The family of Wayne ‘Fella’ Morrison, who was killed in custody, are pushing for torture devices to be banned. Renfrey Clarke reports.

After eliminating almost all its generous pandemic spending measures, the federal government has indicated it will soft-peddle on further cuts in the May 11 budget. Neville Spencer reports.

It has long been common to falsely label critics of the Israeli government as “antisemitic”. A new variation on this theme has been the push to use the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s definition of antisemitism. Vivienne Porzsolt argues why this would be wrong.

As the daily death toll in India from COVID-19 reaches 3700 people, the headlings describing the situation there as an “apocalypse” are not wrong, writes Divya Garg.

Federal ministers have been brazenly beating the war drums in the latest round of verbal aggression against China, escalating the government’s anti-China propaganda to a dangerous new level, argues Peter Boyle.

The Socialist Alliance coconvenors put the case for a health and justice-focussed response to the devestating outbreak of COVID-19 in India. 

Communist, trade unionist and class-struggle fighter for migrant rights George Zangalis died on March 25. Radicalised during the Greek civil war, Zangalis remained a fighter until the end, writes Sue Bolton.

As if to dispel any doubts that her privatisation spree was ending, the NSW Premier has moved to reassure private corporations that it is not. Jim McIlroy reports.

The forced amalgamation of three councils in the inner west of Sydney has not worked and residents need to be given a say, argues Peter Boyle.

Sydney’s May Day march highlighted the green ban imposed by the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union on the demolition of a heritage-listed building in Parramatta. Pip Hinman reports.

World Press Freedom Day on May 3 was marked in many places, including outside the ABC Centre and Channel 7 studios where campaigners for Julian Assange’s release gathered. Stephen Langford reports.

Jacob Andrewartha reports that Victorian Myanmar Youth and other Myanmar-based organisations protested on May 1 against the military coup in Myanmar.

A vigil for the martyrs was organised by the Myanmar community, reports Teik Lim.

Chris Slee reports on community support for the Medevac refugees who have recently been released from hotel detention.

Sam Wainwright asks how bosses, currently demanding that Fair Work Australia not increase award wages, would react to a legislated freeze on the price they could charge for goods and services?

Neoliberal ideology has reduced tertiary education to a commodity, Markela Panegyres argues. Students have become “customers” and academics and lecturers are now “service providers”.

The deaths in custody of two more First Nations people over the past week — bringing the total deaths to seven over the last two months — is nothing less than a national emergency, writes Isaac Nellist.

Members of Sydney’s Latin American community want the Organization of American States general secretary Luis Almagro prosecuted and the regional body abolished. Federico Fuentes reports.

The Colombian community and allies rallied in solidarity with a national strike in Colombia, report Federico Fuentes and Chris Slee.

Peter Boyle reports on the opening of a newly-renovated Democratic Kurdish Community Centre in Sydney’s West.

Casual relief teachers in Victoria are being ripped off, Alex Milne argues, because they are at the mercy of private hiring agencies.

The head of Venezuela’s mission in Australia says the country remains under attack from the United States, Chris Slee reports.

After more than a decade of campaigns, Gomeroi Traditional Custodians, Liverpool Plains farmers and environment groups are celebrating the preservation of rich farming plains from a coal corporation. Margaret Gleeson reports.

The Tigrean community is calling for support as the war on the north-eastern Ethiopian province by the Ethiopian army, Eritrean and United Arab Emirates and Amahara militias continues. Alex Salmon reports.

It seems that everybody’s opinion about TAFE matters except that of us TAFE students, writes Wayne Barret.

New Zealand health minister Andrew Little announced that the 12-month-long interim laws permitting legal pill testing at festivals will be made permanent as the services have been making a positive impact. Paul Gregoire compares Australia’s lacklustre response to an important health issue.

A decade of inaction means that the Paris Agreement goal of limiting warming to 1.5°C will not be met, according to the Climate Council. Patrick McDonald reports.

Ken Canning, a much-loved fighter for the rights of First Nations people and all down-trodden, needs your help to return to Australia for medical treatment, writes Kerry Smith.

Members of the Eritrean community gathered in Melbourne to protest against Isaias Afwerki, the dictatorial ruler of Eritrea, reports Chris Slee.

King tides and climate change have become survival issues for the world’s coastal cities, writes Rob Pyne.