Democracy

National vigils and rallies organised by What Were You Wearing called on Labor to do more to stop violence against women. Rachel Evans reports.

The NSWgovernment has made a last-ditch attempt to stop the People’s Blockade of the world’s largest coal port by designating Muloobinba/Newcastle Harbour an ‘exclusion zone’, reports Isaac Nellist.

Former NSW Director of Public ProsecutionsNicholasCowdery maintains that the decriminalisation of cannabis would benefit the community, including byremoving criminal profiteering in the drug market. Paul Gregoire reports.

Despite threats from the Construction Forestry Mining and Employees Union administrator and the Master Builders Association, thousands of building workers marched on NSW Parliament in defence of the CFMEU and against Labor’s new anti-union law. Peter Boyle reports.

While the government commits billions of dollars to the black hole of AUKUS, universities are underfunded, allowing amanagement culture,which now pervades universities, to look for course and job cuts. Rowan Cahill reports.

Remembrance Day has become a form of vulgar conditioning, used by the military-minded to ready the public for the next conflict, argues Binoy Kampmark.

The newly electedNorthern Territory Country Liberal Party has set to work on its“tough on crime” agenda by demonising incarcerated young people.Stephen W Enciso reports.

Tuvalu Prime Minister Feleti Teo has described rich countries’ plansto expand fossil fuels as a “death sentence” for his country. Zara Lomas looks at Pacific Island states’ push for ainternational treaty to phase out fossil fuels.

Australia has refused the United Nations Human Rights Committee’sorder to provide “an effective and enforceable remedy”to the Wunna Nyiyaparli people of Western Australia’s eastern Pilbara region. Paul Gregoire reports.

Refugees and supporters are continuing their campaign for permanent visas for more than 9000 people, whose refugee claims were rejected under the flawed Fast Track system. Chris Slee reports.

Isaac Nellist and Riley Breen discuss the election of Donald Trump in the 2024 United States election and the repression and censorship of activists in Singapore.

Socialist Alliance national co-convenorSam Wainwrightspeaks to 鶹ý about Donald Trump’s election in the United States, and what we need to do here to build anti-capitalist politics.