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AUKUS is a ‘choice’ and it’s the wrong one, Hiroshima rally told

The Hiroshima Day rally, organised by the No AUKUS Coalition Victoria, heard a variety of speakers condemn the AUKUS nuclear deal. Jordan AK reports.

Hiroshima/Nagasaki Day march says ‘No’ to AUKUS nuclear submarine deal

Another protest called on Labor to scrap the AUKUS nuclear submarine deal and to sign the 2017 Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. Peter Boyle and Pip Hinman report.

AUSMIN 2023 increases US militarisation of Australia

Labor ministers happily agreed to allow the United States to deepen and tighten militarisation of Australia at the AUSMIN 2023 talks. Bevan Ramsden reports.

Victorian Labor may delay bail reforms

The Victorian government is planning on changes to harsh bail laws but it appears that they are not going to be implemented immediately. Chris Slee reports.

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‘Barbie’ and why we still need feminism

The brilliance of Barbie is its confrontation of patriarchy and power, writes Christine Hepsie.

New NSW portal tracks homelessness, rent rises

A new housing and homelessness data portal shows the number of people who are homeless has almost doubled over 2021 to 2022. Rachel Evans and Karyn Brown report.

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India: Commemorating poet, writer and revolutionary, Saroj Dutta

Members of the All India Students Association and the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) — Liberation gathered in central Kolkata on August 5 to mark 52 years since one of the party's founders, Saroj Dutta, was murdered, report Isaac Nellist, Jacob Andrewartha and Chloe DS.

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Resisting Russia’s war in Ukraine: Left voices speak out

Jonathan Strauss introduces a new collection published by Resistance Books in Australia, featuring the voices of Ukrainian leftists, Russian left anti-war activists and members of the international left who defend Ukraine’s right of national self-determination.

Building for war: US imperium’s Top End spend

The AUSMIN 2023 talks between the US Secretaries of State and Defense and their Australian counterparts confirmed the increasing and unaccountable militarisation of Australia’s north. Binoy Kampmark reports.

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Rising from ruins: A visit to the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan

Marcel Cartier recently spent time with leading figures of the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan (PDKI), on a visit to Iraqi Kurdistan.

Warning about ‘nuclear sharing’ falls on deaf ears at NPT meeting

The International Atomic Energy Agency's in-principle agreement to Australia's AUKUS nuclear submarines sets a risky precedent for 'nuclear sharing'. Pip Hinman reports.

 

PM Albanese must do more for Julian Assange, protesters say

A giant letter demanding Anthony Albanese push harder to have Julian Assange released from Belmarsh Prison was read out, outside the Prime Minister's electorate office. Stephen Langford reports.