The Guardian • Issue #2162 • September 15, 2025
Issue #2162
Victory Day in China
As China marked the 80th anniversary of its victory in World War II on 3 September, the gathering in Tiananmen Square was not about swagger,...
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EDITORIAL
It’s a war that started recently, but really it’s been going on for a long time. It’s appalling, but it’s so constant that people not...
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AUKUS: Who pays?
People with disabilities, the aged, the sick, the unemployed and other social security recipients, the most vulnerable in the community and those who capitalism sees...
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A safer Northern Territory?
It has now been one year since the Country Liberal Party (CLP) returned to power in the Northern Territory. They promised to make communities safer,...
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DINGO
Modelling used by the Business Council of Australia to claim a strong 2035 target would cost billions, lacks credibility, the Australian Conservation Foundation warns. The...
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End fossil fuel subsidies
A new Lock the Gate Alliance analysis reveals Australian taxpayers are paying for the construction of Whitehaven’s Winchester South Coal Mine because the diesel subsidy...
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Adelaide’s tram service publicly owned again
The South Australian government announced a deal in 2023 to scrap the privatisation of Adelaide train and tram services. The Labor state government had signed...
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Robodebt mentality still with us
Victims of the Morrison government’s ‘robodebt’ scheme will get a further $475 million, after the largest class action in Australian history. It’s ironic that the...
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Report on Cumberland Branch contingent to Canberra convergence event
A coalition of grassroots organisations focusing on solidarity with Palestine organised a nationwide convergence on Canberra from the 20 to 22 of July on the...
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We are not doomed
The UN’s top climate scientists have issued their final warning: the window to secure a livable future is “rapidly closing.” Their 2023 AR6 Synthesis Report...
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GREEN NOTES
Norway has identified valuable deep-sea mineral deposits of copper, cobalt, rare earths, and sulphide deposits at Grøntua, across an undersea area of 280,000 km². In...
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Drawing wisdom and strength from history, guiding humanity’s ship steadily forward
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. On...
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MUA Queensland seafarer joins Global Flotilla to Gaza in historic humanitarian action
The Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) has proudly announced that Queensland member Hamish Paterson will captain a vessel as part of the Global Sumud Flotilla,...
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LETTERS
Don’t rewrite history On the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the victory in the world anti-fascist war, please allow me to extend my sincere...
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Dead to Rights
While travelling in China I met a woman who was running a coffee shop. In conversation she talked about her history in China. She was...
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Socialist Register 2025
The sixteen articles that make up this annually published book are most suited to functionaries of the Australian Labor Party (and associated “think” tanks) and...
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Guyana Elections – oil wealth and Venezuela’s territorial claims
President Irfaan Ali, the leader of the People’s Progressive Party (PPP), has secured a second term in the Guyana election on 1 September. The PPP...
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GLOBAL BRIEFS
EU: Kaja Kallas, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and European Commission Vice President, has been criticised by Chinese commentators and others...
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Syria after al-Assad
On 8 December 2024, the government of Bashar al-Assad collapsed as the army of the former al-Qaeda leader, Ahmad al-Sharaa entered Damascus and seized the...
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WEASEL WORDS
Certainty Certainty sounds nice but is only good some of the time. Certainty about your income for the next ten years would be nice, but...
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The United Nations turns 80
There is only one treaty in the world that, despite its limitations, binds nations together: the United Nations Charter. Representatives of fifty nations wrote and...
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