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The Drover’s Wife: The Legend of Molly Johnson, which Leah Purcell wrote, directed and starred in. Photo: The Drovers Wife: The Legend Of Molly…

Victoria erodes human rights in prisons

The Victorian government has passed a Bill in the Lower House which strips away one of the most basic human rights for people in Victorian priso…

WEASEL WORDS

Arguments are tiring. Even worse, other people often don’t cooperate with you when you’re trying to make an argument. Luckily, there’s an attrac…

Learning from Karl Marx’s favourite novels

We know from Karl Marx’s letters, family’s reminiscences, and accounts by his contemporaries, that he was a voracious and wide-ranging reader. F…

Colombian social movements reject far-right president

Popular leaders in Colombia have convened a demonstration and a day of peaceful civil disobedience to challenge the legitimacy of the incoming f…

Segal weaponises antisemitism definition

Commissioner Virginia Bell, who is running the antisemitism Royal Commission, has acknowledged that parts of the International Holocaust Remembr…

Australian unions support Palestine

March for Humanity – Sydney Harbour Bridge taken over by a rally for peace and justice in Gaza, 3 August 2025. Photo: MUA

GLOBAL BRIEFS

CONGO: The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has imposed an immediate ban on exports of copper and cobalt concentrates. It marks a major st…

Sunshine Coast education book club reads ‘What Is to Be Done?’

The Sunshine Coast Branch education book club classes on Lenin’s important and influential work, 1902’s What Is to Be Done? have been very rewar…

Gaza – the hidden tragedy

What did 100 days of ceasefire bring to Gaza? Graphic: Al Mayadeen

Abby Martin on the US military

Progressive filmmaker Abby Martin has been touring Australia with her new film Earth’s Greatest Enemy. An interviewer from Independent and Peace…

Fear Before the Fall. Horror films in the late Soviet Union

Fear Before the Fall: Horror Films in the Late Soviet Union by Alexander Herbert (2023) is a fascinating study of how Soviet filmmakers channell…

GLOBAL BRIEFS

IRAN: Dialysis equipment for 44,000 patients has finally reached Iran after being held by the United States for 95 days. The eight-container shi…

Vale Bevan Ramsden

It is with great sadness that we share the news that Bevan Ramsden passed away on 27 July 2026.

Call to boost uni staff and student voices

La Trobe University, Bundoora. Photo: Nadia.saadatmand – commons.wikimedia.org (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Christopher Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey’

The long-awaited and highly controversial adaptation of the Odyssey has been released. Before the film was even released everyone and their dog…

RAHU negotiating with ‘mega-landlord’

The Renters and Housing Union (RAHU) is contacting tenants across the country who rent under mega-landlord Edward Dilleen.

Qantas AI job cuts

The Australian Services Union (ASU) says that in briefing calls on news reports Qantas claims that there are no plans for jobs to be lost under…