Australia

Unionists and community members managed to stop an attempt by Woolworths to crush a warehouse strike in Dandenong South, now in its 13th day. Elizabeth Bantas reports.

Human rights organisations and Kurdish-Iranian refugee activist Behrouz Boochani have condemned Labor’s new racist anti-asylum seeker laws. Chloe DS reports on the community outcry.

Israel’s siege of Northern Gaza and its violation of the recently signed ceasefire deal in Lebanon were the people’s focus at the 60th consecutive week of protests for Palestine.

While socialist and Green candidates received higher votes in the Victorian local government elections, Labor’s bid to reduce small party representation with single-member wards worked. Jacob Andrewartha reports.

Protest albums from November 2024

Mat Ward looks back at November's political news and the best new music that related to it.

Book cover and waves

Peter Boyle reviews Sarah Glynn and John Clarke’s new book, Climate Change is a Class Issue, which explains the link between capitalism and the climate crisis and provides a short and down-to-earth primer on ecosocialism.

Gunnai, Gunditjmara and Djab Wurrung independent Victorian Senator Lidia Thorpe told a rally that First Nations and climate movements need to unite to win just demands for land and climate. Jim McIlroy reports.

The Australia West Papua Association and supporters raised the Morning Star flag at Leichhardt Town Hall to show solidarity with West Papuan’s struggle for self-determination. Isaac Nellist reports.

The dangerous impacts of Labor’s forcible administration of the Construction, Forestry and Maritime Employees Union are being revealed, with some bosses flouting occupational health and safety laws more recklessly. Sue Bull reports. 

Stefan Skibicki was a working-class intellectual, with a dry wit and a love of heavy metal music. Pip Hinman and Susan Price reflect on the huge contribution he made to popularising ecosocialism.   

Senators Lidia Thorpe, Fatima Payman and Mehreen Faruqi are using their positions to fight back against the systemic racism that Senator Pauline Hanson represents, argues Pip Hinman

Communities are demanding the NT Country Liberal Party bin its Territory Coordinator proposal, which gives unprecedented powers to unelected bureaucrats and ignores First Nations voices and solutions. Stephen W Enciso reports.