Climate & Capitalism editor Ian Angus presents six new books for activists.
Green Left
War, climate catastrophe and capitalist profiteering
War and climate change are linked: one cannot be solved without solving the other, and neither can be resolved by capitalism. Because this is all too obvious, William Briggs argues a lot of time and effort is spent on obscuring the truth.
‘Stop privatisation destroying lives’ says Victorian Senate candidate
Suzanne James spoke to trade unionist and Socialist Alliance candidate for the Victorian Senate Angela Carr about Australia’s economic and social equity crisis.
Green Left Show #20: Stop the ‘continuous, sadistic torture’ of Julian Assange
Free Julian Assange is the topic of the Green Left Show #20 as Alex Bainbridge speaks with John Shipton.
High Court defers decision on Collaery case
Civil rights activists are angry that the federal government's witch hunt against Bernard Collaery is continuing. Kerry Smith reports.
Labor backs down on JobSeeker rise, refuses to end poverty
Labor will not commit to raising the JobSeeker payment of $44 a day, backing down on a promise it made in 2019 to review it. Isaac Nellist reports on the response.
Inner West residents demand not to be shut out of demerger preparation
Inner West residents were shocked to be told by the council’s general manager that they were effectively being shut out of the preparation of the demerger case. Peter Boyle reports.
Sydney bus drivers strike over pay, conditions
NSW bus drivers are seeking the same pay and conditions for the same work. Jim McIlroy reports.
Socialist Alliance Senate candidate: Housing, health and welfare systems need a radical overhaul
Suzanne James speaks to Angela Carr, Socialist Alliance candidate for the Senate in Victoria, about housing, health, National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) and Socialist Alliance plans to address the growing socio-economic inequality crisis in Australia.
Unionists call for change in government
A crowd of around 30 unionists gathered outside Liberal National MP Warren Entsch office in Cairns to call for better wages and conditions for workers, an end to insecure work and for a change in government. Australian Council of Trade Unions President Michelle...
Thousands march for refugee rights in Melbourne
Thousands of protesters marched in the annual Palm Sunday’s walk for justice for refugees from the State Library to the now closed Park Hotel refugee prison, where Medevac refugees were being held. The last eight refugees were freed last week into the community on...
French presidential elections: First round results reveal continuing collapse of the traditional parties, polarisation
John Mullen shares his initial analysis of the French presidential election results.