The police are rounding up protest organisers and using massive force to crush demonstrations. The right to protest is at risk for everyone, and there's no guarantee we'll get it back.
My colleagues and I, like other frontline workers, are being sacrificed to sustain a system that treats us as expendable. The only solution is collective organisation.
JobKeeper excludes too many workers. The government can't wait to cut the rate and wind it down. But even as we fight to expand and defend it, workers must fight to move past the boss-first policy of wage subsidies, which are meant to shore up profits, not protect workers.
How can we save capitalism, or make it stronger than it was before? Mainstream politicians are losing sleep over this problem. But they're asking the wrong question.
