Communist Party of Australia

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October 12, 2016 - click here for index of articles.

Thick as thieves

The appearance of the CEOs of Australia’s Big Four banks last week before the House of Representatives Economics Committee was a charade from start to finish. One by one the CEOs lined up to be questioned about the behaviour of their bank, the scandals, what action they had taken to rectify injustices and illegal practices, and why all too often no one had been sacked. more ...

Editorial – Devastation, cause and response

The Communist Party of Australia expresses its sorrow at the loss of nearly 900 lives and the mass homelessness caused by Hurricane Matthew, which smashed through the Caribbean last week. Particularly hard hit was the long-suffering nation of Haiti, which has nearly one million people in urgent need of humanitarian assistance as a result of the storms. Cholera threatens the population. more ...

Baryulgil man takes action over asbestos

As a child growing up in Baryulgil, northern NSW, Ffloyd Laurie remembers playing with the white dust that came from the nearby asbestos mine. more ...

Establishment of Diplomatic Relations – Venezuela and Vanuatu

The Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and the Government of the Republic of Vanuatu, guided by mutual desire to initiate and develop ties of friendship and cooperation between the two States in political, economic, cultural, technical and in any other fields on the common agreement have decided to establish diplomatic relations as of the date of the signing of this joint communiqué on the basis of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations April 18, 1961. more ...

Taking issue – Case study in Corporate Welfare

When capitalism was young, merchants and cashed-up landowners used their surplus capital to outfit ships to sail to the New World to share in plundering its gold. Later, they sent their ships to the spice islands of the Orient to bring back cargoes as valuable as gold. more ...

Q&A on a heating planet

A guide for people engaged in the exchanges on a daily basis of climate change. more ...

A dangerous proposal

Is the United States on the verge of enshrining “humanitarian intervention” as a bedrock principle of foreign policy? asks Conn Hallinan. more ...

Culture & Life – I Am Not Your Negro

TORONTO: One of the most artistic and daring political statements at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), was the world premiere of Haitian-born Raoul Peck’s I Am Not Your Negro based on James Baldwin’s unfinished book Remember This House. Not surprisingly, the film won the People’s Choice Documentary Award for its “radical narration about race in America today.” more ...