By Joe Montero
Australia’s army of bigots have jumped on the bandwagon, taking a nine-year old girl, for refusing to stand for the national anthem at school. Continue reading Bigots crawl out to attack nine-year old for not standing for anthem
Category Archives: Rights
Big finance and big media are behind the new rise of fascism
By Joe Montero
The way big commercial media reports on what is happening has narrowed down considerably in recent times. This is evident across most developed countries, and in Australia, this is even more true than in most.
Continue reading Big finance and big media are behind the new rise of fascism
Help Julian Assange return safely home to Australia
By Jim Hayes
Julian Assange is an Australian citizen who has been “arbitrarily” detained for over 6 years. Originally over demonstrably false and politically motivated charges by Sweden. There was a genuine fear of a conspiracy to have him extradited to the United States, to be tried for treason or espionage.
Continue reading Help Julian Assange return safely home to Australia
Murdoch attacks ABC and SBS to further aim of complete control of media
By Jim Hayes
Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp has lifted its war on the ABC and SBS, by pushing for the Australian government to review the charters by which the two operate. Continue reading Murdoch attacks ABC and SBS to further aim of complete control of media
New laws will allow the use of military to break protests
The following is by Paul Gregoire and published by Sydney Criminal Lawyers (19 July 2018). It deals with new legislation introduced into parliament, which will make it easier to involve the military to control the Australian population
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Video: Andrew Wilkie on new espionage laws
He’s one of Australia’s most celebrated whistleblowers. And he has a warning for us.
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New law to stop foreign interference is a dangerous fraud
By Joe Montero
It seems the Australian parliament is set to pass a law, which is supposed to be aimed against donations that aim at political interference by governments of other countries, but is in reality something entirely different. Continue reading New law to stop foreign interference is a dangerous fraud
Assange should come home to Australia now
The following by Julian Assange and WikiLeaks legal advisor, solicitor Greg Barns, and published in the Sydney Morning Herald on 2 June 2018, provides a case for intervention by the Australian government, for the protection of an Australian citizen. Assange’s position is becoming increasingly critical, with mounting pressure on the Ecuadorean government to hand him over to British authorities. This would result in his extradition to the United States for political reasons. Below this article is a brief comment on the support for Julian Assange from Roger Waters of Pink Floyd fame and prominent journalist John Pilger, and coming actions in Sydney, London and Dublin.
Video: This is a future to fight for
Here is a call from the activist online organisation GNU, for Australians to come together to build an economy that works for everyone, not the one percent. It is suggested that this is a good time to be bold, meet the big challenges and put forward real concrete measures work towards a better future and deliver what we want. We do not need to accept a failing economy, which does not deliver fairness and what we need to pursue our potential as individuals and as a society. Continue reading Video: This is a future to fight for
News Corporation’s war on Facebook is over control of social media
By Joe Montero
An article that recently appeared in The Age (13 May 2018) and written by John McDuling, argued that a big reason why Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook are in trouble, is the campaign has that been carried out by Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation for ten years. Continue reading News Corporation’s war on Facebook is over control of social media