Black people in the United States felt a great sense of relief when a jury of eleven white people and one Black person voted to convict three white men on November 24 in Brunswick, Georgia, writes Malik Miah.
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Omicron a reminder that global solidarity is needed to overcome COVID-19
We are now seeing blowback from global vaccine apartheid in the form of a new COVID-19 variant, writes Peter Boyle, but once again, the world’s richest countries are responding by shutting their doors to poorer nations.
Cadiz metal strike ends: a Spanish revolt defused — for now
By November 23, the 9-day strike by 22,000 metalworkers in the Bay of Cadiz (Andalusia) looked certain to continue dominating media coverage, writes Dick Nichols. Yet, only 24 hours later and following 10 hours of negotiations, the two sides announced they had reached...
Newcastle socialist candidate: It’s time to put people before profit
Community-minded people can successfully challenge powerful interests, and the governments that serve them, to create communities that are sustainable, affordable, socially just and inclusive, writes Steve O'Brien.
Climate change is the ‘biggest security threat ever faced’
Suzanne James spoke to Professor Mark Beeson about his latest book Environmental Anarchy? Security In the 21st Century (Bristol University Press, 2021). Beeson is Professor of International Politics at the University of WA. At a time when climate change poses the...
State Bank of India must stop funding Adani, say protesters
Protesters took their game to the foyer of the building housing the State Bank of India to demand it rule out loaning Adani almost $1 billion. Coral Wynter reports.
Student-led Fossil Fool Fiesta targets NAB
The National Australia Bank is being targeted by climate protesters for lending billions of dollars to fossil fuel corporations. Coral Wynter reports.
More job cuts on the way for Victorian university staff
After a year of job cuts, Federation University has just announced a restructure of its academic portfolio, which will make teaching and learning harder. John Smith reports.
Vale Stuart Macintyre, historian of Australian communism
Stuart Macintyre was a major contributor to the history of Australian communism and played an important role in documenting the history of the left and labour movement, writes Jim McIlroy.
United States: Organisers of the 2017 attacks in Charlottesville go on trial
The civil trial of the organisers of the racist “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, in 2017, where counter-protester Heather Heyer was killed and 19 others seriously injured, resulted in a partial victory, writes Barry Sheppard.
The US is destroying the people of Afghanistan
When the United States left Afghanistan in August it also froze almost all foreign aid to the country. Now, Afghanistan is on the brink of a humanitarian catastrophe, writes Barry Sheppard.
BRITAIN: Health and Care Bill – integration or imperialism?
Britains Health and Care Bill, which will undermine the country's National Health System, was effectively designed and fast-tracked by US insurer, UnitedHealth, write Stewart Player and Bob Gill.