The Guardian • Issue #2187 • April 27, 2026
Issue #2187
WORKERS OF ALL COUNTRIES, UNITE!
FIGHT GENOCIDE, WAR, AND EXPLOITATION May Day was born in struggle, forged in the fight for the eight-hour day and won through the sacrifice of...
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EDITORIAL
Here’s a May Day riddle for you. What’s dead, but still kicking goals? The answer is not your favourite football team, if you follow one...
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May Day around Australia
Tasmania 28 April International Workers Memorial Day Service Workers’ memorial Garden, Elizabeth Park Launceston 8am, Hobart Parliament Lawns 12 noon 1 May, May Day Toast,...
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Canberra Branch and the way forward
The CPA Canberra Branch hosted an event featuring General Secretary Andrew Irving, Party President Vinnie Molina, and Deputy General Secretary Elizabeth Hulm. The purpose of...
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NSW nurses and midwives decision falls short
Public sector nurses and midwives across New South Wales have expressed mixed emotions about the recent wages ruling by the NSW Industrial Relations Commission (IRC),...
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May Day protest songs
On 1 May workers across Australia celebrate May Day. At its peak in the 1940s to 1970s, tens of thousands of workers marched. Union leaders...
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DINGO
Pacific governments and civil society have come together in Vanuatu as part of a key regional meeting ahead of the landmark First International Conference for...
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ACFS report
From 17 to 19 April, Australia-Cuba Friendship Society members from around Australia gathered in Canberra for the annual national Consultation. The event opened up with...
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Big banks reject WFH
Australia’s biggest and most profitable financial institutions have overwhelmingly rejected workers’ request to temporarily suspend in-office mandates, instead insisting that employees commute to work during...
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Make Santos pay
As gas giant Santos held its annual general meeting in Adelaide, new polling revealed nearly three in four South Australians believe gas companies should be...
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Open Letter – the youth of the world stands with the Palestinian people
The approval in the Israeli parliament on 30 April of a law that makes the death penalty the sentence for Palestinian prisoners who have exercised...
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An AUKUS alternative
Academic and author Clinton Fernandez, in Search for Security – AUKUS and the New Militarism, highlights better alternatives to nuclear submarines. Air-independent propulsion (AIP) submarines...
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PEACE NOTES
There’s something Australians hear a lot of when they get news from the rest of the world. It should make us feel better but it...
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LETTERS
The $53 Billion defence boost The Minister for Defence Richard Marles, in announcing this increase, said “a significant increase is needed for an era in...
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A GOOD PLACE TO START
Reading for the beginning communist/the communism-curious Can we move the Labor Party to the left by joining it? by Warren Smith Reviewer: FK I’m a...
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SOLUTION TO CROSSWORD
Guardian 20 April 2026, #2186 Across 1 What the A in ‘AI’ can also stand for AFRICAN 4 Accused Chilean torturer has been extradited from GOLD COAST...
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SPORTS
ATHLETICS The Australia Athletics world is excited about a crop of young athletes who are setting records that haven’t been seen for generations. The general...
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Iran’s Lego meme war
Explosive News has released more than fifty AI-generated, Lego-inspired President Donald Trump videos, with millions of views across X, TikTok, Instagram and other social media...
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Earth Day – Our Power, Our Planet
The official theme for Earth Day 2026 (22 April) was ‘Our Power, Our Planet,’ to highlight that every person’s actions matter, not just on Earth...
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Elon Musk undoing Tesla benefits with AI power plants
If you’re still using the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, now called X, you probably know that there’s an AI service attached, called...
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UK nationalists vow visa curbs over reparations demands
The March 2026 UN resolution declaring the Atlantic slave trade a “gravest crime against humanity” has triggered a defensive shift in United Kingdom diplomacy. The...
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GLOBAL BRIEFS
BRAZIL: Brazilian union headquarters called on citizens to take part in the Workers’ March in the capital Brasilia. The mobilisation followed the Workers’ Conference which...
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United States deepens attacks on trans people
According to a recent article by the Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention and Human Security, experts are warning that the United States is in the...
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HALF THE SKY
In 1963 Lesley Gore’s You Don’t Own Me reached No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States, with similar success in the...
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US covertly propagandising Australia
This March, the Trump administration sent a cable ordering its embassies and consulates to launch local campaigns to proactively combat propaganda targeting the US. This...
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