‘Police presence makes a mockery of democracy’
Labor Friends of Palestine has written this letter to NSW ALP office to protest police intimidation at state conference.
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NSW ALP seeks to gag debate on Gaza, Iran and AUKUS
True to form, the Barons of Sussex Street want a rally and a rubber stamp at state conference. Marcus Strom says delegates must demand democracy.
LFOP, LAW letter to NSW ALP general-secretary
Labor Friends of Palestine and Labor Against War urge conference to open the floor to debate.
‘We should move to abolish power bills’
ETU’s Michael Wright on Sovereign Power, public ownership and Australia’s energy future. An interview with Labor Tribune editor, Marcus Strom.
Victorian teachers’ fight must go beyond wages
Schools are divided on class and religious lines. The campaign needs politics to overturn this historical injustice writes Martin Greenfield.
Monoculture: Hanson’s next ‘big idea’
David Lockwood argues the left must not form the extreme left of the liberal establishment to see off the ‘radical right’.
Socceroos, nationalism and the meaning of football
As the World Cup enters the knock-out stage, David Clarke looks at the world game in all its glorious contradictions.
The loneliness of the middle power
David Lockwood searches the foreign policy section of the proposed ALP National Platform – but finds almost nothing there.
A guaranteed right to strike means repealing the Fair Work Act
The ICJ has ruled that the right to strike is protected by ILO convention. But this means little to workers while the Fair Work Act remains in place. Bob Sparks investigates.
MUA silent amid calls for ITF secretary to stand down
Marcus Strom looks at allegations that ITF leader Stephen Cotton perpetuated a sexist culture and engaged in sexual harassment.
Victorian ALP votes against the Iran war
In a mostly stage-managed conference, delegates still rejected the Albanese government’s support for Trump’s war, reports Hamish McPherson.
Budget built on war and austerity
Framed as fixing intergenerational inequity, Martin Greenfield argues the budget actually disguises class inequality.