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• Midnight in America

  1 Sep. 2020

  • US election 2020
  • The Far Right
  • Vigilantism
  • Socialism

  Terrifyingly, Trump could win another term; even if he doesn't its still going to be a bumpy ride ahead.

• The Guardian: What we'll be when this crisis finally passes

  21 Mar. 2020

  • privatisation
  • socialism
  • covid-19

  Katharine Murphy and Greg Jericho, both writing in The Guardian, try to make sense of the current crisis and what it will mean when everything is all over.

• Kurzgesagt: The Coronavirus Explained & What You Should Do

  21 Mar. 2020

  • covid-19
  • kurzgesagt

  The amazing people over at Kurzgesagt have very quickly put together a very informative video about the Coronavirus and Covid-19.

• Pasi Sahlberg: Are Australian students receiving the school education they deserve?

  15 Mar. 2020

  • school funding
  • school inequality

  Pasi Sahlberg, writing for the ABC, discusses how the Australian school system is one of the most unequal and socially segregated among the rich countries of the world.

• The Coalition quietly put off protecting gay teachers and students at religious schools

  15 Mar. 2020

  • religious discrimination bill
  • religious schools

  After being forced into promising protections, the government is quite happy the issue is out of the spotlight, all the while pushing forward with allowing increased discrimination on the basis of religious belief.

• Early action is required to minimise the impact of Covid-19

  13 Mar. 2020

  • covid-19
  • stimulus package
  • gfc

  While it might look like the government is overreacting, early action is almost certainly going to save lives.

• Katharine Murphy: It's time for a federal Icac

  8 Mar. 2020

  • federal icac
  • sports rorts
  • political corruption

  Katharine Murphy writing in The Guardian on changing her mind on a national anti-corruption commission.

• State-owned company to be set up for North East Link tolls

  4 Mar. 2020

  • privatisation
  • monopolies
  • toll roads

  The Victoria government has announced that it is setting up a State-owned company to collect tolls for the North East Link.

• On the candidates for The Democratic Party

  3 Mar. 2020

  • US democratic party
  • US election 2020
  • economic consensus
  • socialism

  It's Super Tuesday in the US; some thoughts on the candidates for The Democratic Party and their prospects at the general election.

• Launch of the Don't Divide Us campaign

  2 Mar. 2020

  • religious discrimination bill
  • secularism

  Launch of a campaign against the Coalition's Religious Discrimination Bill.

• Wayne Swan: Morrison a ‘predatory’ centrist on Climate Change

  29 Feb. 2020

  • climate change
  • labor party
  • just transition
  • green new deal

  The Guardian reporting on an upcoming speech by Wayne Swan.