April 2019 - Page 2 of 2 - May Day Victoria

Video: Assange arrested for exposing U.S. war crimes – with Paul Jay

16 April 2019 Editor 0

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 the corporate media coverage of Assange’s arrest; when he was […]

Rising tariff war between the United States and European Union underlines drive to dominance over investment

16 April 2019 Editor 0

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 on American imports.

Julian Assange has been arrested and urgent action for his release is needed

12 April 2019 Editor 1

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

12 April 2019 Editor 0

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 treated in this year’s Federal budget.

Massive turnout in Melbourne marks Australia’s latest Change the Rules marches

12 April 2019 Editor 0

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 out to overthrow the present industrial relations system and fight […]

Deaths in building industry have become much too frequent

6 April 2019 Editor 0

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 Australian building sites.

What an effective Murray-Darling water policy should look like

6 April 2019 Editor 0

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 the Murray-Darling river system. Blaming the drought is wrong. According […]

This year’s National Budget is a con and continuation of business as usual

5 April 2019 Editor 0

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 set up for a massive new cut to services.

Starting with QBE – insurance companies are being pushed to quit coal

5 April 2019 Editor 0

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 and humanity are in serious trouble. Most people want real […]

What we found in going to the Venezuela-Colombia border

5 April 2019 Editor 0

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 adventure.

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Month: April 2019

Video: Assange arrested for exposing U.S. war crimes – with Paul Jay

Rising tariff war between the United States and European Union underlines drive to dominance over investment

Julian Assange has been arrested and urgent action for his release is needed

Age pensioners protest to bring about a better deal for all on Centrelink benefits

Massive turnout in Melbourne marks Australia’s latest Change the Rules marches

Deaths in building industry have become much too frequent

What an effective Murray-Darling water policy should look like

This year’s National Budget is a con and continuation of business as usual

Starting with QBE – insurance companies are being pushed to quit coal

What we found in going to the Venezuela-Colombia border