The Guardian • Issue #2156 • August 4, 2025
Issue #2156
Palestinian Statehood NOW
RECOGNISE Palestine as an independent sovereign state STOP demonising and criminalising Palestine solidarity actions and statements STOP equating Palestinian solidarity and criticism of Israel with...
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EDITORIAL
US President Donald Trump loves tariffs. He’s called ‘tariff’ his favourite word. He also loves bullying. In tariffs, he thinks he’s found the perfect way...
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QUOTES OF THE WEEK
“This is not a temporary crisis, but a deliberate long-term policy designed to humiliate and kill slowly.” Refaat Ibrahim in Gaza (Pearls and Irritations) “The...
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Congress Appeal
From 27 Feb to 1 March 2026, elected delegates representing Communist Party organisations from all over Australia will gather in Melbourne for the 15th National...
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Official Statement
The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates warmly welcomes the decision of His Excellency Emmanuel Macron, President of France, to recognise the State of...
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‘Gaza is starving’
Between early March and mid-May, for 80 consecutive days, Israel prevented any aid entering the Gaza Strip, in a calculated move to push the population...
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DINGO
On September 11, 1973, General Augusto Pinochet, with the support of the United States, led a coup d’etat against the democratically elected government of socialist...
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Moncada forever!
The Australia-Cuba Friendship Society, ACFS Perth celebrated the Spark of the Cuban revolution on Saturday 26 July. The event was a full house, a mix...
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Magandjin/Brisbane People’s Pride
On the 19 July, members of both the Sunshine, and Brisbane branches attended the Magandjin Peoples Pride event. The event began with a rally and...
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Silent protest at Brisbane Pride Memorial Garden
On 26 July myself and another comrade attended a memorial service, mourning members from the LGBTQIA+ community that have passed. We were there as part...
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Naarm/Melbourne solidarity for PalestineNaarm/Melbourne solidarity for Palestine
On 23 July, the Communist Party of Australia’s Melbourne/ Naarm Branch held a trivia night in solidarity with Palestine, raising over $500 for Union Aid...
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Gaza and the media
Starvation in Gaza has made it to the front page of much of Australia’s and the West’s pro-Zionist, mainstream mass media. For almost two years...
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NSW: drinking water in danger
A multinational mining giant has recently announced plans to explore for coal under more areas of the Sydney and Illawarra drinking water catchment highlight how...
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The right side of history
A landmark decision by the NSW Court of Appeal to overturn the 2022 approval for Indonesian mining company MACH Energy, to extend its Mount Pleasant...
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GREEN NOTES
A massive, toxic algae bloom has spread to more than 4,500 square kilometres of South Australia’s coastline spreading from the Southern Fleurieu Peninsula to Coorong...
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Simón Trinidad poster
Simón Trinidad is a political prisoner from Colombia, held in the United States. Sentenced to 60 years in prison, he has now been there for...
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US nukes to the UK?
Anti-nuclear campaigners have called for British PM Keir Starmer to reveal if US nuclear weapons are back in the UK. If they are, it would...
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GLOBAL BRIEFS
Israel: The Freedom Flotilla ship Handala has been illegally intercepted by Israeli military forces in international waters. Pre-recorded messages from the crew prepared in anticipation...
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China-Australia friendship and a shared future
This year marks the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People’s War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War. More...
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Trinity 80 years on – the British role
2025 is the 80th anniversary of the Trinity atomic bomb test. Less well-known is the role Britain played in both the test and the delivery...
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WEASEL WORDS
Measured and gradual (approach) This is Reserve Bank Governor Michelle Bullock-speak for not giving Australians an interest rate cut when everyone is hanging out for...
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