Issue #2157

The Guardian • Issue #2157 • August 11, 2025

Issue #2157

Stand with Gaza

Hundreds of thousands of people around Australia took to the streets on Sunday 3 August in support of the Palestinian people and to protest against...

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EDITORIAL

The establishment of the People’s Republic of China and the ending of colonial regimes in Asia (and elsewhere) began the fundamental, qualitative change that has...

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Hiroshima Day in Sydney 2025. Issue #2157

Hiroshima/Nagasaki Day marked in Sydney

On 2 August a reasonable crowd gathered at the annual march and rally to commemorate those who perished in Hiroshima and Nagasaki on 6 and...

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Marching in solidarity with Palestine

PERTH On 2 August, Perth once again met at Forrest place to stand in solidarity with the international Palestinian movement and pressure the Australian government...

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PM rebuffed for insipid attitude to Gaza crisis

Despite the combined opposition by the ALP governments federally and in NSW to act against Israel for its cruel, indecently violent actions against the people...

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DINGO

NAZI to NATO. The following is a list of members of Hitler’s Nazi regime who went on to become prominent in NATO, imperialism’s nuclear military...

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Put children above profit

The Australian Education Union (AEU) welcomed the passing of the Early Childhood Education and Care (Strengthening Regulation of Early Education) Bill 2025 as a first...

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PEACE NOTES Issue #2157

PEACE NOTES

People who work for peace are used to being told that they’re too idealistic. In fact, the pro-war and pro-military build-up crowd are often believers...

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Sanctions kill half a million civilians per year

A study in The Lancet estimates that unilateral sanctions have caused as much death as wars, with an estimated half a million deaths per year....

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‘And ain’t I a woman?’

Tom Pearson revisits two landmark books: Germaine Greer’s The Female Eunuch and Angela Davis’ Women, Race & Class. These two books were published a decade...

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CROSSWORD

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CROSSWORD SOLUTION

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Opium for the masculine

I came to Hulk Hogan late, born too recently to see him in his 1980s pro-wrestling prime, but always saw him as the embodiment of...

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Global briefs Issue #2157

GLOBAL BRIEFS

Brazil: President Lula da Silva has condemned US sanctions against Federal Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes as blatant interference in Brazil’s justice system. The sanctions,...

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US dollar surprised Issue #2157

China’s masterstroke: BRICS against US oppression

Behind closed doors in Beijing, a quiet financial transformation is unfolding. China, the undisputed heavyweight of the BRICS alliance, is engineering an audacious challenge to...

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HALF THE SKY

Ann Kayis-Kumar, the founding director of UNSW Tax and Business Advisory Clinic, deals with victim-survivors of financial abuse. She has raised concerns that Director Penalty...

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March for Humanity – Sydney Harbour Bridge taken over by a rally for peace and justice in Gaza, 3 August 2025. Issue #2157

MUA Solidarity with Palestinians

The Maritime Union of Australia expresses its deepest alarm at the catastrophic situation in Gaza and across the Occupied Palestinian Territories. We join our comrades...

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