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
By Joe Montero The attest trove of leaked documents to go public have become known as the Pandora Papers. Those that have been released implicate 35 current and former world leaders, and the list includes about 400 Australians. Twelve million confidential files had fallen into the hands of the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ).… Read More The Pandora Papers show the scale of global web of deceit for the rich and powerful
Go to Trybooking to register. Juntera is a feature film-length narrative documentary about the life and work of a Chavista political organisation in five Peasant Comunas in Venezuela. It was made by the Bolivar and Zamora Revolutionary Current (la Corriente Revolucionaria Bolívar y Zamora or CRBZ).Comunas is the Spanish term for communes. Juntera brings us… Read More Film Night “Juntera” – Supporting the Venezuelan people
By Nan and Nora McCurdy (LA Progressive 18 July 2021) Operation Condor was a US-directed secret intelligence system that operated in the 70s and part of the 80s in six South American US-backed dictatorships that cooperated to assassinate progressive forces including priests and nuns. Thousands of people were disappeared during Condor. President Morales is denouncing… Read More Evo Morales Denounces New US-led Plan Condor
In this article Robert Reich ( 27 June) puts forward his view on the impact on the economy of the growing wealth gap in the United Sates, between the few at the top and everyone else. This gap, he says, is reminiscent of what happened before the Wall Street crash in 1929 and Great depression.… Read More Why huge wealth threatens U.S. economy
By Joe Montero On 4 July Americans celebrated their Independence Day. This is their day of independence, marking victory over Britain and the end of being a colony. The American revolution was important. It inspired the word, stood for freedom from tyranny and the right of a people to choose their own future. This is… Read More Revealed documents show the bad side of Bob Hawke
Melbourne Three locations CBD. From noon until 7.30pm.Event will be up soon.Save the date.Starting at 90 Collins St, British Consulate.!2noon – 1.30pm.Then 553 St Kilda Road, US Consulate.3pm – 4.30pmFinish up with a Yellow #Ribbons4Assange birthday gathering at:Flinders Street Station.6pm – 7.30pm. Event by Melbourne 4 WikiLeaks Adelaide Parliament House Steps, North Terrace, Adelaide 5000… Read More Activities for Julian Assange’s birthday on 3 July
Derek Chauvin and the man he murdered – George Floyd … Read More Derek Chauvin sentenced to 22.5 years for murder of George Floyd
By Joe Montero A group of about 70 former diplomats, politicians, historians, and experts have signed a letter calling out the Scott Morrison government’s war talk in relation. Though China is not mentioned by name, it is still clear that this is the subject. Among the signatories, are former Liberal leader John Hewson, former Labor… Read More Anti-war letter to Morrison signed by 70 prominent Australians
