Democracy on backburner as ALP National Platform consultations begin
On policy it’s clear that MPs, not members, call the shots. Hamish McPherson looks at the start of consultations on the National Platform.
Author: Hamish McPherson
Fight Marles’ naked militarism
The Albanese government is enmeshing Australia into Trump’s nuclear war planning. Hamish McPherson says ALP members must fight back.
After 50 years, maintain your republican rage
On the 50th anniversary of the Whitlam Dismissal, Hamish McPherson reviews Solidarity pamphlet ‘Strike Fraser Out!’
Gaza plan a continuation of colonisation
Hamish McPherson says the end to daily slaughter is a relief but we must keep the pressure on the government to sanction Israel.
For a single democratic state in Palestine
Hamish McPherson responds to David Lockwood arguing that a single democratic state is the demand needed for today’s solidarity movement.
‘March for Australia’ a rotten rightwing bloc
The left must be the radical alternative to the establishment, writes Hamish McPherson.
Notes of a Vic ALP conference delegate
Indi delegate and Labor Against War (Vic) convenor Hamish McPherson reports on the August state conference of Victorian Labor.