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The AUKUS security partnership, announced last September, has muddied the pool of non-proliferation. Binoy Kampmark reports.

The New South Wales Rail, Tram and Bus Union聽is continuing to take industrial action over concerns regarding passenger safety and members' jobs,聽Jim McIlroy writes.

Activists tried to deliver聽a petition to Minister Tony Burke,聽calling聽for no聽suspensions for the first three months of the new employment system. Isaac Nellist reports.

YPG fighters

Academic and Australian Kurdish solidarity activist John Tully responds to the announcement that Sweden and Finland struck a deal with Turkey to betray the Kurds for NATO membership.

'Green Braids' movement in North-East Syria

Peter Boyle reflects on the achievements of the Rojava revolution in north and east Syria, which聽 continues in the face of great adversity to inspire activists around the world.

Nuclear weapons test

A United Nations meeting in Vienna mapped out a plan for participating states to 鈥渇ree the world鈥 of nuclear weapons, reports Pip Hinman.

Hichilema

The United States Africa Command (AFRICOM) announced on April 26 that they had set up an office in the US embassy in Lusaka, Zambia, reports Vijay Prashad. There are fears that it is only a matter of time until this is transformed into a full-scale US military base.

Women in Cuba

One of the gains of Cuba's revolutionary process has been the high level of participation of women in political and public life, reports Ian Ellis-Jones.

Backed by big business, mining companies and billionaires, Labor and the Coalition spent millions of dollars on political advertising to win votes, according to a new report by The Australia Institute.聽Isaac Nellist聽reports.

A new agreement between the Transport Workers Union and Uber means food delivery and rideshare drivers will have safer, fairer working conditions and dispute procedures. Jim McIlroy reports.

Stop bulldozing Muslim homes

Muslim leaders accused of participating in and stirring protest against Islamophobic attacks in India are having their homes bulldozed by Hindu nationalist authorities in Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat, reports Binoy Kampmark.

Supreme Court

On the heels of its decision to overturn 50 years of abortion rights and blunt the Environmental Protection Agency, the United States Supreme Court has announced聽it will take up a case that could upend the country鈥檚 electoral laws, reports Malik Miah.