We should be proud that, all over the world, people will see that there are thousands of us prepared to stop the “business as usual” so necessary for mass killing.
Around the country, tens of thousands of the workers who build, tear down and rebuild our cities were out in the streets on 27 August. For a few hours, the workers who make our cities brought them to a halt.
Many of the recent media allegations against the CFMEU attempt to paint legitimate industrial tactics as criminal activity. However, not all the allegations can be so easily dismissed.
The 'normalisation' of trade and diplomatic relations between Israel and the surrounding Arab states has gone a long way to freeing both Israel and the US from any fear of significant real-world consequences for Israel’s wholesale slaughter.
The spread of student encampments in solidarity with Palestine is far from the first global wave of radicalism. What can we learn from the past few weeks – and from previous waves of struggle?
