Category: greenleft

Federal Treasurer Josh Frydenberg is very upbeat about the economy, despite an official unemployment rate of 6.6% and a growing wealth divide. Peter Boyle investigates.

The release of refugees from detention has given activists hope that there will be a change in policy. But, as Chloe DS writes, they won’t stop organising until all refugees are released from onshore and offshore prisons and given permanent protection.

The climate-denying federal government is putting Australia on track to reach net zero emissions in 300 years, writes Sarah Hathway.

Alexander Brown, Melanie Barnes and Nick Southall write about John Rainford’s contributions to communist, labour, and social movements.

People cherish their privacy and prefer explicit requests for consent as to how, when and by whom their data are used or shared, writes Ernst Merkenich.

By designating Houthi rebels as terrorists, the United States is worsening Yemen’s humanitarian crisis and undermining efforts to negotiate peace, writes Mary Merkenich.

Recognising that the January 6 attack on the US Capitol marks a new stage in US politics is crucial to building a movement to defend Black Lives Matter and the working class, writes Malik Miah.

The Prime Minister’s pitiful one word change to the national anthem is a meaningless symbolic change that aims to bolster nationalism, argue Marianne Mackay and Alex Bainbridge.

Here is a list of Invasion Day protests and events happening across Australia on January 26 and how you can participate.

Chris Slee reports that a petition calling on Victorian Premier Dan Andrews to stop the cruelty towards refugees was handed over to his office. The protests to free the refugees are growing.

Workers locked out of Coles’ Smeaton Grange warehouse in Western Sydney are campaigning strongly for a “no” vote on the company’s non-union agreement, reports Jim McIlroy.

While Argentina just legalised abortion rights, and Cuba, Guyana and Uruguay allow it, it is prohibited or limited in the rest of Latin America, writes Tamara Pearson. For those forced to continue a pregnancy deprives them of agency, autonomy and well being.