‘Investigate credible allegations of IDF war crimes’: QLD Labor
The 2025 Queensland Labor Party conference started unusually and ended unexpectedly, a trade union delegate to the conference reports.
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Letters to the editor
Stagnant capitalism; self-policing communities; Campaign Against Pensioner Poverty.
Suggested principles for CFMEU renewal
We need a movement-wide discussion and organisation for the rebuilding of a militant construction union. Labor Tribune editors here contribute to the discussion.
Behind the ‘Mamdani moment’: a report from New York City
The global left is rightly celebrating Zohran Mamdani’s victory but will he be seduced by the Democrat Party machine? Joseph P. reports from NYC.
Universal Basic Income and the left
ALP activist Alex Rooney raises concerns that support for a UBI focuses on state distribution at the expense of workers’ control of production.
Labor’s environment laws deliver for capital
Don Sutherland sees the bill before parliament as another act to open access to Country for expropriation and exploitation.
The empty claim that AUKUS is good for jobs
Professor Al Rainnie from the University of South Australia argues we should fight for jobs that are socially meaningful, not dependent on militarism and the war machine
Historic achievement of Karl Marx
Karl Kautsky – before he became a ‘renegade’ – outlines here that Marx’s great achievement was uniting theory with the labour movement. We need that again.
From an age of Labor reform
Fifty years ago, Peter Duncan’s bill to decriminalise homosexuality in South Australia became law. Jane Timbrell reviews his autobiography.
Why we are launching Labor Tribune
With a world in crisis, the left is struggling to rethink how to engage in mass politics that are true to the radical traditions of Marxism. Labor Tribune aims to contribute to a renaissance.
Labor must sink AUKUS
Doug Cameron delivered the Laurie Carmichael Lecture on 10 September calling on Labor to drop AUKUS. We republish his speech with permission.
Pathways to Treaty
To support discussion about how we reach a Treaty between First Nations and non-indigenous Australia, we republish this article by Kate Auty on the Yoorrook process.