By Joe Montero

These are challenging times. The convergence of a series of crisis poses the significant threat from what is sometimes called a growing fascist movement. We’ll come to this shortly. Continue reading The new rise of fascism and the role of groups like QAnon →

Binoy Kampmark (The Australian Independent Media Network 11 September 2020) covers the fourth day of the resumed Julian Assange extradition hearing at London’s Old. The judge had been refusing Assange an adjournment because of a risk to his health and even life. Then the prosecution asks for an adjournment because one of the lawyers needs a mobile phone charger, and another may have been exposed to Covid-19. The prosecution gets a short adjournment, until the start of this week. This has underlined the sinister nature of the heating.

Continue reading Julian Assange’s fourth day at the Old Bailey →

Reclaiming the public services

From the Philippine Australia Solidarity Association (PASA)

Filipino and non Filipino Australians are gravely concerned about the appalling human rights situation in the Philippines and are urging the urging Australian Government action on this. Continue reading A call for Australian action on human rights abuses in the Philippines →

Join in a great Saturday afternoon. Speakers who will be there are active in Venezuela, and in the solidarity movement in the United Kingdom, United States,  and Australia.

An Australian delegation Venezuela earlier this year and was privileged to participate in discussions with communities in different parts of this beautiful country. These communities told the Australians their story.

They asked for practical help with the means to build their capacity to grow. A special example, was to raise money to build a childcare centre.

Some prizes will be raffled. The money raised will go towards this project. A special prize is a bottle of very top shelf Diplomat rum. There is also a bottle of Havana Club. The other great prizes are a framed print of the late Hug Chavez and two bottles of good wine from Chile.

But the main purpose is to hear about what is currently going on in this country and to join the chat with other participants.

Go to this link. Say you are going, like and share with others

By Jim Hayes

Donald Trump continues to hedge his bets on the coming U.S. Presidential election. Fearful of bombing out on the polls, he has been ratcheting up his raving against fraud in the postal balloting system. Continue reading Trump faction may still torpedo presidential election →

Written by Dave DeCamp (la Progressive 15August 2020), the following draws a connection between the current Trump assertion that the Chinese are trying to get Joe Biden elected. Neither assertion is based on evidence and serve as covers for the truth. Trump and Biden are not so different, when it comes to foreign policy Continue reading Biden or Trump is a big win for warmongers either way →

Jess Glass writes (The Canberra Times, 17 August 2020), an impressive group of lawyers and academics have called for the release of Julian Assange from what they say, amounts to a show trial and serious miscarriage of justice. Continue reading Lawyers call for Julian Assange’s release from U.S. extradition charges →

By Joe Montero

The Morrison government has had the gall to ask the human rights committee of the United Nations, to vote against a claim by the Torres Straights Islanders, that climate change caused rising sea level is having an impact on their human rights. Continue reading Torres Strait Islanders opposed by Morrison government at the United Nations →