Health

Universities move online

Due to the COVID-19 restrictions most universities have moved all their classes online. I’m studying a Bachelor of Marine and Antarctic Science at the University of Tasmania and many of the units in this...

COVID-19: Migrants left behind

More than one million migrant workers and international students have been left behind in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. The shut down of huge parts of the Australian economy has left hundreds of...

What future for the AFL?

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a big impact on sport right around the world. In Australia, all of the major sports codes have suspended their seasons. The Australian Football League (AFL) - the most...

Union officials sell out Metro Trains workers

Metro Trains’ management got their way in April when their dodgy workplace agreement was voted up 51% to 49%. While the result is a blow to Melbourne rail workers, winding back a number of...

Big pharma: Pills for need not profit

Under capitalism, disease is an immensely profitable industry, and what huge pharmaceutical corporations excel at is extracting enormous amounts of wealth from our public health. Big pharma would have us believe that without their investments...

Capitalism’s COVID-19 catastrophe

Apologists for capitalism claim that the system is doing the best it can faced with a new virus in today’s complex and interconnected world. These are, at best, only excuses that seek to hide...

COVID-19: Behind the PPE shortage

Throughout the COVID-19 crisis workers in various essential services have gone beyond the call of duty to help the rest of us feel safe and secure, from supermarket staff to pharmacy workers to public...

COVID-19: From outbreak to pandemic

How has COVID-19 spread so far and so fast? Catastrophes are not caused by a single event, but rather a chain of events, in this case linked to the type of society we live...

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