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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
By Joe Montero Tony Abbott, the former Australian Prime Minister, and ongoing nuisance, has gone to Taiwan to mess in the tension with China. Officially, he is doing this is a private capacity to attend a forum by the Taiwan-Asia exchange forum. . But no one is fooled away from realising that as an official… Read More Tony Abbott goes to Taiwan to build even more tension with China
