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A public meeting discussed the disastrous legacy of the United States atomic bombing of Hiroshima in 1945 and the growing danger of Australia becoming involved in a possible nuclear war stemming from AUKUS. Jim McIlroy reports.

 

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Isaac Nellist discusses the national weekend of rallies to end violence against women, what could be done after Rex Airlines falls into administration and students protest in India after corruption and exam leaks impacted millions. 

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Defence minister Richard Marles and foreign affairs minister Penny Wong groveled more than usual at the annual AUSMIN meeting as they promised to push forward on AUKUS nuclear submarines and bases. Pip Hinman reports. 

John Mullen and Zane Alcorn discuss how the left must respond to the far right at a forum hosted by Green Left and Socialist Alliance on July 30.

Socialist Alliance member and Merri-bek Councillor Sue Bolton addressed an emergency rally called after the assassination of Hamas negotiator Ismail Haniyeh.

Noel Hazard, a decades-long battler for the socialist cause, will be dearly missed right across the left, writes Peter Boyle.

Community leaders, activists and campaigners packed into the Fawkner Seniors Citizen Centre to help launch Sue Bolton’s reelection bid for a spot in Merri-bek Council in the Bababi Djinanang ward. Chloe DS reports.

One renter is issued with a no-grounds eviction every 18 minutes according to NSW government data. Jim McIlroy reports on the pressure Labor has come under to reform the Residential Tenancy Act.

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Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation leader Clifton D’Rozario speaks to Green Left’s Federico Fuentes about Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s role as a global far-right leader and the impact of US-China tensions on South Asian politics and struggles.

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Keir Starmer’s Labour government has the power to reshape Britain. However it is likely to maintain policies protecting the wealthy, targeting the vulnerable and supporting US foreign policy, and must be challenged, argues Derek Wall.

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Police once again showed their true colours on July 6, shooting in the face and killing 36-year-old Black mother, Sonya Massey, in her home in Springfield, Illinois, reports Malik Miah.

Thousands of people took to the streets in solidarity with Gaza, and all Palestinians, in Australia last week, as Israel stoked a regional war in the Middle East. Pip Hinman, Chloe DS and Alex Bainbridge report.