The Guardian • Issue #2136 • March 10, 2025
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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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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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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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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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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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
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
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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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
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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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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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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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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