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Albanese still 'living within the lie' - Labor Tribune After the ‘rupture’ in international affairs described by Candian PM Mark Carney, Hamish McPherson calls for a working-class foreign policy.

‘After the rupture’ in international affairs - outlined by Canadian PM Mark Carney at Davos - and with @albomp.bsky.social still ‘living within the lie’, Hamish McPherson argues we can’t tail after liberals.

The working class needs its own foreign policy

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- After the ‘rupture’, for a working-class foreign policy
- Anti-Zionists won’t be silenced
- Iran and the left’s weaknesses
- Workers need a plan
- NSW Socialists forced into new name
- Report from NSW Socialists conference

'We don't want them': Neo-Nazi group says it will disband ahead of new laws In a statement posted to Telegram, the group announced the closure of the National Socialist Network would also spell the end of "co-projects" White Australia, the European Australian Movement and the...

Banning organisations like this is futile. They ‘disband’ and find new ways to work

The working class and labour movement must organise to close down neonazi groups and make them unfeasible not rely on the state

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- Heroes among the antisemitic horror at Bondi
- Peace is Union Business
- Ukraine at Christmas faces more bloodshed
- US decline: cyclical or structural?
- Sean Kelly essay reviewed
- Letters

NSW treasurer declares ‘intifada’ protest chant is hate speech The state government will step up monitoring of hate speech to “stamp out the culture of antisemitism” as Palestine advocates defend use of the controversial “intifada” phrase.

Calling for resistance to Zionist genocide is becoming hate speech.

This is why the labour movement, consistent democrats, republicans and Marxists must oppose ‘hate speech’ laws. The state can define anything as hate speech and prosecute.

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Defence procurement: reshuffling deckchairs - Labor Tribune Defence insider tells Labor Tribune the new Defence Delivery Agency will 'do nothing'. Marcus Strom argues it reveals much that's rotten within the military.

A defence insider speaks to Labor Tribune. Military spending is a sacred cow to the capitalist class and the political elite. The latest reshuffling of the deck in Australian arms procurement reveals much that is rotten in the military establishment.

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'Investigate credible allegations of IDF war crimes': QLD Labor - Labor Tribune Queensland Labor has called for prosecutions against Australians in the IDF where credible allegations of war crimes in Gaza exist.

Queensland Labor state conference has called on the federal government to investigate and prosecute Australians who have credible allegations of committing war crimes fighting for Israel Defence Forces in Gaza.

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- Democracy on backburner for ALP National Platform
- QLD Labor calls for IDF war crimes investigations
- Can Socialist Alliance + Vic Socialists unite?
- Sectarianism: not in front of the children
- Defence procurement
- Anti-militarism in Australia

Don't fall for the panic over neonazis - Labor Tribune The labour movement must oppose anti-democratic laws that will always be used against the left, argues Marcus Strom

While neonazis are a concern, they are not the main threat to democracy. We must fight against draconian laws that seek to limit political organisation.

Being a cosplay anti-nazi chasing cosplay nazis is no way to fight encroaching draconian laws.

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Behind the 'Mamdani moment': a report from New York City - Labor Tribune The global left is rightly celebrating Zohran Mamdani's victory but will he be seduced by the Democrat Party machine? Joseph P. reports from NYC.

What’s behind the “Mamdani moment”?

The global left is rightly celebrating Zohran Mamdani’s victory but will he be seduced by the Democrat Party machine?

A report from Joseph P of @MarxistUnityDSA faction of the Democratic Socialists of America.

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COP30: capitalism's climate dead end - Labor Tribune The road to Belem was paved with good intentions, but capitalism can't solve the climate crisis, argues Marcus Strom.

COP30: Incrementalism won’t work to abate climate change. We need an emergency plan to transform economy and ecology.

Once again capitalism shows it is not up to the task. We need system change, not climate change.

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- Layers of failure behind CFMEU crisis
- COP30: capitalism's climate dead-end
- the Mamdani moment and its limits: report from NYC
- don't fall for the panic over neonazis
- universal basic income - should the left fight for it?
- letters

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Overgoverned, overtaxed and overcomplicated: How Australia was set up to fail Our three levels of government will collect a record $1 trillion in taxes this year, but the federation is failing.

Every few years one of the big media houses runs a special on ‘our broken federation’ - but the liberal elite is too timid to call for a republic that abolishes the states, the senate and all the bureaucracy connected with it

We have no such timidity

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Trump letter urges Israel's president to pardon PM Netanyahu President Herzog's office says he holds Trump "in the highest regard", but that anyone seeking a pardon has to submit a formal request.

