There is a straightforward logic to Australia's support for Israel: The Australian ruling class wants to maintain and extend its own influence in the world.

On March 9, a rally called by the Queensland council of unions saw around 3,500 unionists protest in Brisbane against the state Labor government’s privatisation plan.

Claims that the Greens had done a deal with the major parties to stymie discussion on the Marriage Equality Bill in the senate were false and unfair. 

The Rudd Government’s proposal to take over the state-run health system will result in poorer services.

The Greek government's announcement of more austerity measures has provoked a militant response from workers.

The Black Panthers stood for socialism, and the revolutionary overthrow of US capitalism. Their militant approach offered much more to Black Americans than the failed promise of the Obama presidency.

The recent union support for the Ampilatwatja community is just one part of a proud history of union support for Aboriginal rights.

The nuclear industry continues to claim that nuclear energy is green, safe and necessary for providing for future energy needs. None of this is true.

The Queensland police are responsible for the death of another young Aboriginal man.

Readers of Southern Star, one of Melbourne’s LGBTI newspapers, were greeted by the headline “Greens Marriage Sell-Out” this week.

A decision to close the Muslim prayer room at UNSW has provoked a series of determined protests.

Protests will take place in Sydney and Canberra to coincide with Barack Obama’s visit later this month.

The Australian economy avoided much of the economic calamity that befell the industrialised world. It is now growing at the fastest pace in almost two years. How did this happen, and will everything be smooth sailing from here on in?

Goldman Sachs and other major banks set the stage for the financial crisis in Greece - and then figured out how to make money off it.

The minority Canberra Labor Government will freeze public service recruitment in response to an $85 million cut in GST revenue.

The US alliance is a cornerstone of foreign policy that allows the Australian ruling class to better project its power into the Asia-Pacific.

Precious is one of the most devastating depictions of racism and poverty you can find in recent cinema.

Marry him: The case for Settling for Mr Good Enough by Lori Gottlieb attempts to take gender politics back to the 1950s.

The police exist to preserve the status quo. 

A new book turns mainstream assumptions about asylum seekers on their head.

It was only when international media coverage of the issue reached saturation point that some sections of the ruling class began wringing their hands about racism towards Indian students.

Most people would consider it fair that people working 10-hour days in 40-degree heat, away from their families for four weeks at a time, be treated like human beings. But not the parasites in the CEO boardrooms and parliament.