January 26 is Invasion Day. It is the anniversary of tragedy for the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation, whose world was turned upside down in 1788.
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Solidarity with Refugee Rights Protesters against State Harassment
In Melbourne, refugee rights activists being harassed by local authorities need to be defended, particularly by the union movement.
Podcast Review — The Thin Black Line
It’s not “case closed” for the Murri community.
Rebuild public sector union power through the cross agency activist network!
Faced with bushfires and a public health emergency, the crucial role played by public sector workers has never been more visible than in 2020.
Farewell to a warrior woman with a heart of gold
The movement to stop Aboriginal deaths in custody has lost a tenacious champion with the passing of Virginia Hickey.
A working class answer to healing the broken aged care system
There have been more than 30 major enquiries into aged care since 1997. All found essentially the same thing — a system in crisis.
Conversion therapy: Groundswell grows to finish the job started in the seventies
There’s a new global groundswell to demand an end to conversion therapy.
Women workers’ answer to COVID: Capitalism caused the crisis, workers can solve it!
Out of brainstorming meetings initiated by Melbourne Radical Women, a campaign called Workers Organising to Win! (WOW!) was launched around four central demands to spur a union and community fightback.
Wik is Women’s Business National Feminist Conference Rejects Big Business Land Grab
The panels at the Women & Labour Conference reinforced Wik as a feminist issue. They showed how non-Indigenous rural people are hurting badly from a crisis-ridden system, which is becoming increasingly brutal. The profiteers are attempting to use small farmers to incite mass panic in Australia – a panic fuelled by misinformation.
Political Snooping: Don’t Let Them Get Away With It!
Governments regularly invoke the “public interest” as the reason for increased police budgets and expanded police powers.
