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Protesting during Peru's national strike

About 1 million workers across Peru went on strike to demand that the government act against rising violence and extortion at the hands of organised criminal groups, reports Ben Radford.

protesting the Ibero American Summit in Cuenca

Several hundred people marched through the southern Ecuadorean city of Cuenca to protest the Ibero-American Summit, reports Ben Radford.

National vigils and rallies organised by What Were You Wearing called on Labor to do more to stop violence against women. Rachel Evans reports.

Woolworths packing workers voted to take indefinite strike action over safety concerns with a new tracking system called ‘the framework’. Isaac Nellist reports.

The NSW government has made a last-ditch attempt to stop the People’s Blockade of the world’s largest coal port by designating Muloobinba/Newcastle Harbour an ‘exclusion zone’, reports Isaac Nellist

An open letter to Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, initiated by Jews Against the Occupation ’48, demands Labor act in accordance with international law. Kerry Smith reports.

More than 10,000 nurses and midwives went on strike and marched on NSW Parliament to demand a fair pay deal and better conditions. Isaac Nellist reports. 

Former NSW Director of Public Prosecutions Nicholas Cowdery maintains that the decriminalisation of cannabis would benefit the community, including by removing criminal profiteering in the drug market. Paul Gregoire reports.

Book cover and protest for Palestine

As Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza grinds on, threatening to engulf part of Lebanon and provoking Iran, Pip Hinman writes that anti-war activists will find Joseph Daher’s Palestine and Marxism an informative class-based background.

Book cover and soccer stadium

Gary Neville argues that beneath the glamourous sheen of English Premier League football, the game is rotten, and the growing influence of the biggest teams is leaving fans out of pocket and smaller clubs clinging to survival. Alex Salmon reviews.

books and shelf

Climate and Capitalism editor Ian Angus presents five new books on capitalism and the climate crisis, restoring forests, waters in revolt and a dangerous billionaire.

striking workers at a meeting

Boeing workers in the United States voted to accept a deal and end their seven-week-long strike, reports Malik Miah.