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The Australian Council of Trade Unions has launched a campaign to push back against supermarket giants and other large employer groups wanting to abolish penalty rates in the retail sector. Jim McIlroy reports.

Victorian Socialist Alliance members from Geelong and Melbourne branches discussed the context in which to advance progressive campaigns at SA鈥檚 Victorian conference.聽Elizabeth Bantas reports.

Disrupt Burrup Hub activist Matilda Lane-Rose said environment minister Tanya Plibersek should not approve Woodside's North West Shelf Extension, reports Isaac Nellist.

Leonard Peltier released

As former United States President Joe Biden left office, he commuted 80-year-old political prisoner Leonard Peltier鈥檚 life sentences to home incarceration, reports Malik Miah. Peltier is a long-time leader of the First Nations movement in the US.

Person looking at US capitol building

In a 鈥渟lash and burn鈥 rampage, multi-billionaire and Donald Trump appointee Elon Musk is spearheading job cuts and closures across United States government departments, report聽Malik Miah and Barry Sheppard.

Activists pause at a sweet shop whose owner is a Palestine supporter.

Celebrate Palestine South West activists marched down the main street of Wooditchup with their flags and banners to show solidarity with the Palestinian struggle for the 52nd week in a row. Ned Reilly looks at how the movement has grown.

The Western Australian election will be an opportunity to assess the major parties, as well as those offering progressive solutions, writes Cas Smith.

Nicolas Maduro and Caracas in background

Federico Fuentes sat down with聽Venezuelan sociologist Atenea Jim茅nez, co-founder of the Alliance for Sovereignty and Democracy,聽which is bringing together Venezuelan left-wing movements and activists.

NSW Greens MLC Amanda Cohn has introduced a bill to significantly expand access to abortion services across the state. Pip Hinman 谤别辫辞谤迟蝉.听

Putin and Trump

Donald Trump鈥檚 neofascist administration is seeking direct agreement with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the expense of the Ukrainian people, argues Gilbert Achcar.

Rochelle Porteous, an聽indefatigable campaigner, suddenly died earlier this year. Hall Greenland writes about her activism, noting many of her greatest victories came while she was in a minority on Leichhardt Council.

posters on a wall

Multimedia journalist and producer Michael Fox is back with a new podcast series, Stories of Resistance, which is packed with glimpses of inspiration in these dark times, reports Federico Fuentes.