Analysis
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Timor Leste: Cuba’s honour and Australia’s shame
The World Bank states that Cuba’s GDP per capita is just under US$10,000 per year compared to US$65,000 for Australia. In addition, Cuba’s economic development…
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Oppose the Australian State’s Involvement in Oppressions Overseas: From Indonesia and Timor Leste to Gaza and Palestine
By Max Lane On May 19th, one day before the commemoration of Timor Leste’s second proclamation of Independence I accepted the Medal of Honour of…
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June Public Meeting: Revolutionary Youth in Venezuela, Fighting the US Stranglehold
Young socialists are fighting to defend and extend Venezuela’s 2002 revolution. This means defeating crippling economic sanctions and continuous US-led attempts to bring down the…
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Thousands protest at Australian ports against ties with Israel
By Barry Healy On May 25, thousands of trade unionists and supporters gathered at eight demonstrations in Australian port cities to protest military and trade…
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Israel’s failing war falters amid unprecedented opposition
U.S. intelligence agencies have now openly recognized that the war Israel is ostensibly waging to eliminate Hamas in Gaza cannot be won. This is a…
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Australian sports diplomacy: secret plays, tactics, and aiming for winning results
As part of a foreign policy initiative begun in 2019, the Albanese government is continuing to weaponise sport as part of its anti-China manoeuvrings in…
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Tens of thousands take to the streets across Indonesia to mark May Day 2024
By James Balowski Tens of Thousands of workers, students and civil society groups took to the streets across Indonesia on May 1 to commemorate International…
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Pride in the encampments: U.S. socialists organise for Palestine
What follows is an interview conducted on 9 May 2024 with Ernesto Huerta, from Students for Socialism, about the student encampment on the University of…
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Commune or nothing! Eyewitness to Venezuela’s National Popular Consultation
On 21 April, millions of Venezuelans mobilised for the National Popular Consultation held in 4,500 communes across the country. The Red Ant Collective was invited…
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Argentine student movement erupts against Milei’s adjustment
“We do not want them to take away our dreams. Our future does not belong to them,” said the president of the Argentine University Federation…
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Two, three, many Gaza encampments: Veteran of 1968 Columbia strike speaks out
The Gaza Solidarity Encampment at Columbia is inspiring students on campuses all over the country to struggle against the role that universities play in promoting…
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Palestinian solidarity in the United States: an interview with Walter Smolarek
The growing street struggles, coupled with increasing consciousness about the atrocities being committed by Israel, prevented pro-Palestine sentiment from becoming an isolated and marginal position.…