Youth & students

Victorian teachers protested the Jacinta Allan government’s decision to delay at least $2.4 billion in promised funding for public schools. Isaac Nellist spoke to Adam Bremner, Victorian public school teacher, Australian Education Union (AEU) member and Socialist Alliance member, about the impact of this funding cut on teachers and students.

Democratic Party (DP) candidate Lee Jae-myung defeated the ruling right-wing People Power Party in South Korea’s presidential elections. However, the DP’s failure to win an absolute majority leaves the new government in a troublesome position, writes Youngsu Won.

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Peter Boyle speaks to Indonesian socialist Ignatius Mahendra Kusumawardhana about the disturbing return to the former Suharto dictatorship era’s notorious “dual function” policy for the military.

a group of people at a community assembly in Colombia

Workers across Colombia went on strike to defend President Gustavo Petro’s proposed labour reforms against right-wing opposition obstruction in Congress, reports Ben Radford.

Donald Trump and photo of Mahmoud Khalil and pro-Palestine protest

The Heritage Foundation developed a blueprint to destroy the burgeoning pro-Palestine and anti-war movement, by claiming “all critics of Israel” are agents of Hamas. Barry Sheppard and Malik Miah report.

The federal election results show that young people are looking for alternatives to the two major parties and the capitalist system, argues Isaac Nellist.

As capitalism’s inherent barbarism is being exposed via the West’s enabling of genocide in Gaza, organisers of the Ecosocialism 2025 conference are confident its program will attract significant interest. Jacob Andrewartha reports.

 

striking workers marching in Panama

Workers in Panama remain on strike, protesting the government’s recently passed pension reforms, submission to United States imperialism and plans to reactivate a destructive mining project in the country, reports Ben Radford.

children clip art and barbed wire

Since Russia’s invasion, Ukrainian children have been forcibly abducted and relocated, in violation of international law, reports Christopher Ford.

The second-term Anthony Albanese government has no excuse not to raise welfare payments in a cost-of-living and housing crisis, argues Pip Hinman

Human Rights Watch criticised the Western Australia government for the alarming rise in the forcible removal of Aboriginal children from their families. Paul Gregoire reports. 

man sitting on the grass

Columbia University postgraduate and pro-Palestine activist Mahmoud Khalil dictated this letter from his cell in an immigration detention centre in Louisiana.