Editorial
“The impotence of the anarchists … in particular depends on the lack of a practical programme that could be implemented in the short term.” – Errico Malatesta, 1924 2014 heralds new attacks on the conditions…
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Silent No Longer: Confronting Sexual Violence in the Left
By Rebecca Content Warning: Experiences of sexual violence and victim blaming. In 2012, a member of the UK Socialist Workers Party (SWP) came forward saying she had been raped and sexually harassed by the former…
Blood Money for Art – Transfield and the Sydney Biennale
By Kieran The Guardian has broken the news that the Biennale of Sydney (BOS) has severed ties with detention centre operator Transfield Services. Transfield Holdings chairman Luca Belgiorno-Nettis has resigned from his role as chair…
The Experience of Tamil Refugees: An Interview with the Tamil Refugee Council
Content Warning: Genocide, sexual violence, suicide, reproductive coercion. Aran Mylvaganam is a member of the Tamil Refugee Council. The Tamil Refugee Council was formed in 2011 to give a voice to Tamil refugees seeking asylum…
Attacks on Medicare and Health Care Inequality
By Kieran Bennett The Abbott government is busy laying the groundwork for a massive attack on the conditions of the working class in April’s federal budget. In charge of preparing the ground is Abbott’s hand-picked…
In Summary: Against Napthine’s Summary Laws
By Lorcan In December 2013 the Victorian Liberal party introduced new legislation to Parliament with the aim of ‘updating’ the State’s Summary Offences legislation (in place since 1966). Under the new laws the police and…