The Guardian • Issue #2052 • May 15, 2023
Not a People’s Budget
Budgets involve a redistribution of wealth reflecting government priorities and serving class interests. The 2023-24 federal budget has clear priorities. The big winners are the...
Read moreIn their words: “No fracking”
Amid opposition from Indigenous owners and in the face of a growing environmental crisis, the NT government has given the go-ahead for fracking in the...
Read moreMay Day 2023
On 1st May Communist Party of Australia comrades gathered at the 888 Hour monument in Melbourne to mark May Day. From a speech by comrade...
Read moreMay Day gathers strength
May Day celebrations and protests across Australia have concluded, held across every state and territory as well as many regional centres. May Day is a...
Read moreAustralia-USA exercise Talisman Sabre: Preparing for war in Taiwan
According to the Australian Minister for Defence, Richard Marles, Exercise Talisman Sabre is the largest war game ever held between the Australian Defence Force (ADF)...
Read moreATSILS alert
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Services (ATSILS) around Australia are calling on the federal government to deliver a $250 million emergency support package to...
Read moreAUKUS unmasked
With an ultimate price tag of over half a trillion dollars, AUKUS represents a huge attack on the Australian way of life, on the environment...
Read moreThomas Mayo speaks on the Voice
Maritime workers around Australia are hearing from the Union’s National Indigenous Officer, Thomas Mayo, at meetings around the country, about the union’s long-term support for...
Read moreDINGO
Courtesy of the Morning Star comes news that imprisoned journalist Julian Assange has written to Charles Windsor inviting him to visit him in His Majesty’s...
Read moreNew Net Zero Authority “a game-changer” for workers
The Communist Party of Australia has long supported a just transition to a sustainable future. The CPA political resolution, adopted at the 14th Congress in...
Read moreIndigenous People ask Charles Windsor to apologise for colonisation
They ask the British monarch “to acknowledge the horrific impact and legacy of the genocide and colonisation of Indigenous and enslaved peoples.” Indigenous organisations and...
Read moreGREEN NOTES
Anna Pha If you think the transition to renewables and following what the climate science dictates means phasing out fossil fuels, that’s not what the...
Read moreCUBA: More than 10 million people became literate thanks to the Cuban program “Yes, I can.” The program was Fidel Castro’s initiative that helped to...
Read moreHypocrisy and opportunism
I work at the University of Melbourne in a teaching role. I saw your article on TikTok (“US: Tik Tok, Tik Tok – Countdown to...
Read moreHALF THE SKY
This is an interview with a Chinese woman and comrade on the struggle and achievement in the process of women’s liberation in China. What are...
Read moreMay Day – Millions march around the world
People squeezed by inflation and demanding economic justice took to streets across Asia, Europe, and the Americas to mark May Day, in an outpouring of...
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