Anti-Lockdown Protests and Working-Class Activity in Australia
Submitted by Internationalis... on Oct 14 2021 18:19
As this statement is being written the number of active COVID-19 cases in Australia currently stands at just over 23,000, with New South Wales and Victoria accounting for the bulk of that. Between the two states, cases are averaging around 2,000 per day. The number of deaths is now nearing 1,400 since the beginning of the pandemic and almost 300 people are in the ICU. New South Wales has been in lockdown since the end of June and Victoria since the start of August. Nationwide, a little over 58% of people over 16 are now doubly vaccinated.
AUKUS: Another Preparation for Imperialist War
Submitted by Internationalis... on Oct 4 2021 12:42
Article from 1919 (mcmxix.org), the journal of the North American affiliates of the ICT.
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.
NYC Produce Workers' Strike: Capitalism's Treatment of its "Essential Workers"
Submitted by Internationalis... on Feb 5 2021 19:07
The workers at Hunts Point Produce Market provide New York City with 60% of its produce. This is their market’s first strike in 35 years.
Malignant Ulcers of Capitalism: The Proletarian Struggle for Reproductive Freedom (Part 2)
Submitted by Internationalis... on Jan 16 2021 15:09
In our first part on reproductive struggles in class society, we highlighted some of the facts and dangers surrounding abortion and contraception. We also commented on the family unit and prostitution – two phenomena Marxists deem to be flipsides of one another and inseparable from the struggle for reproductive freedom. In this piece, we shed light on sterilization, sex selective abortions, religion, and bourgeois laws as specific to the needs of capital, noting the consequential damages to the proletariat.
New Year, Same Crisis
Submitted by Internationalis... on Jan 16 2021 15:01
The COVID-19 pandemic has left the entire working class living with a new level of uncertainty. There have now been cases reported on every continent after researchers and military personnel on Antarctica recently reported their first cases.
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.
A Quick Glimpse at the Current State of the Pandemic in Oceania
Submitted by Internationalis... on Nov 27 2020 15:09
The COVID-19 pandemic has swept across the world, infecting tens of millions, killing over a million so far and leaving many survivors with recurring or permanent health conditions.(1) The region of Oceania has had tens of thousands of virus cases and around a thousand deaths. However, it has been hit even harder in the form of other pandemic related factors, such as border closures, unemployment, and a rise in mental health issues and domestic violence.
Malignant Ulcers of Capitalism: The Proletarian Struggle for Reproductive Freedom (Part 1)
Submitted by Internationalis... on Nov 27 2020 15:06
In this first piece on reproductive struggles in class society we bring to focus some of the facts and dangers surrounding abortion, as well as the family unit and prostitution, two phenomena that Marxists deem to be flipsides of the same coin, and inseparable from the struggle for reproductive freedom.
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