The Guardian • Issue #2185 • April 13, 2026
Issue #2185
Workers pay war costs
Australian workers and their families, like workers around the world, played no part in the illegal US-Israeli war in the Middle East, yet they are...
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EDITORIAL
Local action can be dangerous. Just ask the Communist Party of Australia’s Cumberland Branch. They’ve been trying to make a local council get on board...
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Feminist activists arrested and raided by Victoria Police
On the morning of 27 March, Victorian Police conducted raids on 8 homes targeting a group of feminist activists in response to a stunt pulled...
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CPA Cumberland Branch continues ‘NO RATES FOR GENOCIDE’ campaign after assault
The Cumberland Branch of the Communist Party of Australia has been campaigning in the suburbs of the Cumberland Council area around “NO RATES FOR GENOCIDE,”...
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Public Service pushes pro-Israel antisemitism directive
A public servant with high-level security clearance has spoken out about fears of foreign interference following a directive for APS staff to “familiarise themselves with...
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ABC staff win better pay deal and improved conditions following successful action
The Media Entertainment & Arts Alliance (MEAA) has welcomed ABC management’s acknowledgement that ABC staff need better pay and secure employment to do their jobs...
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Getting around The Finance Sector Union (FSU) is calling on banks and financial institutions to immediately suspend mandatory office attendance requirements, as rising fuel costs...
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Victorian teachers’ strike action – Huge turn out, far from over!
On 24 March Melbourne teachers took to the streets to protest their enterprise agreement for the first time since 2013. Over 40,000 teachers, school staff...
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Pipeline ‘not welcome’
A 400-kilometre horse trek along the proposed route of Santos’ Hunter Gas Pipeline has galvanised communities in the Liverpool Plains and Hunter Valley to deliver...
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Australia’s friendship with Cuba
As the Trump administration’s murderous blockade continues, the Communist Party of Australia maintains fraternal connections with the Communist Party of Cuba and the Cuban government....
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South Australia votes
The South Australian Election held on 21 March resulted in an expected landslide re-election victory for popular Labor Premier, Peter Malinauskas. A Labor landslide was...
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PEACE NOTES
The War in the Middle East The extent and brutality of the war just continue to mount with very little protest from the Australian government...
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LETTERS
Cyprus, Greenland, and the US I write this in response to US President Trump’s continuing threats to take over Greenland and his comments about why...
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Solutions to Crossword
Guardian 30 March 2026, #2184 Across 4 What the Cyprus president called the UK’s bases COLONIAL 7 How Iran has described Trump’s latest bluster re a deal...
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Nuclear deterrent no longer?
Does the ‘nuclear deterrent’ still deter? The latest Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) expired in February 2026. Formal negotiations to renew or replace the treaty...
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Most people in US oppose oil blockade
A recent poll by analytics firm YouGov has found that more people in the US disapprove than approve of the US blocking oil shipments to...
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GLOBAL BRIEFS
UN: On 25 March 2025, the UN General Assembly overwhelmingly approved a resolution declaring the transatlantic slave trade and racialised slavery the “most grievous crime...
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The ‘Two Sessions’ and China’s people-centred governance
China’s ‘Two Sessions’ (the National People’s Congress and the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference) serve as a vital platform for public input and consensus-building, and...
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HALF THE SKY
Iranian women’s protest music is complex and layered. Since the Iranian Revolution of 1979 and the introduction of the Islamic Republic, women have been restricted...
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Israel passes execution bill
On 1 April, Israel’s parliament passed a law allowing it to hang people convicted of a “terror offence.” The law also speeds up the process...
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The US Ozymandias – Gaza, Trump and the New Global Disorder
A traveller from an antique land sees half-buried in the desert sand the massive stone legs of a statue and the shattered remains of a...
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