The Guardian • Issue #1948 • February 8, 2021
Direct assault on wages and conditions
While the Coalition’s industrial relations omnibus bill looks very different to the Howard government’s notorious WorkChoices, in effect, it has the same aims.
Read moreMassive overhaul on environmental laws needed says new report
Last month, the Morrison government released a once in a decade report of Australia’s environmental laws.
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Issue #1948
Hands Off Glebe Inc media release
A wide range of groups has come together in a campaign to stop NSW Government housing “renewal” plans in Glebe and South Everleigh in Sydney.
Read moreClimate change: false promises & false hope
One of Joe Biden’s first actions as President was to return the United States to the Paris Climate Agreement, from which the US withdrew under Donald Trump.
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Issue #1948
Community action pushes back against demolition of Glebe public housing
Residents and organisers from the Hands off Glebe campaign have come together in solidarity with protestors for their most recent public demonstration.
Read moreMilitary uses predatory recruitment on Australian youth
The end of 2020 brought about the end of a particularly difficult and disruptive year 12 for the nation’s school leavers.
Read moreNeo-Nazis gather in the Grampian Ranges
At least forty neo-Nazis gathered at the Grampian ranges in Victoria over the long weekend prior to Invasion Day.
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Issue #1948
Australia fails to commit to nuclear ban
While the US Nuclear First Strike capability remains intact, the threat of global nuclear catastrophe continues to linger ...
Read moreGameStop shows how the capitalists are selling us short
The week before last, the financial trading platform Robinhood restricted access to its trading services after posters on the online forum Reddit caused stock in GameStop to skyrocket 1,700 per cent, bankrupting the hedge fund Melvin Capital.
Read moreWill we follow our allies this time?
It might be a good idea to return – in January 2022 – to the promises that Joe Biden made on his first day as President of the United States of America on the 20th of January 2021.
Read moreWho is Alexei Navalny?
After a decade of Western media falsely insisting that Alexei Navalny is a major Russian opposition leader, a certain section of the Russian population – particularly disaffected youth under the influence of online propaganda – has taken the bait.
Read moreA remarkable display of People’s Power
The kisan [editor’s note: Hindi for peasant, an agricultural worker] tractor march on Republic Day in Delhi was a remarkable and unique mass action.
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