The Guardian • Issue #2116 • September 16, 2024
Issue #2116
Gaza and the tragedy of lost childhood
The killing in Gaza goes on. The USA and Israel’s allies continue to mouth the same empty words. US secretary of state Antony Blinken says...
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EDITORIAL
There’s a simple trick which could make you and everyone in the country healthier, but you’ll have to read to the end of this editorial...
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All workers’ rights threatened
The aim of the Albanese government’s attack on the union movement is to skyrocket corporate profits by cutting deeper into the standard of living of...
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Union launches national push for reproductive leave after landmark deal
Hundreds of workers will receive 12 days reproductive leave under a watershed agreement with the Health Services Union (HSU) that could be expanded nationwide. Scope,...
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CFMEU here to stay
The High Court has agreed to hear a case by sacked CFMEU officials from the Construction Division of the CFMEU against the Albanese government for...
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DINGO
“Free trade” is pushed by the big corporations because it permits them to undercut domestic manufacturers or growers, to drive them out of business or...
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MUA to join and fund High Court challenge to CFMEU Construction administration laws
The Maritime Union of Australia will join other trade unions in funding a High Court challenge against the Federal Government’s unjustified, chaotic and reckless decision...
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Social media ban not an effective solution
The Federal government is planning to introduce a minimum age restriction for social media platforms to prevent harm, but many people who seem to know...
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Queer Marxism, class and identity
It’s clear that some comrades are concerned about identity politics. The failure of liberal identity politics is its rejection and concealing of class relations, however...
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Pacific Islands Forum and Australian control
The Pacific Islands Forum in Tonga has come to a close. Official photographs have been taken, and media conferences have been held. For Albanese the...
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GREEN NOTES
Under the Paris Agreement, governments set voluntary commitments for action on climate change with the aim of limiting climate warming to below 2°C above pre-industrial...
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LETTERS
Dear Editor, Congratulations on moving to 16 pages! It’s nice to have more of the Guardian to read. Thank you for covering the CFMEU issue ...
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Worth Reading: Eccentric Classics
The Prince by Machiavelli Machiavelli is mainly remembered by an adjective, ‘machiavellian,’ describing people who are devious and self-serving, but his short readable book is...
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Macron turns his back on French democracy
After 60 days without a government, France has one the people don’t want. President Macron’s refusal to accept the New Popular Front (NFP) choice for...
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Sudan – the world’s largest displacement crisis
Conflict between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Response Forces (RSF), has led to a devastating humanitarian catastrophe. Escalating from April 2023, the...
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GLOBAL BRIEFS
ALGERIA: 78-year-old Algerian president Abdelmaijid Tebboune won the presidential election held last Saturday with 94.65 per cent of the vote, according to the official count....
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Zapatista’s 30-year struggle
The announcement of the NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement) agreement between Mexico, Canada and the USA came into force on 1 January 1994. That...
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WEASEL WORDS
Meaningfully A Guardian contributor wrote to the Victorian government about its approval of the Enterprise gas field in the face of the best science available...
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US nuclear-armed B-52H bombers to be based in Australia
Once more the Albanese government has made it clear that the interests of Australia, its sovereignty and independence, are irrelevant. The interests and security of...
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