Progressive people need to push back against the draconian police reppression of peaceful climate activists in Sydney.
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Energy Crisis: Time to Talk Seriously About Public Ownership
They reflect the views of the majority of working class people who are fed up with being ripped off by energy companies.
They reflect the views of the majority of working class people who are fed up with being ripped off by energy companies.
Trampling Trans Rights Does Not Tackle Unfairness in Sport
Bans on trans people competing in sport not only also undermines a person’s dignity, it serves to affirm binary gender stereotypes.
Bans on trans people competing in sport not only also undermines a person’s dignity, it serves to affirm binary gender stereotypes.
Colin Kaepernick: The American Footballer Who Confronted Racism
The spark that set off the inferno was Kaepernick's refusal to stand for the national anthem when it was played before games.
The spark that set off the inferno was Kaepernick’s refusal to stand for the national anthem when it was played before games.
‘Meltdown’: The Story of How Three Mile Island Almost Became the US’ Chernobyl
Director Kief Davidson shows just how close the 1979 accident at the Three Mile Island (TMI) nuclear power plant, located on a strip of land in central Pennsylvania’s Susquehanna River, came to being a calamity on the scale of the 1986 Chernobyl disaster.
Director Kief Davidson shows just how close the 1979 accident at the Three Mile Island (TMI) nuclear power plant, located on a strip of land in central Pennsylvania’s Susquehanna River, came to being a calamity on the scale of the 1986 Chernobyl disaster.
Ecosocialist Bookshelf
Climate & capitalism editor Ian Angus presents seven new books on science, medicine and socialism.
Climate & capitalism editor Ian Angus presents seven new books on science, medicine and socialism.
War Power Reform Needed for Accountability, Transparency
If the next war is against China, will Australia follow the US into a war over Taiwan?
If the next war is against China, will Australia follow the US into a war over Taiwan?
The War on Ukraine, Food Insecurity and Capitalism
Grain supply shortages have been worsened by Russia's war on Ukraine, but the problem pre-existed the war.
Grain supply shortages have been worsened by Russia’s war on Ukraine, but the problem pre-existed the war.
War, Climate Catastrophe and Capitalist Profiteering
The US war machine, we’re told, exists to “protect” and promote “national interests”. This has increasingly come to mean protecting US interests in, and access to, fossil fuel resources anywhere in the world.
“The US war machine, we’re told, exists to “protect” and promote “national interests”. This has increasingly come to mean protecting US interests in, and access to, fossil fuel resources anywhere in the world.”
10 New Albums That Stand up for Common People
Do you think there's no good protest music these days? So did I, until I started looking for it.
Do you think there’s no good protest music these days? So did I, until I started looking for it.
Machismo Devastatingly Exposed
Novelist Emiliano Monge ruthlessly exposes is the emotional bleakness of men growing up fatherless in a patriarchal society and their selfish compensation strategies.
Novelist Emiliano Monge ruthlessly exposes is the emotional bleakness of men growing up fatherless in a patriarchal society and their selfish compensation strategies.
Our Bodies, Our Choice
The film Happening is set in 1963 France, but is timeless in today's world.
The film Happening is set in 1963 France, but is timeless in today’s world.
How Spanish-Speaking Migrants Shaped Their New Homes in Australia
By Pedro Alvarez Our Voices (Nuestras Voces) Documentary directed by Diana Páez Spanish with English subtitles Showing nationally as part of the Spanish Film Festival This new documentary uses an interwoven series of interviews to narrate the experiences of Spaniards and Latin Americans who arrived in Victoria in the 1960s and 70s. While focusing on…
Slaying the Dragon of Net Zero Emissions
By Binoy Kampmark Queensland Nationals Senator Matt Canavan, a member of a party historically hostile to cutting fossil fuel emissions, has been, for the most part, at home. This was until his colleagues hammered out an understanding with their Liberal counterparts about a net zero emissions target by 2050. This was only reached after…
Indigenous Mexicans Stand Up to Multinationals Threatening Their Survival, Climate
By Tamara Pearson Indigenous groups, including Nahuas and Otomis, as well as Mexicans, have spent the past month travelling in a convoy to nine different states of the country. Each day they visited multiple towns and regions where mostly European and United States corporations are plundering water and resources. About 80% of Mexico is…
NZ Refugee Settlement a Positive Step, but Not Nearly Enough
New Zealand allows up to 300 places, including spouses and dependent children.
New Zealand allows up to 300 places, including spouses and dependent children.