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Australia’s defence industry is arming Israel’s genocide
Recent months have seen an increasing number of protests directed at the arms industry in Australia and its role in Israel’s genocide in Gaza.
Labor wants Trump-like powers to deport refugees
The new Bill is Labor’s latest shocking, and desperate, measure to trash refugee rights.
How colonial war led to revolution in Portugal
The revolution in Portugal beginning 50 years ago in 1974 with a revolt in the army, saw workers take control of hundreds of factories, writes Luke Ottavi
Unions
Firies, sparkies and pilots fight cost-of-living pain
Read Solidarity's monthly round-up from the frontline of workers' struggle.
Climate action
Dutton’s nuclear push intended to delay climate action
The Coalition’s Peter Dutton has launched a push for nuclear power. The move is a product of hostility to any serious increase in renewable energy.
Smears of antisemitism over Palestine ring hollow
As the death toll mounts and hunger stalks Gaza, supporters of Israel are finding it harder to defend the genocide. Instead, they are turning to smearing supporters of Palestine as antisemitic.
Racism and Indigenous rights
Indigenous activist Ray Peckham: How unions helped stop segregation in the 1960s
Paddy Gibson spoke to Indigenous activist Ray Peckham about the fight against segregation and the Aboriginal Welfare Board, and how trade unions aided the struggle
Australia
Labor’s naval build-up pours billions more into war
In late February, the war-hawk Minister for Defence, Richard Marles, announced Labor would spend an extra $11.1 billion to double the number of Navy surface ships, taking total naval spending in the next decade to an eye-wateringly obscene $54.2 billion.
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
Modi’s Islamophobia on full display as India faces election
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is on track to win India’s upcoming election, giving him a third term in office and allowing him to cement his reactionary and racist agenda.
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
How resistance can turn into revolution
Ending the domination of Israel in the Middle East and the Western imperialism behind it will require revolution, writes James Supple.
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