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History often happens without warning and, even more often, against all our wishes and best efforts. Sunday, 3 August, was ...
The whole world knew this was coming. And yet here we are. The mass starvation unfolding in Gaza is a horror beyond comprehension. On our phones and in the mainstream media, we are seeing images from ...
These days, the usual refrain when it comes to women working topless in bars, in the sex industry or otherwise being sexually ...
Sometimes, there is good news. In the era of Trump 2.0, it might come only in small doses, but we ought to grab it with both hands when it presents itself. New York’s political earthquake is one such ...
Mo Chara, aka Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh, is facing terrorism charges in the UK for the supposed crime of supporting Palestine.
To stifle growing pro-Palestinian activities on Australian campuses, university authorities are developing and applying disparate techniques of control. Consequently, the university as a place of free ...
The Minns Labor government plans to slash workers’ compensation in New South Wales. Unions, as well as legal and mental health groups, have vehemently opposed the changes, which will make it more ...
German politics has shifted sharply to the right following the federal election in February. Former corporate lawyer and multi-millionaire Friedrich Merz will now lead a conservative coalition ...
In the early 1990s, Liberal Premier Jeff Kennett launched a savage attack on working-class Victorians. A slew of privatisations, cuts to public services and attacks on working conditions hit ...
It was a relief when, in December, Israel finally agreed to a ceasefire. It didn’t guarantee Palestinians access to aid and construction materials to rebuild their shattered homes.
“Who was Thomas Muntzer? Simple: he was a Devil, he was Satan, he was a Ravening Wolf and a False Prophet who stirred up murder, rebellion and bloodshed. Or so, at least, said Martin Luther, the ...