight to free the August political prisoners
Anthony Albanese visited Indonesia in February to sign a security treaty with Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto. But there was not a word about Subianto's vicious jailing and torture of political prisoners. An Indonesian socialist tells the story that Albanese ignores
Radical history and theory
How West Australian unions defeated Court’s protest ban
Tom Orsag tells the story of how union power and solidarity broke WA's repressive anti-protest laws.

















