Campaigning in the South Australian 2026 state election is well underway. Anti-war protestors have their own thoughts on what should be on the campaign agenda. They decided to focus on a number of electoral seats that host industrial military complexes in Adelaide/Kaurna Yerta.

As the Starmer government in the UK continues to dither about honouring a high-level diplomatic agreement with Mauritius concerning the sovereignty of Diego Garcia, the status of the joint US-UK base that exists there has been shown to have caused some difficulties in US-UK relations.

What a difference five years make. 
When Grace Tame became 2021 Australian of the Year, it was on the back of giant struggles against child sexual abuse. She was not tame. She showed the strength and intelligence that allowed her to stand against the patriarchy as a teenager, had educated her on other forms of oppression. 

As Trump and Hegseth glory in inflicting war and mass deaths, minus the so-called civilising ‘rules of engagement’, radio ‘personality’ Kyle Sandilands personifies how low imperialist culture can go.

We are reprinting a statement below by the Union of Cypriots, a progressive organisation affiliated to both the International League of Peoples Struggles (ILPS) and the International Coordination of Revolutionary Parties and Organisations (ICOR).

Two days after the US-Israeli aggression against Iran, an Iranian missile was directed at a British base in Cyprus. People in Limassol near the base organised demonstrations demanding “British bases out!”. 

Cypriots in Australia are the ...

For many years now, women in South Australia have been able to attend an IWD breakfast as a prologue to celebrations of women’s achievements and protests about ongoing exploitation and discrimination.
This year’s event, held at the Adelaide Convention Centre, was a little different.

Around 200 people gathered at Parliament House last night to condemn the US-Israeli aggression against Iran.

At least half the crowd were Shia Muslim Iranian-Australians, and the second speaker was Iranian woman Habibah Jaghoori.
Other speakers were CPA (M-L) supporter and Spirit of Eureka member Mike Williss, Australian Friends of Palestine’s Mike Khizam, Independent and Peaceful Australia’s Derek Burke, Socialist Alliance’s Markela Panegyres, and Liam Ellis from the Communist Party ...

As domestic violence rates rise across Western Australia, the limits of awareness campaigns and incremental reform are becoming increasingly clear. A socialist perspective argues that women’s oppression is rooted not only in culture, but in material conditions — housing insecurity, economic dependence, racial inequality and the privatisation of care. By restructuring the economy around collective provision, secure housing, workplace power and community accountability, socialism offers a framework aimed at addressing ...

The day after Israel and the US began bombing Iran, a small protest in Sydney united under these slogans, 'No to War, Yes to Freedom and Self Determination – The liberation of the Iranian people will come through their own independent and conscious struggle.’ 
The rage of Iranians at the horrors unfolding and the ignorance of a larger group celebrating nearby with US and even Israeli flags and calling for ...

The decision by a major Australian-based corporate financial organisation to place a major part of its business operations offshore, cannot be viewed as a simple cost-cutting measure; the savings are relatively minimal. Another Australian telecommunications organisation, likewise, has also decided to place some of its sensitive operations offshore. The decisions are best viewed along lines more in keeping with plausible denial and assessed as part of the US-led regional Cold ...

On Friday 26 February the Australian Financial Review (AFR) ran a prominent page 4 article headed "Union split puts focus on ALP spend". The article was about the forthcoming United Workers Union (UWU) election for its governing body, the Delegates Convention. According to the AFR there are Convention delegate positions up for election for a four-year term.

Opinions from inside the corridors of power in Washington and elsewhere often provide useful insights to accompany other more reliable assessments.

The changing balance of forces across the Indo-Pacific region is now generally accepted; comments from a well-placed source, therefore, have revealed the extent of the development and its implications for the US and traditional allies, including Australia.

Women from many countries are currently sending in reports for the ICOR United Front webinar on March 8, 2026.  As our close neighbour, Indonesia has recently been convulsed in struggles with women playing a major role.  We publish this report from Priscilla, an Indonesian woman, with a pledge to support our close neighbours in their struggles – eds.

Just before the 2025 school holidays a Public Education Workers Alliance (PEWA) meeting in western Sydney, heard a jaw dropping appraisal, Have I improved enough yet? Teaching and the labour process, about what students, teachers and NSW state schools face day to day, and why.

February 21 to 23 is designated as the Global Days of Action to #CloseBases. On February 23, 1903, the United States took over Guantánamo from Cuba. It has never been returned. People across Latin America have used this date to organize events opposing bases, militarism, and the Monroe Doctrine. World Beyond War expanded it into a global day of action.

HungryPanda delivery riders who organised a strike for better wages and conditions on Chinese Lunar New Year allege that Chinese police have intimidated and targeted family members of organisers in China, and even threatened to arrest organisers on their return to China.

We are part of a group of comrades who have been studying AI, trying to understand it and its likely effects on the working class. We have been reading various books about AI, discussing them, and writing reviews for Vanguard. We have also read many articles about AI in the daily press and on-line. It is easy to get sucked in by all the hype surrounding AI coming from both ...

Capitalism in Australia cannot provide decent aged care for elderly citizens. When the new Aged Care Act came in to force in November 2025, elderly Australians were assured that the Act would provide a system that worked for the elderly when they needed either home care or residential care.

Determined and united action by members of the Health Workers Union has forced the Victorian government to make significant concessions to the union campaign for better wages and conditions.

The announcement today (February 15) of a $30 billion federal government release of funds to South Australia for AUKUS expansion comes just five weeks before the 21 March SA State election.