Why is Australian politics so hollow and boring?
Why is Australian politics so boring? asks Diane Fieldes in Socialist Alternative. Remember the scintillating debates of the last federal election? That riveting choice between “moving forward” with...
View ArticlePolitics in Australia – from the circus to the gutter
OK, I am going to name names. Peter Slipper. Craig Thomson. Clive Palmer. What a threesome. Most of you will know about the Slipper and Thomson. The Speaker of the House of Representatives is accused...
View ArticleThe boiling frog of systemic racism in Australia
The WTF? reaction of many Australians to the racist attacks on Adam Goodes – ape, King Kong – is but one further example of the systemic racism in our society that Harry O’Brien identified in a recent...
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Peter Greste and the not so innocent state in both Egypt and Australia
Peter Greste and his two Aljazeera collleagues It comes as no surprise that the dictatorship in Egypt and its compliant judiciary have found Australian Peter Greste, an Aljazeera journalist, and two...
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Australia, the US and Israel: a tale of shared genocide
Australia, like the US and Israel, is a colonial settler state built on the genocide of the indigenous peoples. Like Israel, the dominant ideology was of terra nullius (land belonging to no one),...
View ArticleEconomic shock as mining boom evaporates
The Australian economy’s dream looks to be over as the mining boom runs out of steam and living standards are squeezed. Peter Jones in Solidarity takes a closer look.
View ArticleFrom reformism to struggle and regroupment
The economic crisis in Greece has produced a political crisis there for social democracy (or reformism) that has echoed around the globe. The complete capitulation of SYRIZA to European capital has...
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180 million workers on strike in India
The government aims to raise about $8.3bn through privatisation in 2016-17 [Ajay Verma/Reuters]With 180 million workers on strike in India it is the biggest mass strike in history. Let the ruling...
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Australian politics – a slut shaming disgrace
In Independent Australia, John Passant reflects on a week of insanity in Australian – and world – politics, saying Labor and the Greens must do better.
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Anthems, cartoons and systemic racism
Brave 9 year-old Harper Neilsen took a stand against our undeniably racist national anthem and has been pilloried as a result (Meme via @RasmusRaabjerg) Three recent events reveal the racism and...
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