Archive for April 29th, 2014
The Trans-Pacific Power Play of US Imperialism
Posted by John, April 29th, 2014 - under Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement, US imperialism.
Tags: China
Comments: 11
During Obama’s trip, writes Ashley Smith in Socialist Worker US, you’ll read a lot about something you may not have heard much about: The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). The TPP is a trade agreement-and-much-more–the economic component to U.S. imperialism’s response to China, meant to draw together other Asian countries in a U.S.-led economic bloc that excludes China. As much as aircraft carriers and military bases, the TPP is a weapon of U.S. imperialism.
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The Manus Solution – Four Corners
Posted by John, April 29th, 2014 - under Manus Island, Refugees, Reza Berati.
Tags: ABC, Asylum seekers
Comments: 4
This is powerful investigative reporting from the ABC’s Four Corners on the Manus ‘solution’. Watch this 45 minutes of sheer hell about what our Governments do to asylum seekers. Here is the link to the Four Corners report.