Community opposition to the secret AUKUS nuclear submarine deal is growing. Kerry Smith reports.
News
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The campaign against multinational Viva Energy's gas import terminal in Corio Bay is gathering momentum. Sue Bull reports.
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The Australian Lawyers Alliance has renewed calls to decriminalise cannabis use, saying Victorian Labor must shift away from law enforcement and punishment. Kerry Smith reports.
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The Victorian government is dragging its feet on making public transport accessible to people with disabilities. Darren Saffin reports.
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The New South Wales Nurses and Midwives Association will have its first openly contested leadership election since 2003 in October. Niko Leka reports.
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Progressive Kurdish and Iranian groups organised a successful demonstration to protest the killing of Kurdish woman Jina Mahsa Amini by Iran's notorious "morality police". Peter Boyle reports.
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Protesters rallied and marched through Sydney on September 24 demanding urgent action to address the climate crisis and a just transition to protect jobs, reports Peter Boyle.
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If anything reflected Bernie Neville’s view on the working class, it was his often-repeated phrase: “No surrender!” Dave Riley reflects on the life of a militant unionist.
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The Modi government is keen to fashion the Adani Group as a spear of influence, however its renewables story cannot hide the fact that its core business remains thermal coal mining, gas distribution and transportation, argues Binoy Kampmark.
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Any call for a republic that is disconnected from addressing the very real social and ecological crises will not be enough, argues Sam Wainwright.
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Suzanne James asks why the Australian Football League is so racist and, with clubs raking in billions in multi-stream revenue, why are taxpayers funding them?
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Hunger has doubled in the world's 10 worst climate hotspots, worsened by profiteering on cereal markets by huge agriculture corporations. Peter Boyle reports.
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Current laws regulating how data is managed by corporations and government organisations fail to fully protect consumers. Sonia Hickey reports.
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The UNHCR said Australia has violated Torres Strait islanders' rights by ignoring their concerns about rising seas caused by climate change. Binoy Kampmark reports.
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Marie Flood, a member of the Sydney Knitting Nannas and Friends, gave this speech at a Sydney climate protest alongside First Nations activists, unionists and high school activists speaking out for real action on the climate.
World
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What began as a calm morning on on September 23 soon turned into a terrifying ordeal in the Kurdistan region of Iraq, when Iranian missiles rained down across the region, reports Marcel Cartier.
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Climate change is disrupting and harming our lives, writes Tamara Pearson, so we need to disrupt and force change.
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Along with widespread food insecurity, South Africans also experience “energy poverty”, making it difficult for them to cover other costs such as food, rent, and clothing, reports Vashna Jagarnath.
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Nearly 80% of Chileans voted to draft a new constitution, but less than two years later, about 62% chose to reject the draft in a plebiscite on September 4. Ana Zorita explains why.
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Luna Michaels talks about the struggle for democracy and an end to absolute monarchy in Swaziland.
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Nilüfer Koç discusses the country-wide protests against the torture and killing of Mahsa (Jina) Amini.
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Anti*Capitalist Resistance editorial board member Dave Kellaway analyses the result of Italy's election.
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A cycle of protests began in Haiti in July 2018, and, despite the pandemic, has carried on since then, writes Vijay Prashad.
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Our seas are being ravaged by exploitation for corporate profit, creating a social, economic and ecological crisis that threatens the very life support system of the Earth, writes Guy Standing.
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When Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that 300,000 reservists would be called up to bolster the war effort, protests took place across the country, reports Dick Nichols.
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A pro-fascist government has returned to power in the Italian elections, for the first time since Benito Mussolini was deposed in 1943, reports Daniel Castelli.
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A majority of Cubans voted in favour of a new families code that allows same-sex couples to marry and adopt children. Ian Ellis-Jones reports.
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Ukraine is almost certain to slip into hyperinflation if Russia's war continues beyond the next few months, reports Renfrey Clarke.
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The blackout that engulfed Puerto Rico when Hurricane Fiona laid bare the impacts of austerity and privatisation carried under United States fiscal control, reports Barry Sheppard.
Culture
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Mat Ward looks back at September's political news and the best new music that related to it.