The Guardian • Issue #2115 • September 9, 2024
Issue #2115
‘This union will stand’
More than 60,000 construction workers from the CFMEU, and other unionists and supporters took to the streets around the country on Tuesday 27 August demanding...
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EDITORIAL
No charges will be laid over Veronica Nelson’s death in custody in 2020. Nelson, a Gunditjmara, Dja Dja Wurrung, Wiradjuri and Yorta Yorta woman, was...
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Welcome to the 16 page Guardian
I’m delighted to say that the Guardian will have 16 pages from this issue on. Four more pages! I’m proud of the work that the...
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CPA greeting to the TKP 14th National Congress
Kemal Okuyan General Secretary Communist Party of Türkiye Dear Comrade, The Communist Party of Australia conveys its warmest greeting to the leadership and membership of...
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Hands off workers’ super!
The assault on construction industry superannuation fund, Cbus, is part of a wider, ongoing attack on all industry superannuation funds. Industry super funds are not-for-profit....
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Thousands of public sector nurses and midwives across NSW stopped work for one hour last week, as they ramped up their fight for a 15...
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CFMEU court action
Queensland branch secretary Michael Ravbar and assistant secretaries Jade Ingham and Kane Lowth were among those sacked by the administrator under legislation placing CFMEU Construction...
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City of Sydney CPA branch takes on Sydney University
The City of Sydney branch of the CPA has taken on Sydney University over their changed rules for demonstrating after the experience of the student...
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No TERFs on Queensland turf!
On 25 August, members of the Sunshine Coast branch travelled to Magandjin/Brisbane in support of the local Trans community. The event was a counter-protest by...
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AFOPA doubles membership
At the 2024 AFOPA (Australian Friends of Palestine Association) annual general meeting, a doubling of membership was reported along with growing support at rallies and...
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PEACE NOTES
Dr Bev Hall The fast-growing expansion of the defence industry and the rapid increase of militarisation in Australia, particularly in South Australia, have established us...
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Capitalism and Slavery
Eric E Williams completed his PhD dissertation, “The Economic Aspects of the Abolition the Slave Trade,” using Marxist analysis, in 1944. Published as Capitalism and...
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Guardian quiz
Do YOU deserve to be placed under administration and lose all your democratic rights while the administrator spends your money? Take this simple Guardian quiz...
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US plans for war on three fronts
The United States has maintained power and control since the end of WW2 but its hold on power has never been shakier. Its economic dominance...
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Solutions to crossword, Guardian #2114
Down: 1. Boycott 2. Refugee 3. Intifada 6. Apartheid 7. Zionism Across: 4. Occupation 5. Watermelon 8. Nakba 9. Solidarity 10. Right of Return
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NATO weapons used in Russia escalate the war
Ukraine’s recent ‘incursion’ into Russia, or more correctly its invasion of Russia, has seriously inflamed an already dangerous confrontation. Some observers consider that the purpose...
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An interview with the founder of Prolewiki
Interviewer: Melbourne comrade Guardian: why did you start Prolewiki? I noticed how both on online and party discussions we tend to reiterate the same subjects...
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Israel and the ‘Maya Holocaust’
Bernardo Arévalo of the Seed Movement party (Movimiento Semilla) became president of Guatemala on 15 January 2024. The left-wing government faces powerful right-wing interests aligned...
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GLOBAL BRIEFS
BRITAIN: The National Education Union (NEU) has called for the introduction of universal free school meals after a new poll indicated that a growing number...
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Gaza, polio, and genocide
The crisis in Gaza just got worse. Weeks ago, the polio virus was detected in the foetid, polluted, and stagnant water that surrounds and infects...
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Nuclear weapons for a nuclear war
The United Nations Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) came into force in 2021. With its preamble on the “catastrophic consequences” of a...
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HALF OF THE SKY
Ever since the 1989 coup that brought the Muslim Brotherhood to power, Sudanese women have endured decades of oppression, with their political, social, economic, and...
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