While Phelps is no candidate of the left, her victory is a huge morale boost for those movements that have been fighting against the Coalition government.
Refugee and Immigrant Rights
Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s “I stopped these [boats]” desk trophy is symbolic of his government’s callous disregard for human rights.
The Socialist Alliance will contest the 2019 NSW State Election to put people in control of planning and to build community resistance to corporate greed.
Events over the last few weeks have revealed just how politicised Australia’s immigration policy has become.
If #Libspill can be summed up as the “madness of Abbott”, we have to recognise that this and other symptoms of political “madness” (such as Trump) are expressions of the dangerous times we live in.
Our new Prime Minister, Scott Morrison, takes credit for driving the Coalition government’s Orwellian-named “welfare reform strategy”, which has aimed at further punishing those already living below the poverty line.
The internal rifts inside the Liberal Party means the task of building a stronger socialist left in this country is even more urgent.
Left parties and organisations across the Asia-Pacific condemn the violent repression of the peaceful protests by students in Bangladesh.
The existence of Border Force is just as racist and authoritarian as Trump’s proposed Border Wall or Israel's Apartheid Wall.
Racism is bosses' ideology and fighting it should be core business for the union movement.
Taking inspiration from a wide range of new left projects and alliances across Europe, Potere al Popolo is a significant development in the revival of socialist sentiment in Italy and Europe.
If we’re going to avoid a humanitarian catastrophe on Manus, the campaign will need to broaden out, escalate and challenge Labor's bipartisan support for cruelty.