BEN CHACKO speaks with Knesset member OFER CASSIF about rising political violence, the prospects for peace and his continuous ‘silencing by suspension’
Australia’s growing anti-China ties with the US are worrying
The general outlook that sees China as a threat, despite being their most important trading partner, makes any possibility of genuine normalisation difficult, despite the claims of Australia’s politicians, writes VIJAY PRASHAD
The choice between two Blairites to revamp the tepid centrism of our ruling party doesn’t even come as cold comfort as we wander the city streets suffering from their third decade of austerity and the fifth of wage stagnation, writes MATT KERR
HENRY FOWLER puts the strike of public-sector workers in New Zealand in the wider context of deteriorating employment conditions throughout the world’s major economies
MAT COWARD looks back at a protest 105 years ago this month, whose reporting by the media bears uncomfortable similarities with demos today
The Tricontinental Institute for Social Research explores the factors that are bringing today’s highly educated but often underemployed young people out onto the streets, from Chile, to Algeria, to Nepal
The nation’s leading second-hand socialist bookseller that has been running strong for 33 years is changing hands and expanding its vision — now is the time to get involved, buy, donate and support, writes ANDREW MURRAY
ON NOVEMBER 15 2022, during the G20 summit in Bali, Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese told journalists that his country seeks a “stable relationship with China.”
The main reason for this, Albanese said, is because China is “Australia’s largest trading partner. They are worth more than Japan, the US, and the Republic of Korea together combined.” China is Australia’s largest destination for exports, and it is the largest exporter into Australia. This has been the situation since 2009.
When Albanese was asked if China’s President Xi Jinping raised the issue of Australia’s presence in several military pacts against China, Albanese said, issues of strategic rivalry were only discussed in “general comments.” For the past six years, China has largely ignored Australia’s requests for meetings due to its close military alignment with the US.
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