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Barngarla join fight to reposition Pt. Lincoln desal plant
The Barngarla Determination Aboriginal Corporation, which led the successful fight to block the proposed nuclear waste dump at Kimba on Eyre Peninsula, has joined Pt. Lincoln aquaculture companies to oppose a $313 million 3.5 gigalitre desalination plant at Billy Light’s Point about 1km across the water from the local marina.
more...- Posted on 2024 Feb 02
Nauru’s diplomatic switch to China is a setback for US imperialism
A brief, short diplomatic statement from the government of Nauru, that it had decided to switch diplomatic allegiance from Taiwan to China, was largely overlooked by western media outlets. It was not expected and obscured by the Taiwanese general elections only two days earlier. The timing of the diplomatic switch together with the terse nature of the statement, however, would tend to reveal a major diplomatic stand-off has taken place; ...
more...- Posted on 2024 Jan 29
Book Review: THE NEW CHINA PLAYBOOK
Nearly every day there are articles in the newspapers about China’s economy. These are some recent examples from the Melbourne Age .
more...- Posted on 2024 Jan 28
Reverse the decision to suspend funding to UNWRA
The anti-Palestinian Australian government has acted speedily to suspend promised allocations of recently announced funding to the United Nations Relief and Works for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA).
This was announced by Foreign Minister Penny Wong immediately following allegations by Israel that some UNRWA staff members had participated in the October 7 Hamas actions.
Locally, and internationally, support for Palestine continues
At yesterday’s (January 26) Invasion Day rallies, many tens of thousands of Australians marched to demand that the date of Australia Day be changed so that it no longer commemorates the violent seizure of the lands of Australian First Peoples by British colonialism.
At these rallies, it was not uncommon to see Palestinian Australians carrying the Palestinian flag in support of the Australian First Peoples’ struggles, nor to hear First ...
January 26, what’s to celebrate but struggle?
When Jacinta Nampijinpa Price outraged First Peoples by saying British “settlement” had a positive impact on them, she joked about her convict ancestors sent to Australia.
It’s true, England wasn’t kind to a huge and suffering underclass created by rising capitalism. Forced transportation ripped families and lives apart. But stolen First Peoples’s lands eventually brought better homes and better lives for most of their children’s children.
Imperialists divided and isolated in the face of resolute Palestinian resistance
As the first month of 2024 draws to a close, Palestinian people's resistance to the Israeli Defense Force's aggression in Gaza and the West Bank remains strong.
Global support actions for the Palestinian people continues to grow, whether it be action in small regional towns or major cities like Melbourne, London, Paris or Cairo or New York.
more...- Posted on 2024 Jan 24
The eclipse of economic rationalism?
A recent report from the OECD has revealed how governments are increasingly using tax-payers money for state-controlled programs, as GDP continues to decline. In fact, the global economy is on present track to record the slowest GDP growth in three decades.
An official IMF projection has already concluded that Australia will face a major downturn to a mere 1.2 per cent economic growth this year.
more...- Posted on 2024 Jan 22
Can Australian workers manufacture electric cars? Yes we can – dump the nuclear subs.
On Sunday 21 January 2024, there was a "Holden Day" event held at the beachside Adelaide suburb of Glenelg. Hundreds of Holden cars manufactured in Australia were on display for the thousands of people who attended the event.
more...- Posted on 2024 Jan 22
Sovereignty, a message to whitefellas
Black Sovereignty sends a powerful message to whitefellas about what unceded land means to First Peoples. It tells us wherever we stand, we are on stolen land. It reminds us every part of these lands were defended in armed struggle and in so-called peace. It speaks of reckonings, of just treaties, of reparations to be won in ongoing battles.
more...- Posted on 2024 Jan 18
When whitefellas dance Ceremony, it’s time for consequences
The so-called sovereign citizen movement is a puppet of the most vicious wing of US imperialism, that wants rules and laws only to benefit itself. The puppet master wants to make war, exploit lives and destroy environments with zero consequences.
Sovereign citizens claim that laws, like taxes, are ‘illegal’ if they stop citizens ‘freely’ living their lives.
more...- Posted on 2024 Jan 18
Multipolarism – the new Kautskyism
It is clear that U.S global hegemony is on the decline while economic formations like BRICS and Imperialist powers Russia and China are growing in global dominance.
The U.S since the dissolution of the social-imperialist Soviet Union in 1991 has since been the most powerful economic and military power with little competition due to the destruction of its main contender, the U.S.S.R. This led to bourgeois journalists, think tanks, politicians, ...
more...- Posted on 2024 Jan 14
Condemn US attacks on Yemen
The US imperialists, backed by the UK, have attacked Yemen in a move that may spread the Zionist-Palestinian conflict throughout the region.
The Australian puppet government has supported the attacks.
US wants Australia to stockpile the weapons it would need for war with China
US moves to increase its military presence in Australia contain two immediate threats to our nation and people.
One is the more obvious danger that US bases and equipment stockpiles become targets in the event of a US war with China. The other, less obvious, relates to biosecurity threats.
Strategic Denial Rights, EEZ's, Rare Minerals: Palau And US Neo-Colonialism
Palau is fast becoming a key strategic component in US-led regional military planning; the small Pacific country has increasingly been used by the Pentagon for military training and weapon technology transfer with Taiwan. Strategically placed within US-led Island Chain Theory (ICT), designed to restrict and control regional access and egress, Palau has recently signed a new agreement with the US to enforce their large Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), thought to ...
more...- Posted on 2024 Jan 03
Support for Palestinians on New Year's Eve
On New Year's Eve 2023 in Adelaide, thousands of people gathered at Elder Park on the banks of the city's Karrawirra Pari ("River Torrens" is the colonial name) to see in the New Year.
At the same time, thousands more walked across the footbridge of Karrawirra Pari on their way to watch the Big Bash cricket game. These two events occur every year, but this year was different.
Global climate change hits dangerous new milestones in 2023
For decades, we have been warning about the consequences of careless greenhouse gas emissions on the Earth’s environment. Now the pace at which the global climate is changing is speeding up.
more...- Posted on 2023 Dec 28
Doctor On the Frontline Gaza Praises Palestinian Resistance
Recently a YouTube video was circulated by supporters of the Palestinian people called "Wounds of War: The Gaza Experience Through the Eyes of Dr Ghassan Abu Sitta",
Dr Ghassan is speaking to other health workers in a forum organized by the Global Health Institute (GHI).
more...- Posted on 2023 Dec 27
Closing loopholes or creating new ones?
The federal government's Closing Loopholes Act Part 1 was passed on 14 December 2023. This Act covers industrial issues raised by workers through their Unions as part of the latter's financial and voting support for the election of the Albanese led Labor Government in 2022.
more...- Posted on 2023 Dec 27
Christmas: It’s all class…
The gorging on products that is celebrated in the commercialised “holy” day of Christmas has seen more families than ever disadvantaged as a result of the current cost of living crisis.
Charities had struggled to keep up with the distribution of toys to families that could not afford them. And a new demographic has appeared at food distribution centres.
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