Sydney Uni VC calls in the cops, but we’re stopping the job cuts
Management at Sydney University has resorted to riot police, threats of student suspension and a ludicrous PR campaign to try and contain the anti-cuts campaign. But the campaign has...
Union democracy the answer to HSU corruption
A surgical dresser earns about $24 an hour. A cook or a gardener gets a little less, an experienced cardiac technician a little more. These are the kinds of...
Detention a ‘psychiatric hospital’, but report ignores alternatives
The joint parliamentary inquiry into detention brought down its report on March 30—but it was remarkable only for its timidity. Its recommendations leave mandatory detention in place.
In many ways,...
ASIO can’t be trusted with refugee assessments
The long-hidden issue of the indefinite detention of refugees with adverse ASIO security assessments is finally getting some attention.
The sudden detention of Tamil refugee Ranjini and her two sons...
Afghan Hazaras’ Canberra rally exposes violence in Quetta
On May 10, over 1000 Hazara-Australians converged on Canberra from across the country to protest the recent wave of killing of Hazaras in Quetta, Pakistan and the Australian government’s...
Kings Cross footage shows racist cops are the real criminals
The only regret from the New South Wales police over the Kings Cross shooting scandal seems to be that the incident was caught on camera.
NSW Police Union Chief Scott...
Death in custody: ‘My nephew is a victim of the Intervention’
Paddy Gibson spoke to Patricia Morton-Thomas, the aunt of Aboriginal man Terrance Briscoe, who died in police custody in Alice Springs in January, about her nephew’s death and the...
Yolngu nations reignite opposition to leases and Intervention
The Yolngu Nations Assembly meeting in Ramingining has taken an important stand against the “Stronger Futures” legislation currently before the Senate. “Stronger Futures” would extend most racist Intervention powers...
Official report shows renewables scheme is useless
Ten billion dollars’ funding for renewable energy has been held up as one of the key wins from the carbon tax package.
The Expert review released to government on March...
Sweet end to Sarkozy as France rejects austerity, but fascists are on the rise
The long-awaited fall of Nicolas Sarkozy and the election of Socialist (Labor) candidate Francois Hollande in France has created much anxiety and uncertainty amongst the European ruling class.
France is...
All eyes on Greece as voters revolt against the crisis
The economic crisis in Europe has become a political crisis after the architects of austerity in Greece were utterly smashed at the polls in the May 6 election.
The two...
Egypt military in new assault on protests
The military regime that rules Egypt has launched a brutal crackdown against protesters in the country. Thugs attacked Islamist protesters in May while soldiers looked on. More than ten...
Bersih: Malaysia’s Tahrir in the making?
Kuala Lumpur's streets surrounding Dataran Merdeka (Independence Square) turned into a sea of yellow on April 28 as 100,000 gathered for Bersih 3.0, the Bersih movement’s third rally demanding...
Palestinian prisoners hunger strike sparks new wave of solidarity
Since April 17 this year (Palestinian Prisoners Day) a new wave of resistance has been launched by political prisoners in Israeli jails. Around 1600 prisoners declared that they were...
‘We’re not backing down!’: Students stage the biggest strike in Quebec’s history
A student strike in Quebec has entered its third month with no sign of stopping. At its height, 300,000 students were on strike, refusing to go to class until...
Behind the corporate takeover of universities
Solidarity looks at the impact of several decades of neo-liberal shock therapy on Australian universities—and how to drive it back
Universities today are run like corporations to serve the needs...
‘Michael Spence is the 1 per cent’: the role of university management
The architect of the cuts at Sydney University is the Vice-Chancellor Michael Spence. His arrogance and determination in pushing through the cuts has earned him the wrath of the...
A million votes for socialism: the story of Eugene Debs, an American radical
Amy Thomas introduces one of the key figures from the hidden history of US radicalism
Barack Obama has broken the hearts of the millions of Americans who voted him into...
Defending multiculturalism
Jasmine Ali argues the left should defend multiculturalism against racist attacks from the right
In February 2011, Julia Gillard and Immigration Minister Chris Bowen turned 180 degrees to reaffirm Labor’s...
Alex Mitchell: Trotskyist with some stories to tell
Come the Revolution: A memoir
By Alex Mitchell, NewSouth Publishing $39.95
Alex Mitchell’s media career spanned the British Sunday Times, work under a young Rupert Murdoch at Sydney’s Daily Mirror and...
Things they say
The foot-in-mouth of the 1 per cent
I invite financial markets to behave in a rational way. Spain is on track.
Wishful thinking from Chairman of the euro zone finance ministers,...
