Unions’ limited response to the Iran war
Martin Greenfield says the left should not be surprised that unions aren’t clearly opposing the US-Israel war.
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Trump’s war blows open Albanese’s minimalism
Hamish McPherson looks at how the Iran war is shaping the domestic agenda.
Two tactics in the anti-war movement
Australian-Iranian leftist Ali Keshtkar offers this contribution to how we can build a principled mass movement against the Iran war.
Iran and the US economy
Donald Trump has released an economic genie with his war on Iran. British Marxist economist Michael Roberts looks at repercussions for the US economy.
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.
‘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.