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Anthony Albanese is right that the Australian state has been sovereign for more than a century and its close military alliances with Britain and the US were not just struck freely, but enthusiastically. Peter Boyle argues that his big deceit is asserting that this is in our common interest.

Menaha Kandasamy, general secretary of the Ceylon Workers Red Flag Union says tea and rubber plantation workers face new challenges in Sri Lanka. Chris Slee reports.

warships superimposed with countries' flags

In the second part of this interview with һƷ̽»¨â€™s Federico Fuentes, veteran socialist activist Rasti Delizo accounts for the rise of new imperialist powers and outlines the faulty logic behind multipolarity.

British map of North American colonies in 1639

In the first part of this interview with һƷ̽»¨â€™s Federico Fuentes, veteran Filipino socialist activist Rasti Delizo discusses the ongoing relevance of Vladimir Lenin’s concept of imperialism.

Flooded street

US President Donald Trump’s proposed cuts to vital government agencies responsible for climate research and natural disaster preparation and response mean an independent mass climate movement is more important than ever, writes Barry Shepphard.

Drones and surveillance in occupied Palestine

Niko Leka reviews Jewish Australian journalist Antony Loewenstein’s two-part video series, The Palestine Laboratory, which shows how Israel exports weapons and surveillance technology to the world.

Labor’s push to further tie Australia to US military ambitions, represented by AUKUS and the recent Talisman Sabre military exercises, puts us on a path to destruction, argues Pip Hinman.

һƷ̽»¨â€™s Riley Breen spoke to Hala Shanableh and Amin Abbas from Boycott Caltex Australia about the boycott, divestment and sanctions campaign.

LGBTIQ rights activists rallied outside Queensland Liberal National Party health minister Tim Nicholls’ office to demand he stop attacking gender-affirming healthcare. Elias Boyle reports.

This year marks 80 years since the United States dropped two atomic bombs on Japan, killing between 150,000 and 246,000 people and devastating two cities. Alexander Brown documents the history of the strong regional anti-war movement in the Illawarra.

Esteban Mercatante book cover and cleared land

һƷ̽»¨â€™s Federico Fuentes spoke to Argentine Marxist Esteban Mercatante about his new book, Fiery red: Communist reflections on the ecological crisis.

Prohibited from broadcasting in the United States, the Voice of America always promoted the US as a virtuous brand of democratic good living in the face of tyrants — usually the political left. Binoy Kampmark reports on its silencing.