Wages and social security justice should be at centre stage of election campaign

Contributed A few days into the election campaign and two big issues are already being ignored, the falling share of wages and the even worse opposition faced by those trying to live on social security payments. If campaigning had been about people, surely, what determines the standard of living of every adult and child in… Read More Wages and social security justice should be at centre stage of election campaign

21/04/202221/04/2022 EditorLeave a comment

A statement from Australians for a New Democracy on Ukraine

Everyone will agree that War anywhere in the World is a terrible development. People have already died and more will do so if the current situation is not resolved. There will be political and economic damage, which will last well past the present conflict. It would have been much better if Diplomacy and Agreements were… Read More A statement from Australians for a New Democracy on Ukraine

18/03/202218/03/2022 EditorLeave a comment

Roots of Ukrainian crisis must be addressed to find the peace

Photo from EPA/EFE: Russian soldiers on an armoured vehicle heading into Ukraine… Read More Roots of Ukrainian crisis must be addressed to find the peace

07/03/202207/03/2022 EditorLeave a comment

Grass roots politics

By Joe Montero A great deal has been written about where we might head to in the post pandemic world. Is it a return to the past or forward towards something new? The political elite wants to return to the past. This is nonsense. It won’t happen. The landscape has changed. How much, we don’t… Read More Grass roots politics

20/12/2021 EditorLeave a comment

The misunderstood and misrepresented Zero COVID policy in China

The following article was recently published on the World Socialist Web and explains some of the reasons why China has been far more successful in combatting the Covid -19 pandemic than most countries. The usual stories passed along in the West are that they are hiding the truth and that they manage through dictatorial methods.… Read More The misunderstood and misrepresented Zero COVID policy in China

15/12/202115/12/2021 EditorLeave a comment

Chavistas win Venezuela’s municipal elections and cement electoral authority

By Joe Montero When Venezuelan voted at their municipal elections on 21 November, 72,344 candidates stood for a little over 3,000 positions to be elected as governors. majors and local government representatives. Most, 67,162 of them, run in opposition to the government. A list of 111 political parties and the group around the self-proclaimed president Juan Guaido took… Read More Chavistas win Venezuela’s municipal elections and cement electoral authority

23/11/2021 EditorLeave a comment

In solidarity against new ploy to execute regime change in Cuba

The following public statement was issued by Hugo Chavez International Foundation for Peace Friendship and Solidarity ((HCIF-PFS) and signed by the International Executive Director Bakkar Sankoh. The statement gives support to Cuba and opposes the crippling sanctions directed against the small Caribbean nation by the United States. The full text is reproduced below. The Hugo… Read More In solidarity against new ploy to execute regime change in Cuba

22/11/202127/02/2022 EditorLeave a comment

Failure of COP 26 means reliance must be on the people bring about change

By Joe Montero All the pretense over progress at Glasgow’s COP 26 talks can’t hide that it has been a monumental failure, exposing the real nature of many of the world’s leaders. They are far short of what the world needs today. The so-called Glasgow Climate Pact has betrayed us to at least 2.4 Degree Celsius rise in global… Read More Failure of COP 26 means reliance must be on the people bring about change

15/11/202127/02/2022 EditorLeave a comment

COP 26 has proved to be about fine words and little action

By Jim Hayes The COP 26 clmate4 conference in Glasgow has proved a disappointment for those who were hoping for a change to real action to combat the climate threat. Greta Thunberg’s “blah., blah, blah commend was prophetic. As the speakers lined up and talked about the need to do more than just talk, COP… Read More COP 26 has proved to be about fine words and little action

09/11/202115/11/2021 EditorLeave a comment

AUKUS is tied to the economic and political decline of the United Sates

By Joe Montero At a time of worsening international tensions, it would make a great deal of sense for Australia to be playing a constructive role towards reducing these tensions. Sadly, with Scott Morrison and his gang in Canberra, Australia has been dragged into moves that do the opposite. The shift in Australia’s dealing with… Read More AUKUS is tied to the economic and political decline of the United Sates

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