The Black Lives Matter-Stop Black Deaths in Custody movements are highlighting the racism of the police, as well as their repressive role in society. Peter Boyle argues that we don't need the police to keep us safe.
Capitalism
While Greens MP Adam Bandt is pushing for a green new deal, Hans A Baer asks why doesn't he also push the Greens to stop being soft on capitalism?
Virulent infectious diseases, such as COVID-19, have been predicted by disease ecologists because they are the result of the destruction of the world鈥檚 natural and agricultural ecosystems, writes Alan Broughton.
鈥淣ormal鈥� was so broken, we don't want to go back to that. But, as Sam Wainwright argues, we're going to have to build a movement strong enough to transform Australia鈥檚 economy.
As the cost of bailing out corporate Australia keeps rising, the calls to raise the regressive GST and cut taxes for the rich have already started. They have to be resisted, argues Peter Boyle.
The federal government plans to spend $130 billion for a wage subsidy, but Peter Boyle argues it is more a corporate survival subsidy.
Panic buying is a normal response in a dog-eat-dog system that is clearly failing to meet essential needs, argues Sue Bolton.
There are two positive things to come out of the horrific bushfire crisis ripping through our country: recognition of the connection between global warming and more frequent and intense bush fires; and the inspiring courage and generosity of volunteers and emergency service personnel to protect their communities, despite being hugely under-resourced.
United Nations Secretary-General Ant贸nio Guterres delivered another about the climate emergency on December 2. He told the 197 country leaders assembled that global average levels of carbon dioxide have now gone over what used to be considered an 鈥渦nthinkable global tipping point鈥�.
Environmental destruction isn鈥檛 driven by human nature or mistaken ideas. It is an inevitable consequence of a system built on capital accumulation argues Climate & Capitalism editor Ian Angus.
The global Climate Strike was the largest climate protest in history 鈥� and could turn out to be a tipping point for radical action on climate change, writes Jim McIlroy.
The most farcical side of the parliamentary banter between the Coalition and Labor regarding politicians鈥� ties to Chinese billionaires and government 鈥渁gents of foreign influence鈥� is not the pot-calling-the-kettle-black nature of their posture. It is that both studiously avoid mentioning the elephant in the room 鈥� the deeply entrenched corporate corruption of parliament and the state apparatus, writes Peter Boyle.
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