The Guardian • Issue #2195 • June 22, 2026
Issue #2195
RESISTING THE GLOBAL BULLY
In its attack on Iran, the US global bully has hit a wall of resistance. Framed as a state that could be isolated, sanctioned, and...
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EDITORIAL
You’ve probably heard about the rise of Pauline Hanson’s party, One Nation. They won a by-election. They’re doing well in various polls – including one...
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CPA congratulatory message on the 114th anniversary of the PCCh
Bárbara Figueroa General Secretary Communist Party of Chile Dear comrade, The Communist Party of Australia (CPA) warmly congratulates the Communist Party of Chile on your...
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Close Pine Gap convergence to be ‘massive’
The Close Pine Gap - Sacred Lands Back Convergence 2026 is taking place in Mparntwe-Alice Springs over 18 to 20 July 2026, and by all reports, it’s...
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NSW: Union stands up for roadside assistance workers
Australian Miscellaneous Workers Union (AMWU) members who work as roadside assist patrol officers work around the clock in all sorts of conditions to keep NSW...
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South Australia: CAUSE and effect
Early this year, the formation of the Coalition Against the United States Empire (CAUSE) was announced in Tarndanya (Adelaide), a coalition of groups and individuals...
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DINGO
In response to Environment Minister Chris Bowen’s opening address at the Bonn Climate Change Conference, also called SB64, Shiva Gounden, Head of Pacific at Greenpeace...
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One Nation under Genocide Gina
Pauline Hanson’s Make Australia Great Again mirrors many of Donald Trump’s MAGA policies: pro-big business, anti-worker, small government, climate denial, anti-immigrant, and racism. She, like...
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Victorian Schools dispute – a union member speaks
Since early May, the Australian Education Union’s Victorian branch executive has been travelling around to the regions trying to sell the proposed Victorian Government Schools...
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Canberra teachers take action
ACT teachers, school leaders, school psychologists, and school assistants have walked off the job after months of no progress on bargaining claims. On Thursday 11...
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Sunshine Coast branch report
The Sunshine Coast Qld branch of the CPA recently held its education session on Vladimir Ilyich Lenin’s Imperialism: The Highest Stage of Capitalism (1917). This...
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PEACE NOTES
US Navy Establishes NSA Stirling near Perth This announcement should send a chill down the spine of all Australians. It is time to redouble our...
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End times for Capitalism?
Yanis Varoufakis believes that capitalism as we know it is on its last legs and we’re now in a stage called ‘techno-feudalism’ where big technology...
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LETTERS
Swazi communists reach Chinese readers Chinese Translation Group The recent visit by “Taiwanese leader” Lai Ching-te to Swaziland once again drew attention to the country’s...
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Gaming: History games and Benin
Graham Holton It’s fun to speculate about counterfactuals – who hasn’t wondered how the world would have turned out if things had been different? For...
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Solutions to Crossword
Guardian 5 June 2026, 2194 Across 2 Country that has travel-banned two Israeli racists IRELAND 4 Kind of musician cancelled by the MSO for opposing killing of...
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World Cup in the USA
Russia is officially banned from competing in the 2026 FIFA World Cup because of the Ukraine. The USA not being banned because of the Iran...
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Strictly Ballroom (re-release)
Strictly Ballroom is back, in a fresh high quality 4k re-release, although for many Australians the movie was so popular, it might feel like ‘Strictly’...
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Albanians rise up against Trump resort
Albania’s Prime Minister, Edi Rama, is trying to quell protests over a holiday resort being constructed by Jared Kushner, the son-in-law of US President Donald...
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GLOBAL BRIEFS
JAPAN: The Japanese government will send specialists to Greenland to study the possibility of mining rare earth metals and other critical minerals. Japan is seeking...
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US 250th anniversary a working class history
The 250th anniversary on 4 July marks the United States Declaration of Independence from Britain in 1776. It was a bourgeois revolution that overthrew colonial...
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HALF THE SKY
Israel has a significant problem with violence against women. The Israel Observatory on Femicide is the leading monitoring body tracking killings of women across Israel....
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The first Pride was a riot
In the early morning of 28 June 1969, the Stonewall Inn in Greenwich Village became one of those hallowed grounds in the history of popular...
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Building the Asia of our dreams
Can the nations of the Global South act together with sovereignty and dignity? Can they build institutions that serve their peoples rather than global capital?...
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The Belfast pogrom was predictable
Recently, I picked up a copy of the UK tabloid The Mirror which someone had left on the bus. I immediately noticed their small ‘In...
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The drugs (policies) don’t work
On 7 March, at the Trump National Doral Golf Club in Miami, US President Donald Trump inaugurated the ‘Shield of the Americas’ summit, convening right-wing...
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