21st Century Socialism

In 2020, eight more precarious years into the future, Australians will mark the 250th anniversary of what many, though not all, regard as their nation’s ‘foundational moment’. This was when, on Sunday, 29 April 1770, a small party of Englishmen first set foot on the shore of what is now Botany Bay. Leading the group was professional navigator James Cook, who captained the Endeavour on commission from the Admiralty. Among those accompanying him was expedition botanist and ‘society man’ Joseph Banks, who paid his own way. More ...

At 06.45 on 13 September 1942 the Nazi onslaught on Stalingrad commenced with a bloody vengeance. The sky turned brown from the dust of fragmented buildings, the ground vibrated because of the power of the explosions. The Fascist army's advance continued but faced the most ferocious resistance imaginable. More ...

Given the current troubles of Britain’s coalition government, it might seem a crying shame from the point of view of David Cameron and George Osborne that they feel unable to announce a fact that would surely be regarded by the public as an excellent piece of economic good news. More ...

Acting as as an uncritical media platform for pro-Israeli falsehoods, Britain’s public broadcasting service assists the zionist state to justify its deadly attacks on the population of Gaza. More ...

At least one of the NATO states involved in the 2011 war against Libya used ‘smart-bomb’ components specially imported from Israel to bombard that Arab country. Information on the use of Israeli weaponry against Libya was contained in a report released by the Danish Air Force Tactical Command following a Freedom of Information Act request, and has since been confirmed by General Peter Bartram, who is head of Denmark’s armed forces. More ...