In the 1950s, a house cost about three times the annual average wage. Today, it’s more like eight times. The political fall-out from this housing affordability crisis is gathering momentum. Voters ...

United States President Donald Trump’s tariff war against the rest of the world has sent stock markets into turmoil and prompted economists and governments to warn of impending global recession. Trade ...

Australia is a wealthy country but so many people can’t even afford to rent or buy a home. Prices increase and poverty worsens yet corporations go unchecked. They make windfall profits, create ...

Steve is a lifetime trade unionist having been an ironworkers' delegate at the former BHP steelworks and now in the public sector union at TAFE.

Globally, the Palestine movement’s demand for an arms embargo on Israel has had some success. We need to keep up the pressure here, argues Sue Bolton. Merri-bek Socialist Alliance councillor Sue ...

The right-wing Donald Trump United States administration has demanded that Australia increase its military spending from 2% of gross domestic product (about $56 billion a year) to 3% ($84 billion) and ...

Josh is a passionate advocate for social justice and a homegrown Fremantle musician. With a professional background in IT, he is now studying to be a primary school teacher. “There is no need for ...

Australia is a wealthy country but so many people can’t even afford to rent or buy a home. Prices increase and poverty worsens yet corporations go unchecked. They make windfall profits, create ...

Sarah Hathway is the Socialist Alliance candidate for the Seat of Corio in Geelong. Sarah is a 34-year-old mum who lives in Corio and works in community mental health services as a social worker. She ...

Peter Boyle has been a socialist activist since the 1970s and writes for Green Left. He co-founded Rojava Solidarity - Sydney, which builds solidarity for the Kurdish-led revolution in north-east ...