Homeless actors aim to get people talking
Fearless Milk Crate Theatre Carriageworks, Sydney September 13-22 $35, $25 www.milkcratetheatre.com Milk Crate Theatre director Mirra Todd says his main goal is to get people thinking and talking about...
View ArticleGreek activist: ‘No to austerity and debt’
For the past couple of days I have been trying to understand what is happening in Greece. I shared the celebratory atmosphere after January’s elections [of the SYRIZA government] and the sense of hope...
View ArticleAsia-Pacific left stand with the people and government of Greece against...
We, the undersigned, stand in solidarity with the people of Greece and the SYRIZA-led government as they prepare for a referendum on July 5, 2015, on whether to accept the continuation of the program...
View ArticleJoin the fight against the Liberals in 2016
In 2015 Prime Minister Tony Abbott was booted from the top job courtesy of his own party and replaced by Malcolm Turnbull. This was considered a victory by many and a result of the work of a number of...
View ArticleThe real class war: Liberals attack workers, poor
Treasurer Scott Morrison's speech to a Bloomberg business breakfast in Sydney on August 25 echoed previous warnings by Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull that Australians were heading for economic trouble...
View ArticleStop the cuts at Victoria University
Friends of Victoria University released this statement on April 19.* * *Victoria University is planning to fundamentally change the structure of its workforce and radically alter the type of education...
View ArticleEurozone’s future must involve break with austerity
The idea that every eurozone country should adopt an export-led growth model should not only be rejected because it is based on exploitation, but also because it is economically impossible.
View ArticleThe royal wedding might display parasitical privilege at its worse, but think...
I’m late commenting on the royal wedding due to having to recover from a drinking game I invented for the spectacle: you had to take a shot each time you see a parasite. Here’s a tip for anyone wanting...
View ArticleLook after people not profit in the COVID-19 crisis
It is clear the federal government has badly mishandled the COVID-19 pandemic, with doctors now warning Australia is on track to be in a "worse position than Italy is currently in". But humane...
View ArticleFrance: Huge protests oppose pensions bill
Workers and students mobilised in their millions on October 12 in the fourth and largest mobilisation in the last month against laws that will reduce the pension entitlements of French workers. The...
View ArticleIreland: More big cuts coming
The Irish Republic’s government said on November 4 that it wants to slash 6 billion euros from its 2011 deficit, MorningStarOnline.co.uk said the following day. The cuts were announced despite the...
View ArticleBritain: Millionaires’ government declares class war
The Conservative Party, or Tories, has never really forgiven the British working class for demanding and winning the creation of the “welfare state”. Gains won included such things as free health care,...
View ArticleItaly: Million march against the cuts
A million trade unionists marched past Rome’s Colosseum on October 16 in defence of rights that Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi’s government and Fiat bosses are trying to water down. The attacks are...
View ArticleExplosive situation as France heads towards a general strike
The political situation in France is dominated by the mobilization against the proposed reform of the pension system. This reform is at the heart of Sarkozy’s austerity policy. Although it is presented...
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