Issue #2136

The Guardian • Issue #2136 • March 10, 2025

Hiroshima commemoration in Perth, 2024. Issue #2136

Unite for rights and against war

There is growing opposition around Australia to the authoritarian police-state attempts to silence voices of protest in support of the Palestinian people and against Israel’s...

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EDITORIAL

What do real action on Climate Change and the acronym Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) have in common? The answer is not ‘Donald Trump,’ although...

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Quotes of the Week

“What does that mean?” US President Donald Trump when asked about AUKUS. You’re not the only one to wonder, Donald “Israel cannot beat its enemies...

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Pro-Palestine demonstration in Boorloo/Perth Issue #2136

Statement from the Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates of the State of Palestine calls for the immediate withdrawal of the Israeli occupation from the Gaza Strip,...

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CPA Joan Williams banner. Issue #2136

IWD UnionsWA

This year UnionsWA called for an early celebration of IWD due to the fact the state election is held on Saturday 8th March. The event...

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Greenland Issue #2136

Australian mining company sues Greenland

In January 2025 former foreign minister, Julie Bishop, was hired to advise on the political and legal hurdles faced by the Australian mining company, Energy...

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DINGO

The Climate Change Authority’s latest report confirms the risks of delaying a clean energy future in favour of nuclear power will lead to higher emissions...

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savings piggy bank Issue #2136

Chaotic, deregulated, unaccountable

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) describes superannuation funds as being “the heart of Australia’s capital market system,” and with good reason. With total...

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Capitalism and global warming

n his 1844 Manuscripts, Marx wrote “Man lives from nature, and he must maintain a continuing dialogue with it if he is not to die....

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Victoria: rank-and-file group begins election campaign, protests job cuts

H Launton Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU) rank-and-file group Voice For Members held a rally opposing the ALP Allan government announcement of a “review”...

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Adelaide’s water desalination plant at Lonsdale. Issue #2136

Water vs ‘Defence’ in South Australia

A key feature of the water supply system in SA is the ADP (Adelaide Desalination Plant), which relieves demand on water from the Murray Darling...

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PEACE NOTES Issue #2136

PEACE NOTES

Thanks to AUKUS I&A Strategic Communications, we’ve learned that the USS Minnesota arrived in Western Australia on 25 February 2025. AUKUS I&A says the visit...

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Crossword – Class Issue #2136

CROSSWORD

Solutions to IWD Crossword Guardian 03-03-2025 – Issue #2135 Down: 1 AlexandraKollontai – Russian/Soviet revolutionary and diplomat who advocated for women’s emancipation 2 Mimosa –...

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Ainda Estou Aqui (I’m still here)

I’m still here tells a story from the dark past of the military dictatorship that gripped Brazil from 1964 to 1985. The film is based...

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Alternative fur Deutschland (AfD) election poster Issue #2136

Germany’s crisis of working-class politics

While attention is focused on the rise of the right-wing populist Alternative fur Deutschland (AfD) – and liberal opinion in Britain anxiously parses the difference...

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Global briefs Issue #2136

GLOBAL BRIEFS

URUGUAY: Yamandu Orsi, a left-wing former history teacher, has won the presidential election in Uruguay. During his campaign he was supported by former president Jose...

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A topsy-turvy approach: the Halifax Forum’s anti-democratic agenda

The so-called “Halifax Forum” has held a meeting in China’s Taipei on 20-21 February, 2025. From the announcement on the Forum’s website, this will include...

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Japan: ‘self-defence’ stretched beyond a joke

Everyone knows that self-defence means defending one’s self, right? Everybody also knows that for a nation, self-defence means defending that nation, right? Everybody except hawkish...

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WEASEL WORDS

Value Patrick Elligett, editor of Nine newspaper The Age in Melbourne, has told readers “how much I value the ability of The Age’s journalists and...

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Solidarity - general strike Issue #2136

Greek general strike and the explosion of militant class consciousness

A magnificent expression of working-class power has seen Greece come to a standstill. A general strike was called to coincide with the second anniversary of...

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Introductory speech by the WFTU General Secretary, in the 2025 WFTU Presidential Council Meeting. Issue #2136

Speech by Pambis Kyritsis

Speech by Pambis Kyritsis – General Secretary, World Federation of Trade Unions, Presidential Council – Hanoi, March 2025 Comrades, Before I begin my speech, I...

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Immigration pro rally Issue #2136

Cruel hoax: The political economy of anti-immigration

Deporting immigrants may deliver electoral wins to politicians if voters have been sufficiently cultivated by years of demonising and scapegoating. For its victims, the cruelties...

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