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A picnic and walk-a-thon in solidarity with Cuba was organised by the Australia-Cuba Friendship Society on April 3. Around 40 people joined the “From Australia to Cuba With Love Campaign”, walking 22 kilometres.

The new IPCC report is upbeat about the possibilities to keep global warming at bay. While its modelling projections can be questioned, Markela Panegyres argues there is no doubt that leaving fossil fuels in the ground is the bottom line.

Viktor Orbán’s conservative-nationalist Fidesz party won the April 3 Hungarian general elections, but failed to achieve the required votes on an anti-LGBTI referendum, reports Dick Nichols.

Vitaliy Dudin, of the Ukrainian democratic socialist organisation Social Movement, speaks to Green Left about the current state of Russia’s invasion, the peoples’ resistance to it and key issues such as Ukraine’s fascists, NATO and sending weapons to Ukraine.

Treasurer Josh Frydenberg was less than honest when he told Insiders that the government’s vision of tax reform includes a “simpler tax system, a fairer tax system and lower tax”, writes Alex Bainbridge.

The Greater Sydney Parklands Trust Bill 2021 threatens Sydney’s iconic parklands by opening the door to privatisation. Ben Radford reports.

Protests erupted after Peru’s Constitutional Court reinstated a 2017 pardon granted to imprisoned former president Alberto Fujimori, reports Ben Radford.

Tesla is being sued in a class action in the United States over a shocking racist culture and practice, reports Malik Miah.

Hundreds of residents protested Viva Energy’s proposal for a floating gas import terminal in Corio Bay. Sue Bull reports.

Ian Ellis Jones reviews Don Fitz's recent book about Cuba's revolutionary heath care system.

The recently released 2021 National Student Safety Survey shows that sexual harassment and assault is widespread on university campuses. Sarah Hathway reports.

Against the odds, Amazon warehouse workers in Staten Island, New York City, won a historic ballot to form a union on April 1, reports Malik Miah.