Geelong Australian, Nursing & Midwifery Federation (ANMF Victorian Branch) delegates are thrilled that a socialist and a feminist was announced 2022 Job Representative of the year. Sue Bull reports.
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Photos: Protesters return to the streets for abortion access
Protests for abortion access in Australia were organised on the weekend of July 5-6 in several cities. Kerry Smith reports.
Egypt: COP27 ‘greenwashing’ regime’s human rights abuses
An urgent appeal has been issued by Egyptian activists to the global climate justice movement as Egypt prepares to host the COP27 climate summit in November, reports Susan Price.
ASU leads campaign to extend family violence leave
Unionists are keen for Labor to move on its promise to expand family violence leave for all workers. Jackie Kris reports.
Tigrayan community calls for an end to the war, Australian arms sales to Ethiopia
More than 100 members of Western Australia’s Tigrayan community marched on July 8 to protest the war being waged against Tigray since November 2020. Alex Salmon reports.
Whistleblower relief: Bernard Collaery’s case dropped
Had the farcical prosecution of former ACT Attorney General Bernard Collaery gone on, all suspicions about a legal system slanted in favour of the national security state would have been answered, argues Binoy Kampmark.
Attorney-General drops whistleblower Bernard Collaery case
Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus' decision to drop the prosecution of Bernard Collaery has been widely welcomed. Kerry Smith reports.
Norway left party Rødt MP: ‘We need to stop the war and bring Putin to justice’
Norwegian left party Rødt (Red Party) MP Tobias Drevland Lund outlines the reaction in Norway to Russia’s war of aggression and the prospects for a progressive and sustainable security infrastructure in Europe.
Turkey: HDP holds 5th congress amid repression
About 30,000 people, including more than 100 international guests, attended the 5th Congress of the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) in Ankara, Turkey on July 3, reports Peter Boyle.
Spanish state: PSOE’s NATO summit ‘triumph’
NATO’s hawkish Madrid meeting booked the political benefits from Putin’s Ukraine invasion to the account of the imperialist power that stood to gain most from it — the US, reports Dick Nichols.
NATO gives green light to genocide against Kurds
The Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) has warned that the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) has given the Turkish state “the green light for genocide against the Kurds”, with the deal struck between Turkey, Sweden and Finland as the price of the latter states’...
Sweden’s Left Party opposes NATO deal to betray Kurds
Sweden's Left Party (Vänsterpartiet) released a statement opposing the deal with Turkey to clear the way for Sweden's membership of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).