No support for Trump’s war: withdraw Australian troops from the Gulf
Australia is trying to have it both ways – placate Trump while offering ‘minimal’ support for his war. Marcus Strom argues this won’t wash.
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‘Workers in Iran are not our enemy’
Statements on the US-Israel assault on Iran by the Maritime Union of Australia and Australian Manufacturing Workers Union.
Imperialist meddling in Iran-Iraq since 1980
Michael Karadjis looks at how the US and Israel has sought to manipulate Iran, Iraq and the whole region since the Iranian revolution of 1979-81.
Stop the war on Iran. Stop Australian support for Trump
Reckless US attack gets full support from the Labor government. Labor Tribune editorial board call for the defeat of US gangster imperialism.
US strategy: a fighting retreat?
Behind Trump’s bluff and bluster, could there be plans to limit America’s military reach? David Lockwood explores the Pentagon’s new strategy.
Albanese still ‘living within the lie’
After the ‘rupture’ in international affairs described by Canadian PM Mark Carney’s ‘truth bombs’, Hamish McPherson calls for a working-class foreign policy.
Against the Mullahs, Shah and imperialism
Protests in Iran not only reveal imperialist aggression and a vicious regime, but the programmatic weaknesses of the left, writes David Lockwood.
Peace is union business – but only if members make it so
The conference to put peace at the top of the union agenda was an important step forward, but an opportunity was missed.
Labour movement can break Cassandra’s curse on AUKUS
Marcus Strom delivered this address at the Peace is Union Business conference.
Ukraine at Christmas faces more grinding bloodshed
David Lockwood says both Russia and the NATO-backed regime in Kyiv are reactionary.
US decline: is it cyclical or structural?
Abraham David examines the global faultlines as the sun sets on another global empire.
COP30: capitalism’s climate dead end
The road to Belem was paved with good intentions, but capitalism can’t solve the climate crisis, argues Marcus Strom.