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The Australian Anti-Bases Campaign, Sydney Anti-AUKUS Coalition and other peace groups organised a protest against the Talisman Sabre war games outside Sydney Town Hall. Jim McIlroy reports.

Action for Public Housing’s forum attracted more than 100 people in person and on-line to discuss alternatives to the demolition of public housing. Jim McIlroy reports.

Actors' strike, arrests in West Papua & 10 years of offshore detention. July 22, 2023.

Isaac Nellist and Leo Earle go through the latest news from across the continent and around the world. 

Here is a compilation of videos from Ecosocialism 2023: A World Beyond Capitalism conference, hosted by Green Left and co-sponsored by Socialist Alliance.

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Damian Balassone, on the poverty of spirit.

Following 16 months of negotiations over pay and conditions, the Finance Sector Union has recommended its members accept a new industry-leading enterprise agreement with NAB. Jim McIlroy reports.

Environment groups said the refusal by the Big Four banks to renew a $1 billion loan to Whitehaven Coal — the country’s biggest coal-only mining company — is a win for people power. Jim McIlroy reports.

BC dockworkers strike

The picket lines are back up and dock workers in ports along the coast of British Columbia are again on strike after rejecting a deal mediated by the federal government, reports Jeff Shantz.

Refugee rights activists outside treasurer Jim Chalmers' office

Refugee rights activists held a protest outside Jim Chalmers’ electoral office, calling on Labor to deliver better policy for refugees and asylum seekers. Alex Bainbridge reports.

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A new documentary, Tasmania’s Forest Carbon, presents a powerful argument to end native forest logging in Tasmania, reports Susan Price.

Ecosocialist Bookshelf

Wildfires, deadly heat, climate strategy, sensing the world, anti-science, mining resistance. Climate and Capitalism editor Ian Angus presents six important new books for reds and greens.

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If you have attended a protest in Melbourne, Sydney or Brisbane recently, you likely will have experienced the music and colour of the Riff Raff Radical Marching Band, writes Ruth Heymann.