The Guardian • Issue #1972 • August 2, 2021
Major floods a timely reminder to humanity’s greatest threat
Recent major flooding across Germany, Belgium, and China, along with wildfires in Northern America have sharply brought back into focus the need for urgent united action on climate change.
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Issue #1972
ATAGI not the problem, our prime minister is
With less than fifteen per cent fully vaccinated and less than twenty per cent only having their first dose, to say that the Morrison government’s vaccine rollout has been a disaster would be an understatement.
Read moreCall for urgent vaccinations for Sydney workers and an end to pandemic handouts to big business
The people of south-western and western Sydney need 24-hour vaccination hubs and pop-up vaccination centres as the Delta variant continues to pose a threat to...
Read moreThe workers and the people first!
Incredibly, fifteen months after the first COVID-19 lockdown in Australia was declared, the Sydney outbreak of the Delta variant is now being called a national emergency by the NSW government.
Read moreIdeology before health
The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the failures of capitalism and its neoliberal policies.
Read moreMorrison must adopt all respect@work recommendations
The ACTU will appear at the Senate inquiry into the Morrison government’s proposed changes to the Fair Work and Sex Discrimination Acts in response to...
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Issue #1972
Better Read Than Dead workers win after historic industrial action
The Retail and Fast Food Workers Union (RAFFWU) announced that on Tuesday 27th July, Better Read Than Dead workers unanimously endorsed an in principle agreement...
Read more200 Truck drivers killed since Road Safety Tribunal abolished
The Transport Workers’ Union has blamed federal government inaction for the deaths of 200 truck drivers
Read moreSomalia today
In the early 1960s, Somalia – a country of some 10mil people – was one of the first African countries to enjoy a democratic transfer...
Read moreSocialism: utopian or scientific: a guide
For the final part of this series, we will see how all of the concepts we’ve explored thus far work together to create scientific socialism.
Read moreStudy reveals shocking decline in life expectancy in the US
The United States life expectancy fell by more than a year, from 78.8 years to 77.3 years, during the first half of 2020.
Read moreProfit in the stars: billionaires leaving earth behind
For the super-rich, it is in vogue to own a company dedicated to space “exploration.” As a result, two of the world’s most wealthy people have now made suborbital flights.
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