Australia

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Peter Boyle reviews Sarah Glynn and John Clarke鈥檚 new book, Climate Change is a Class Issue, which explains the link between capitalism and the climate crisis and provides a short and down-to-earth primer on ecosocialism.

Gunnai, Gunditjmara and Djab Wurrung independent Victorian聽Senator Lidia Thorpe told a rally that First Nations and climate movements need to unite to win just demands for land and climate. Jim McIlroy reports.

The Australia West Papua Association and supporters raised the Morning Star flag at Leichhardt Town Hall to show solidarity with West Papuan鈥檚 struggle for self-determination. Isaac Nellist reports.

The dangerous impacts of Labor鈥檚 forcible administration of the Construction, Forestry and Maritime Employees Union are being revealed, with some bosses flouting occupational health and safety laws more recklessly. Sue Bull 谤别辫辞谤迟蝉.听

Senators Lidia Thorpe, Fatima Payman and Mehreen Faruqi are using their positions to fight back against the systemic racism that Senator Pauline Hanson represents, argues Pip Hinman.听

Stefan Skibicki was a working-class intellectual, with a dry wit and a love of heavy metal music.听Pip Hinman and Susan Price聽reflect on the huge contribution he made to popularising ecosocialism.听 聽

Communities are demanding the NT Country Liberal Party bin its Territory Coordinator proposal, which gives unprecedented powers to unelected bureaucrats and ignores First Nations voices and solutions. Stephen W Enciso reports.

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The major parties want to entrench a system of unfairly distributed electoral funding and corporate donations to pay for their manipulative misinformation campaigns, and聽to stir up racism, misogyny and bigotry against minorities. Peter Boyle reports.

National rallies across Australia demanded that Australia cut ties with Israel, as per the International Criminal Court鈥檚聽arrest warrant for alleged war crimes.听聽

Japan was invited for the first time to discuss joining AUKUS with Australia and the United States at a meeting of defence ministers in Darwin. Paul Gregoire reports.

People's Blockade participants explain why they attended, what they think about the NSW government's attempts to suppress the protest and why we need to end coal and gas.