Video: Assange arrested for exposing U.S. war crimes – with Paul Jay
Wikileaks released Manning’s leaked documents and exposed multiple crimes committed by the U.S. government and armed forces – Jay says this is getting lost in […]
Month: April 2019
Rising tariff war between the United States and European Union underlines drive to dominance over investment
By Joe Montero Responding to pressure to open up to massive United States economic penetration, the European Union is moving to retaliate by imposing tariff […]
Julian Assange has been arrested and urgent action for his release is needed
Australian citizen and founder of WikiLeaks, Julian Assange has just been forcefully removed form the Ecuadoran embassy just hours ago.
Age pensioners protest to bring about a better deal for all on Centrelink benefits
By Ugly More than a hundred age pensioners gathered in Melbourne’s Federation on 11 April, to protest on Square, to protest the way they were […]
Massive turnout in Melbourne marks Australia’s latest Change the Rules marches
By Joe Montero At least 150,000 union members and other Australians hit the streets in Melbourne to tell the Scott Morrison government that they are […]
Deaths in building industry have become much too frequent
From New South Wales One young man dead and another seriously injured. This is not a war zone, but an all too common scene on […]
What an effective Murray-Darling water policy should look like
The following was originally published on the Australia’s Science Channel website (28 March 2019). It outlines measures that must be taken to restore and protect […]
This year’s National Budget is a con and continuation of business as usual
By Joe Montero Make no mistake about it This year’s federal budget is an attempted con for election purposes, and its real content is to […]
Starting with QBE – insurance companies are being pushed to quit coal
By Ben Wilson It takes no genius to work out that if we don’t do enough to combat the threat of global warming, the world […]
What we found in going to the Venezuela-Colombia border
By Joe Montero When Lucho Requelme and Federico Fuentes and I, found ourselves heading towards the border separating Venezuela and Columbia, it began an unexpected […]