Climate and Capitalism editor Ian Angus presents eight recent books for people who want to change the world.
Workers & unions
After rejecting an inadequate offer from the Department of Education, the State School Teachers’ Union of Western Australia called a half-day strike.
Combining the distilled wisdom of socialist writer Jeff Sparrow and the graphic ingenuity of comic artist Sam Wallman, 12 Rules for Strife is a handbook for changing everything, writes Andrew Chuter.
More than 5000 unionists, largely construction workers, marched through the CBD on May 1 to mark May Day, the international day of workers’ struggle. Jim McIlroy reports.
Labor’s package to help women escape violence is welcome but not nearly enough. Angela Carr argues that we need to be clear on what drives men to commit violence against women and address that, as well as assisting victim/survivors.
The Volkswagen factory in Chattanooga, Tennessee was previously the only VW facility in the world without union representation. But all that changed on April 20, when workers voted in favour of unionisation in a three-day ballot, reports Malik Miah.
We breathed a sigh of relief when Justice Michael Lee found that Bruce Lehrmann, on the balance of probabilities, raped Brittany Higgins. Sue Bull ponders how we are going to stop the crisis of violence against women.
Malik Miah looks at the "profits before safety" failings behind the collision that caused the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Maryland to collapse, killing six maintenance workers.
Protesters blockaded the offices of Mediterranean Shipping Company as part of an international economic blockade against Israel. Alex Salmon reports.
Social worker students are struggling to complete the required 1000 hours of unpaid placement work and want the unpaid scheme ended. Cody Jensen reports.
Malik Miah looks behind the recent spate of aircraft safety incidents in the United States and argues that aircraft workers and unions need to play a leading role in maintaining safety.
Alex Salmon reviews Janey Stone and Donny Gluckstein’s new book, The Radical Jewish Tradition: Revolutionaries, resistance and firebrands, which uncovers the hidden history of Jewish radicalism and solidarity between Jewish and non-Jewish communities.
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