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Melbourne’s ‘Second Wave’ of Coronavirus: Capitalism Is To Blame

EditorOctober 26, 2020

[caption id="attachment_20660" align="alignleft" width="2500"] Melbourne's usually bustling streets were empty during the August-October lockdown. Photo: Fabian Mardi via Unsplash[/caption] In late June the second wave of coronavirus infections spread through...

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The Australia-China conflict: a socialist view

EditorAugust 12, 2020August 24, 2020

A new stage of hostility has opened in the strained relationship between the Australian and Chinese governments. At a time when international cooperation is needed more than ever, Canberra and...

National Theory & History

The Great Depression and the rise of the Communist Party Australia

EditorAugust 5, 2020July 27, 2020

The Great Depression created a palpable crisis throughout Australia. Gross Domestic Production declined by 10% between 1929 and 1931 and one in three people were unemployed by 1932. Workers wages...

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Black Summer bushfires: more impacts revealed

EditorAugust 3, 2020July 27, 2020

Health experts estimate that around 445 people were killed by exposure to bushfire smoke during the disastrous summer fires. Government funding cuts to fire services and corporate carbon pollution are...

National Theory & History

Australian capitalism built on forced labour

EditorJuly 31, 2020July 27, 2020

Prime Minister Scott Morrison tried to cut across the Black Lives Matter demonstrations in June by claiming there was no slavery in Australia. He was quickly forced to retreat. Australia’s...

National

Worsening housing crisis: resistance required

EditorJuly 27, 2020July 23, 2020

Prior to the pandemic, ordinary Australians were already suffering from some of the highest housing prices in the world and record levels of household debt. The big banks and the...

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Corruption scandal exposes Labor Party

EditorJune 22, 2020June 22, 2020

Last week a scandal blew up in the face of the Australian Labor Party, claiming the scalps of three ministers and a shadow minister. Damning evidence uncovered the corrupt politics...

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Black Lives Matter: Huge rallies defy police intimidation

EditorJune 8, 2020

“No justice, no peace!” Hundreds of thousands of people turned out to protests around Australia in support of the Black Lives Matter movement on June 6. Angry, youthful rallies took...

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Rio Tinto destroys ancient Aboriginal site

EditorMay 31, 2020January 4, 2021

How much is a 46,000-year-old archaeological site, with incredible evidence of early human grind-stone technology, worth? Less than the vein of iron ore beneath it, according to Rio Tinto. On...

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Who should pay for the COVID-19 crisis?

EditorMarch 31, 2020March 30, 2020

So far, ordinary people have been forced to bear the brunt of the COVID-19 pandemic. Obviously we have the announcement of tens of thousands of job losses, but even those...

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COVID-19: Extra stimulus fails to stop jobs cull

EditorMarch 28, 2020

In late March the government announced a second economic stimulus package in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. While the package was significant, it did very little to deter employers from...

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Jetstar forces through dodgy agreement

EditorMarch 16, 2020March 11, 2020

Jetstar management couldn't believe their luck when the results of a ballot on a new pay deal were released late last month. The company had put the agreement to a...

International

The jostling for power in Timor-Leste

EditorMarch 12, 2020March 10, 2020

Timor-Leste, formerly East Timor, saw a new round of political turmoil in February after the government coalition collapsed and the prime minister resigned. While the tiny Southeast Asian nation is...

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Turf out this illegitimate government

EditorMarch 1, 2020February 28, 2020

The first months of 2020 have been marked by renewed government instability. The impacts of the bushfires and drought, and the onset of the coronavirus epidemic, has been made worse...

International National

Profits the barrier to climate action

EditorJanuary 19, 2020January 15, 2020

In the past year the climate crisis has moved to the forefront of people's minds. Young people in particular have taken to the streets with enormous climate strikes being organised...

International

New decade of explosions and struggles awaits

EditorJanuary 14, 2020January 13, 2020

The opening days of 2020 saw news reports dominated by the horrific images and footage of bushfires in Australia and the potential for a new war against Iran. This new...

International National

Journalists punished in Australia for fleeing Saudi regime

EditorJanuary 10, 2020January 8, 2020

Two gay journalists fled to Australia from Saudi Arabia in October after authorities interrogated and threatened to ‘out’ them. This would have put their lives at risk, given that homosexuality...

International National

China – Australia’s greatest threat?

EditorDecember 19, 2019December 21, 2019

Australian relations with China’s authoritarian regime have deteriorated in recent months. Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton added to the tensions when he hypocritically criticised China for ‘undemocratic conduct against Australian...

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Melbourne’s ‘Second Wave’ of Coronavirus: Capitalism Is To Blame

The Australia-China conflict: a socialist view

The Great Depression and the rise of the Communist Party Australia

Black Summer bushfires: more impacts revealed

Australian capitalism built on forced labour

Worsening housing crisis: resistance required

Corruption scandal exposes Labor Party

Black Lives Matter: Huge rallies defy police intimidation

Rio Tinto destroys ancient Aboriginal site

Who should pay for the COVID-19 crisis?

COVID-19: Extra stimulus fails to stop jobs cull

Jetstar forces through dodgy agreement

The jostling for power in Timor-Leste

Turf out this illegitimate government

Profits the barrier to climate action

New decade of explosions and struggles awaits

Journalists punished in Australia for fleeing Saudi regime

China – Australia’s greatest threat?

The rich get richer whilst the rest of us suffer under Covid-19

Healthcare workers need proper PPE!

Covid-19 and the housing crisis

Growing support for recognising Invasion Day

The national question in Wales

Neoliberalism: demise or adaptation?

Australia part of a global rise in gender based violence

Ombudsman: ‘Hard Lockdown’ of Melbourne Public Housing Estates Violated Human Rights

RCEP: World’s Biggest Anti-Worker Trade Deal Signed

Greece: Activists Defeat Authoritarian Protest Ban

Reserve Bank Props Up Capitalism, But Can’t Solve Underlying Problems

Veganism, Farming and Climate Change – What Socialists Say