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Protesters call for housing justice outside Janelle Saffin MP’s office
Housing activists say NSW Labor must not demolish homes, many of which are still very liveable, when there is a scarcity of it. Nick Fredman reports.
‘Strange Fruit 2025’: A song for Gaza
Channeling her own outrage at Israel's depravity in Gaza, poet and playwright Jepke Goudsmit adapted Billie Holiday’s famous protest song for our time.
Israel intensifies its ethnic cleansing of Palestinians
Since cancelling the ceasefire with Hamas in March, Israel has intensified its genocidal war on Gaza, reports Barry Sheppard.
Union warns of ‘devastating’ Coalition cuts to public service
The Community and Public Sector Union is warning that opposition leader Peter Dutton’s revised plan to cut public services if he wins on May 3 would be devastating and impact across the public sector. Jim McIlroy reports.
Human Rights Commission drops case against Sydney Uni academics accused of antisemitism
Two University of Sydney academics accused of antisemitism have successfully had the first phase of their case terminated by the Australian Human Rights Commission. Kerry Smith reports.
Vote for Palestine this federal election
Labor made a lot of promises to support Palestine, but it has failed on so many fronts, not least in its unwavering support for Israel’s war. Khaled Ghannam argues that those who care about justice must vote for Palestine.
Indonesia is running the world’s largest deforestation program in occupied West Papua
In Indonesian occupied West Papua, soldiers are forcing through the destruction of vast areas of rainforest to be replaced by the monoculture plantations of the government’s “food estate” program, reports Chris Lang.
Greedflation: Latin America’s cost-of-living crisis
Latin America is in the grip of a cost-of-living crisis, characterised by rising costs and falling real wages, reports Ben Radford.
Peru: Transport workers’ strike condemns gov’t inaction amid violence and insecurity
Workers in Peru’s Lima and Callao regions went on strike in protest over the Dina Boluarte government’s failure to combat rising violence and insecurity, reports Ben Radford.
NZ at a crossroads: The Defence Capability Plan 2025
After 500 years of almost incessant violence across the globe, Western countries are now rushing to increase military spending, New Zealand being the latest, writes Eugene Doyle.
Peace is union business
Trade unions have led the fight for peace since the fight against conscription in World War I. Steve O'Brien argues that we need to resist attacks on the trade union movement, also because it will stymie the peace movement.