This is why consistent democrats and republicans should oppose a head of state, who are ‘elected monarchs’. No reserve powers against a sovereign parliament or assembly of the people should be tolerated

No Kings. No Presidents. For a sovereign people

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After 50 years, maintain your republican rage - Labor Tribune On the 50th anniversary of the Whitlam Dismissal, Hamish McPherson reviews Solidarity pamphlet 'Strike Fraser Out!'

On the 50th anniversary of the Whitlam Dismissal, Hamish McPherson reviews Phil Griffiths' 'Solidarity' pamphlet 'Strike Fraser Out!'.

We need a movement for a truly republican constitution.

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Albo will save the Governor-General - Labor Tribune As the 50th anniversary of the Dismissal approaches, David Lockwood urges you to maintain your republican rage and enthusiasm.

Plenty of fine words about Gough and the Dismissal 50 years ago today. But without a new republican constitution that removes the reserve Crown powers - whether vested in a Governor-General or President - frankly, it’s all hot air

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- Fight Marles naked militarism
- @Vic_Socialists registration at an impasse
- MUA leadership change
- Environment Protection bill
- Gen Z protests: can they win?
- Dismissal 50 years: maintain your rage
- Letters
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The empty claim that AUKUS is good for jobs - Labor Tribune Professor Al Rainnie from the University of South Australia argues we should fight for jobs that are socially meaningful, not dependent on militarism and the war machine

The boosters of AUKUS argue it will deliver jobs. But at nearly $2m a job, it’s one of the worst job creation programs ever.

Professor Al Rainnie from Adelaide University/UniSA writes for Labor Tribune, busting the myth that AUKUS is good for jobs.

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Rare-earths deal: Trump locks Albo in - Labor Tribune Pragmatism trumps any principle as the US ties Australia into its ongoing trade war with China, writes Marcus Strom.

Read our analysis on the rare-earths deal at Labor Tribune

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Look who is really benefiting from the US-Australia rare-earths deal that locks our minerals into the US’s ongoing trade war with China.

We should nationalise the resources sector and have a sovereign wealth fund for social need, not Rinehart greed.

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Latest edition of Labor Tribune has dropped.
- Rare earths deal: Trump locks Albo in
- AUKUS and jobs
- Gaza ‘peace’
- Europe, debt and war
- Kautsky on Marx
- Homosexuality decriminalised in SA: 50 years
- Letters from readers

Indonesia: popular expectations meet capitalist reality - Labor Tribune Abe David argues that understanding Indonesia’s contradictions is not optional. For Marxists in Australia, it is essential.

Indonesia is hugely important for the working class in Australia. It might be taken for granted in imperialist calculation - but our class needs serious engagement with the Indonesian people to win socialism at home and in Asia. Abe David gives his analysis

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Albo will save the Governor-General - Labor Tribune As the 50th anniversary of the Dismissal approaches, David Lockwood urges you to maintain your republican rage and enthusiasm.

PM @albomp.bsky.social will save the Governor-General.

But as the 50th anniversary of the Whitlam Dismissal approaches, David Lockwood urges you to maintain your republican rage and enthusiasm.

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Gaza plan a continuation of colonisation - Labor Tribune Hamish McPherson says the end to daily slaughter is a relief but we must keep the pressure on the government to sanction Israel.

The Gaza 'peace plan' is a continuation of colonisation, writes Hamish McPherson in the latest Labor Tribune.

It's vital Labor Friends of Palestine keeps the pressure up to sanction Israel and stop the arms trade.
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'March for Australia' a rotten rightwing bloc - Labor Tribune The left must be the radical alternative to the establishment, writes Hamish McPherson.

It isn’t enough just to counter demonstrate the far-right. The left needs its own strategy to become the radical mass alternative to the establishment.

Hamish McPherson takes a look at recent ‘March for Australia’ events and how the left has responded.

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UN cannot liberate Palestine - Labor Tribune Calling for a United Nations peacekeeping force to deliver aid to Gaza and end the conflict in Palestine is a practical and political dead end. Bob Sparks explains.

The UN cannot liberate Palestine.

Invoking the 'Uniting for Peace Resolution' - a tool of imperialism - is either a fantasy or would trigger a world war. Either way it is a dead end for the Palestine solidarity movement.

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