The defeat of the attempts of the Menzies government to outlaw the Communist Party of Australia (CPA) in 1950 must rank as one of the greatest victories for democratic rights in Australia. Menzies had ...

The Queensland sugar industry annually generates $2 billion, and this industry began with indentured labour. In July 2021 the mayor of Bundaberg, Jack Dempsey, made a historic apology for the town’s ...

At a Wisconsin rally in 2024, President Donald Trump called illegal immigrants murderers: “You know, now a murderer, I believe this, it’s in their genes. And we’ve got a lot of bad genes in our ...

The Crisafulli LNP government of Queensland has been heavily criticised for its stand on issues from Native Title Disputes, rejecting Human Rights Act recommendations, to the CFMEU. In regards to ...

The Melbourne Gaol is famous for being the place where the bushranger, Ned Kelly, was hanged in 1880. In the early 1970s I saw a collection of death masks displayed on its walls. They were made after ...

Aboriginal cultural knowledge is under threat of being stolen through the skilful, but sometimes deceptive, use of patents laws. Indigenous communities are frequently targeted, for example, by ...

The moving picture industry was based originally in New York and then moved to California in 1903, where labour costs were cheaper. By 1913 the first full feature 14-reel “silent movies” were being ...

Paul Robeson was a famous African-American singer, actor, civil rights and anti-colonialism activist. His wife, Eslanda, was a civil rights activist, United Nations journalist and an anthropologist.

“Minns’ repeated attempts to weaponise the tools of democracy against the community has become a pattern of abuse.” Sue Higginson, Greens member of the NSW Legislative Council ...

Dr Hannah Middleton served as President of the Communist Party of Australia (CPA) 1993-2009, and in 2009, after the death of the long-time General Secretary, Peter Symon, was elected as the Party’s ...

Labor’s war hawks succeeded in cementing AUKUS and the nuclear submarines and missiles that go with it in the party’s platform at its national conference this month. Despite opposition from a number ...

Those who have struggled through Marx’s Capital will find this a must read and study. As a coursebook it is written in accessible language and would be useful as a textbook capable of being grasped by ...