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.
How Cuba Revitalised Its Energy Sector While Significantly Reducing Carbon Emissions
Cuba has been revitalising its energy sector for the past 25 years.
By Ian Ellis-Jones Cuba has been revitalising its energy sector for the past 25 years. As a result, there has been a demonstrable rise in overall efficiency and a significant reduction in emissions. Before the 1959 Cuban Revolution, only 56% of the population had access to electricity. The United States had almost total control…
10 New Political Albums That Will Make You Think Twice
Do you think there's no good protest music these days? So did I, until I started looking for it.
By Mat Ward Do you think there’s no good protest music these days? So did I, until I started looking for it. The truth is it’s always been out there – it’s just a bit difficult to find. Every month, I search it out, listen to it all, then round up the best of…
How Can We Solve the Cost of Living Crisis?
We have to tax the corporations, tax the billionaires, so there is money in the coffers.
We have to tax the corporations, tax the billionaires, so there is money in the coffers.
Ukraine: Anti-Refugee Hostilities, Racism, and ‘Good’ Refugees
Rich nations can now posture as generous benefactors by extending solidarity to the “right type” of refugee.
Rich nations can now posture as generous benefactors by extending solidarity to the “right type” of refugee.
Sexual Violence in the Workplace: We Need Action Not Words
By Sue Bull Grace Tame and Brittany Higgins were widely praised for using their National Press Club addresses in early February to highlight the hypocrisy of politicians paying lip-service to sexual violence in the workplace. Both called for structural change, and gave some tips on what to do. Tame was applauded for her reply…
Award-Winning Film Shows the Triumphs and Challenges of Rojava’s Feminist Revolution
"The Other Side of the River", follows the path of a young Syrian woman who leaves her family to join security forces on the other side of the Euphrates River.
“The Other Side of the River”, follows the path of a young Syrian woman who leaves her family to join security forces on the other side of the Euphrates River.
Socialist Green New Deal — Scottish Style
By Alex Miller This attractively produced and well-written Scottish Socialist Party (SSP) pamphlet, co-authored by the party’s national workplace organiser Richie Venton and Scottish Socialist Voice editor Ken Ferguson, was published to coincide with the United Nations COP 26 Climate Change conference in Glasgow last October. It traces the roots of the existential threat…
John Pilger: War in Europe and the Rise of Raw Propaganda
Marshall McLuhan’s prophecy that “the successor to politics will be propaganda” has happened.
By John Pilger Marshall McLuhan’s prophecy that “the successor to politics will be propaganda” has happened. Raw propaganda is now the rule in Western democracies, especially the United States and Britain On matters of war and peace, ministerial deceit is reported as news. Inconvenient facts are censored, demons are nurtured. The model is corporate…
‘Can Do Capitalism’ Is Outdated and Selfish
Policies for clean energy and air, for public education and transport, require can do and creative ways of thinking and living to build interdependence, solidarity, personal fulfillment and survival.
Policies for clean energy and air, for public education and transport, require can do and creative ways of thinking and living to build interdependence, solidarity, personal fulfillment and survival.
Stop Hypocritical ‘Character Tests’ for Asylum Seekers
Australia has a shameful history when it comes to refugee policies.
Australia has a shameful history when it comes to refugee policies.
Same Sex Marriage May Soon Be Legal in Cuba
Cuba’s current proposal to legislate for same sex marriage will undoubtedly meet strenuous opposition from churches and social conservatives as happened in 2018.
Cuba’s current proposal to legislate for same sex marriage will undoubtedly meet strenuous opposition from churches and social conservatives as happened in 2018.
Pandemic Inequalities and the Mental Health Crisis
Economic hardship related to insecure employment, inadequate income and housing anxiety have all contributed to a rise in mental health issues over the last decade. These problems can easily be overlooked in the context of a pandemic.
Economic hardship related to insecure employment, inadequate income and housing anxiety have all contributed to a rise in mental health issues over the last decade. These problems can easily be overlooked in the context of a pandemic.