Australia

Prisons and Police Brutality: Last Line in the Defence of Exploitation and Oppression (Part I)

Submitted by Internationalis... on Jun 17 2021 13:28

Although the issue goes well beyond the individual, it has been the brutality of individual law enforcement officers against individual workers (who are usually black, brown and/or mentally ill) that have been highlighted in the media in recent times. Because of this we find it relevant to shed some light on the conditions inside the prisons (which contain over 40,000 people) in Australia and the brutality and negligence of law enforcement officers.

Solidarity with Firefighters, Paramedics, and Hospital Workers!

Submitted by Internationalis... on Apr 29 2021 13:51

Leaflet distributed by the ICO at a protest rally in South Australia for firefighters and paramedics.

On an Island Watch House Bed, A Black Man's Lying Dead

Submitted by Internationalis... on Dec 1 2020 21:02

We are publishing this article to commemorate last year’s shooting in Yuendumu, shortly before the 5th year anniversary of the Sydney Long Bay Jail Killing, and for the 16th anniversary of the Palm Island Riots. Its content is largely reflective of these events and other deaths in custody. We wish to advise Indigenous readers that this piece mentions the names and stories of people who have died at the hands of the bourgeois state.

Wildcat Strike in NSW Railways 27/11/20

Submitted by asn on Nov 27 2020 10:46

There was a wildcat strike by NSW railworkers today 27/11/20

TV Series Review: ROMPER STOMPER

Submitted by LAMA on Feb 9 2020 11:37

A short review of the TV series Romper Stomper.

The History of a Riot: Class, Popular Protest and Violence in Early Colonial Nelson

Submitted by Jared on Jan 28 2020 22:38

Petitions, public meetings, strikes, go-slows, violence and armed revolt. Nelson, New Zealand in 1843 was said to be 'in a state little short of anarchy'. In this paper, Jared Davidson argues that the self-activity of the Nelson labourers and their wives had a significant impact on the development of Nelson, drawing on traditions of popular protest, class power and the gendered labour of making shift. The agricultural backgrounds of many of the emigrants and the conflicts of the English countryside – including but not limited to the Swing Riots of 1830/31 – played a role in structuring the gang-men’s response to their situation.