Activists took to the streets in Sydney at the March in March raising a number of听issues including Aboriginal rights, refugee rights, to stop WestConnex, to save Sydney College of the Arts, to stop Coal Seam Gas听and to defend penalty rates.
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According to the Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO), electricity supply will be threatened as early as next year by 鈥渟hortfalls in gas鈥, or failing that, households may face cuts to their gas supply.听
On an August evening in Glasgow last year, supporters of Celtic Football Club waved听听during a Champions League playoff match against Israeli team Hapoel Be鈥檈r Sheva, garnering global attention.
Students and academics at the University of New South Wales have mounted a major exhibition outlining a proposal for a radical redirection of the WestConnex tollway project from road to rail.
The exhibition, Civilise WestConnex, imagines what could be done if Stage 3 of WestConnex was cancelled and the other tunnels already under construction were converted from roads to train lines.
On the tail of its damning CIA hacking听, WikiLeaks published another trove of documents on March 23 outlining how the spy agency has been uploading secret software to Apple devices as far back as 2008.
Residents, unionists and supporters marched and rallied on March 19 in Millers Point, to protest the continuing eviction of remaining public housing tenants of the Point, Dawes Point and the iconic Sirius Building. The event, which attracted about 200 people, was sponsored by the Millers Point Community Working Party and the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA).
鈥淭he fight to remain in our community goes on. The fighting spirit of the elderly, the frail and the vulnerable continues the struggle,鈥 publicity for the action stated.
Massive mobilisations involving 1 million people across Brazil and a mood for general strike unlike anything seen in some time marked March 15, as various organised sectors came onto the streets to protest a packet of pension and labour听reforms proposed by the government of President Michel Temer.
A public forum on March 17 discussed the implications of Melbourne City Council's proposed amendments to Activities Local Law 2009.
The changes would broaden the definition of 鈥渃amping鈥 to mean people currently sleeping rough could be forcibly moved on by police and face fines for possessing a piece of cardboard or bedding. The city of Melbourne would be effectively criminalising homelessness.
The childcare workers鈥 strike on International Women鈥檚 Day caused me to reflect on the long journey towards equal pay and my personal experience over 50 years of my working life.
My first job as a student was as a conductor on Sydney buses from 1964 to 1966. Bus conductors and teachers were the only jobs that paid women the same rates as men, because there were 鈥渕anpower鈥 shortages in these industries. However, it was not until late 1966 that women conductors could be promoted to drivers.
The Australian Building and Construction Commission (ABCC) was dealt another embarrassing blow on March 21.
The Federal Court dismissed all claims against the Construction Forestry Mining Energy Union (CFMEU) after finding prosecutors had made a deal with a confessed blackmailer to give evidence for the Australian Building and Construction Commission (ABCC) in return for staying out of jail.
On 听readers can find an interview with leading ecosocialist voice Daniel Tanuro as well as听articles looking at the ongoing fallout of the Brexit vote听and the origins of arguably the most famous slogan in revolutionary history: "All power to the Soviets!"
You know how it is when you go to the movies. Sometimes the sequel has a bigger impact than the original.
The announcement by Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon that she would bring forward proposals for a second referendum on Scottish independence may prove another example of this phenomenon.
There is a real feeling across Scotland, in Westminster and the media, that this time the Yes side could win and Scotland could break from the 鈥淯nited Kingdom鈥.
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