The Guardian • Issue #2179 • February 16, 2026
Issue #2179
OPPOSE EMERGENT FASCISM
The rise of the right is clear to see in Australia’s defence of Israel’s genocide on the Palestinians, with a news blackout reinforced by the...
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EDITORIAL
How’s your health? People like to say you can’t take your health for granted. One thing we do take for granted in Australia – most...
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15th National Congress CPA: Action for a Socialist Future
“The future of the world and humanity is at stake,” starts the draft Political Resolution to be put to the 15th National Congress of the...
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Kevin Rudd and Jeffrey Epstein: the links
The latest release of the Epstein files has brought to light many dealings the billionaire child-abuser had with rich and powerful people in the US...
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DINGO
The federal government gave the green light to more than 57,000 hectares of threatened species habitat destruction last year, making it the worst 12-month period...
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NSW protests: this was planned. Chris Minns owns it.
NSW Police have assaulted dozens of peaceful protestors who gathered to protest the visit by Israeli president Isaac Herzog to Australia. I was there. Not...
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29th Congress of the Communist Party of Israel (CPI)
Adel Amer General Secretary Communist Party of Israel, CPI The Communist Party of Australia and our Central Committee International Department extend our warmest wishes to...
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Long live Palestine, long live the 57th anniversary of the DFLP
The Communist Party of Australia (CPA) salutes the heroic Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP) on the 57th anniversary of your founding and...
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Australian taxpayers pay for Philippines’ military bases
In a move that defies economic logic , the Albanese government has decided to invest Australian taxpayers’ money on the construction of five different military...
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Australian health needs a heatwave plan
Union leaders have met with parliamentarians on Extreme Heat Awareness Day to demand a proactive national policy to address the accelerating heat crisis in Australia....
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PEACE NOTES
High probability of failure (AUKUS) Comments from retired rear admiral Philip Mathias, a former director of nuclear policy with the UK Ministry of Defence, have...
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Herzog protest Naarm/Melbourne
The Naarm/Melbourne Herzog protest was huge and united. Protestors carried banners making it clear that the head of state of a country that is carrying...
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NSW defends Israel with anti-protest push
New South Wales police commissioner Mal Lanyon has extended the protest ban that’s in place across Gadigal land in the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney and...
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LETTERS
Bondi hypocrisy What a madder, sicker world it has become, where injustice, terror and many ongoing wars have engulfed the planet and no power steps...
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CROSSWORD Solution
Guardian February 2026 2178 Across 3 Something the Liberals and Nationals do a lot of SPILL 5 Factor in recent fires, played down by media CLIMATE...
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We Bury The Dead
Everyone knows how zombies work. They’re not alive, yet not dead, they want to eat people, and that’s about it. The only recent zombie innovations...
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GLOBAL BRIEFS
SOUTH AFRICA: China and South Africa have signed a framework agreement for a new trade deal. The agreement, expected to be finalised by the end...
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Korea: US military throws its weight around
The United Nations Command in the Republic of Korea is not well-named. It’s not a United Nations organisation. Despite the name, the UNC is a...
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HALF THE SKY
In Norway, there’s a David-and-Goliath-like story of a folk hero, the ‘Ash lad’ outwitting a troll while wearing a red knit cap with a pom-pom...
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Claudia Jones (1915-1964)
Claudia Jones an Afro-Caribbean woman born in the British West Indies (Trinidad) was a Communist activist in the US until her deportation in 1955 to...
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The Revolutionists: The Story of the Extremists Who Hijacked the 1970s
It is an important time to be asking questions about terrorism, given a UK Labour government’s risible application of this label to pensioners holding placards...
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Working class solidarity against ICE
On 6 January, the White House ordered 2,000 additional Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers to Minneapolis. Following a year of record ICE funding and...
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Gaza warns labs may close as flotilla prepares to act
The Ministry of Health in Gaza has issued an urgent appeal to the international community for intervention against the Israeli blockade, which obstructs basic humanitarian...
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Cuba: resilience, not surrender
Claims by officials in Washington that “Cuba’s collapse is imminent” usually coincide with a tightening of the blockade. Yet, once again, Cubans have reaffirmed their...
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