Catalan stalemate continues as both sides eyeball each other
Contributed by Joe Montero The ongoing face-off between the Catalan Government re-elected last October and Madrid entered a new phase by the end of last…
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The Philippines Duterte regime relies on violence from the state and its hard core supporters
This article is by Sarah Raymundo, who teaches at the University of the Philippine Diliman Centre for International Studies. She is the Chairperson of the…
Spain’s women make themselves heard
Supported by nearly every union organiation in the country 5.3 million women go on strike for 24 hours on International Women’s Day, and a large…
International Women’s Day 2018 and building a fairer society
Contributed from Victoria Millions of women around the world went on strike, marched and got involved in a host of activities marking International Women’s Day…
UN expert’s ‘astonished’ at the Turnbull government’s anti-democratic side
From the Human Rights Law Centre (I March 2018) The Turnbull Government’s anti-democratic slide has been criticised at the United Nations Human Rights Council tonight,…
International Women’s Day aims to press for progress
Contributed by Karen Murphy Tomorrow (6 March) will mark this year’s International Women’s Day, and the theme is “press for progress.” International Women’s Day began…
How lenders are turning low-level courts into Dickensian debt collection mills
The following article by Rebecca Burns (The Intercept 28 February 2018) deals with the reality that Americans are still going to prison, or threatened with…
Video: Homeless in the streets of Los Angeles
Contributed from Victoria These are not scenes from a poor country in Africa, Latin America or Asia, but the reality of life for many in…
Spanish state increasingly relying on repression in Catalonia and the whole of Spain
Contributed by Joe Montero Since last November and the forced Catalan election, not much has been heard of what has happened there and across Spain…
The Turnbull government plans to privatise Australia’s visa system
Contributed by Adam Carlton The Public Sector Union (PSA) has hit out at the Australian government’s plan to privatise the visa application system, and says…
