While recognising Palestinian statehood gives legitimacy to Palestinians鈥 aspirations, to use it as a bargaining chip, as Australia is doing, is a face-saving exercise, argues Jacob Andrewartha.
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Jillian Segal, with Labor鈥檚 support, wants to make it harder for people to oppose genocide and Zionism. Jonathan Strauss argues that this racist plan needs to be rejected.
Markela Panegyres argues that while the global movement for Palestine has shifted public opinion, it has to become more organised to stop this genocide.
The CFMEU鈥檚 tradition of struggle听can inspire all workers and explains why the ruling class wants to break its power, argues Jonathan Strauss.
Israel鈥檚 unprovoked and illegal attack on Iran, with the support of the United States, threatens regional conflict at great cost to human life and has to be opposed, argues听Sam Wainwright.
Even as Israel鈥檚听Operation听Gideon鈥檚 Chariots听offensive in Gaza unmasks global capitalism as the ruthless, racist and colonialist project that it is, Anthony Albanese still refuses to impose sanctions on the genocidal regime, write Sue Bolton and Jacob Andrewartha.
The Chaser's election quip, "Labor secures bigger majority, excited to do nothing with it", was spot on. Sue Bolton argues that the left has to focus on building the extra-parliamentary movements if it wants real change.
Labor has secured a second term, with a landslide victory, but unless unions, social and community movements organise for real change, it will continue to bend to the will of the billionaire class, argue Jacob Andrewartha and Isaac Nellist.听
United States President Donald Trump has tried to justify his tariff war on the world on the basis that the US has been听鈥渓ooted, pillaged, raped and plundered鈥. Peter Boyle听argues that this is an inversion of reality.
Socialist Alliance joins millions of people around the world and Australia in condemning Israel for relaunching its听deadly bombing raids on Gaza.
PM Anthony Albanese鈥檚 mealy-mouthed dodging of Trump鈥檚 declaration that the US would 鈥渙wn鈥 and 鈥渓evel鈥 Gaza was his way of signalling that Australia will tag along, albeit with a little bit of hand-wringing, argues Sam Wainwright.听
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United States President Donald Trump鈥檚 鈥淕aza-Riviera鈥 plan must be condemned by all supporters of Palestine, argues the听Socialist Alliance.
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