Solidarity Melbourne

Can the unions fight for Palestine? | The Sound of Solidarity Teacher and AEU member Jonathan Sherlock tells how Teachers and School Staff for Palestine was built in Victoria, winning official union backing, mobilising hundreds of teachers on Palestine rallies and laying the basis for a rank-and-file network, Fight the Crisis. Read more about rank-and-file org...

Trump humbled as Iran deal shows US and Israel’s failure – Solidarity Online The US might have the most powerful military in the world, but it’s Donald Trump who has been humiliated with the end of the war against Iran.

Iraqi doctors stage two-week strike over unpaid wages and unsafe conditions – Solidarity Online Five thousand Iraqi medical graduates from the class of 2024, now working in the public health sector, staged a national strike from 1 June to 15 June, vowing to continue to fight until their demands are met.

UGL Workers at Viva Refinery take ACTION!

AMWU members have kicked off their protected action at Viva Geelong with a four-hour stoppage and a series of bans, including indefinite bans on overtime call-backs, with plans for more stoppages in the next few weeks.

UGL are aiming to strip away vital protections, including redundancy and income protection, and force members back onto the award.

More to come.

Violent, racist, sexist - why socialists oppose the police | The Sound of Solidarity Paddy Gibson explains the function of the police in keeping down workers and the oppressed and argues that a fight to abolish the police is part of the fight to overthrow capitalism. Read more about the police. Find out more about Solidarity. This talk was given at a Solidarity meeting in Sydney on....

New Solidarity mag online at https://solidarity.net.au/articles/mag/current/

- Labor’s budget failure on cost of living is fuelling rage
- Royal Commission farce targets support for Palestine
- Trump tries to rein in Israel in search of deal with Iran
- Tech oligarchs, capitalism and the AI arms race
- Trump, US imperialism and the Cuban revolution

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