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One Nation’s support may have dropped slightly after Pauline Hanson put her full agenda on show in her speech at the National Press Club. But One Nation’s rise has exposed a deep crisis in Australian politics. The post Fighting racism and the far right—One Nation can be stopped first appeared on Solidarity Online.
Victoria faces the terrifying prospect of One Nation in government after November’s state election. One Nation could either win the most seats itself or do well enough that the Liberals need their support to form government. The post Union campaign in Victoria wrong to avoid Hanson’s racism first appeared on Solidarity Online.
Workers who have never expressed support for One Nation before are sharing its content and calling for “Pauline for PM.” The post One Nation’s ideas gaining a hearing in workplaces first appeared on Solidarity Online.
Hanson's speech at the National Press Club laid out how she has embraced Donald Trump’s politics and the danger a bigger and more organised One Nation poses. The post Hanson’s Press Club speech shows threat of Trumpism first appeared on Solidarity Online.
One Nation has joined forces with other bigots to attack abortion. In June, there were anti-abortion proposals raised in three Australian parliaments. The post One Nation’s rise fuels far right’s attack on abortion rights first appeared on Solidarity Online.
A total of 31 people have now been arrested for defying the Queensland Crisafulli government’s ban on pro-Palestine phrases. The post More arrests in Brisbane as protests defy Palestine slogan ban first appeared on Solidarity Online.
Despite blanket opposition to the NDIS cuts from disabled people and disability advocacy groups, Labor is determined to push ahead with its devastating plan to cut 38.1 billion from the scheme and kick 240,000 disabled people off it within five years. The post Disabled people’s lives ignored as Labor pushes to cut NDIS first appeared on Solidarity Online.
Tens of thousands of teachers across Mexico have been waging a militant campaign for decent wages, adequate pensions and better public education funding amid the ongoing World Cup. The post Mexican teachers strike amid lavish World Cup spending first appeared on Solidarity Online.
Julie Monteiro looks at the how anti-imperialist politics and a focus on building working class support were key to the success of the movement against the Vietnam War The post Anti-imperialism and the Palestine movement: Lessons from Vietnam first appeared on Solidarity Online.
A Palestinian student spoke at the symposium on Palestine and political expression at Sydney Uni in June. We print part of the speech below. The post Universities’ complicity and the repression of Palestine protest first appeared on Solidarity Online.
