The case involving the former NSW deputy premier and Nationals leader John Barilaro being appointed to a plum state trade office job in New York over the top of another appointee shows NSW Corruption Inc still rules. Jim McIlroy reports.
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Biden’s Middle East trip a failure
United States President Joe Biden's trip to the Middle East was all about re-setting relations with Israel and Saudi Arabia, despite their ongoing state violence and repression, reports Barry Sheppard.
‘Sleepwalking to war’ or eyes wide open?
Minister for Defence Richard Marles has made it clear that whatever happens in the Asia Pacific region, Australia will remain a loyal ally to the United States. William Briggs reports.
Banksia Hill and 17 other children’s prisons must be abolished
Western Australia’s most vulnerable regional children are still being jailed at Banksia Hill Juvenile Detention Centre. Gerry Georgatos is organising a class action to close it down.
Russian anti-war socialist: ‘Putin cannot tolerate an independent Ukraine’
Federico Fuentes spoke to Ilya Matveev, Russian anti-war socialist and editorial collective member of Posle, a new anti-war website, about the background and motivations behind Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine.
Ukraine’s recovery must benefit the people. The West has other ideas
On the eve of the Ukraine Recovery Conference, in Lugano, Switzerland, Ukrainian democratic socialist Vitaliy Dudin outlined an alternative vision for reconstruction to deregulation and liberalisation.
Could Elon Musk’s Starlink program trigger a US war with China?
Elon Musk plans to send up to 42,000 satellites into space to form a gigantic mega constellation. China has expressed fears that Musk's Starlink satellites could be used for military purposes by the United States, and is considering potential counter-mesures, reports...
Sam Wallman shows us the past, present and future of unions and workplace organising
Sam Wallman has released his long-awaited first book, Our Members Be Unlimited, a comic about workers and their unions. Andrew Chuter reviews.
Unionists call on Labor to accelerate dumping the ABCC
Unionists say the anti-union Australian Building and Construction Commission should be abolished immediately. Jim McIlroy reports.
Colin Kaepernick: The American footballer who confronted racism
Kaepernick & America portrays a person of courage and commitment while revealing the racist sickness at the heart of US culture, writes Barry Healy.
Capitalism’s new Marshall Plan for Ukraine
Western capital is eyeing the profit potential of a new Marshall Plan for Ukraine, writes William Briggs.
Protesters tell Santos to abandon the Narrabri gas project
About 50 people rallied outside Santos calling on it to abandon it Narrabri Gas Project in the Pilliga State Forest in north-west NSW. Jim McIlroy reports.