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Rights groups demand urgent Israeli preventive measures for Palestinian political prisoners

12 April 2020 Editor 0

Following statement is an from The Palestine Project, based in Haifa and Ramallah in the Israeli occupied Palestinian territories. The statement was released on 4 April 2020. It is about the plight of Palestinian prisoners […]

Doctors sign letter demanding release of refugees

12 April 2020 Editor 0

By Ugly In Australia’s health professionals are doing a marvellous job at the front line of defence against Covid-19 and putting themselves at risk of infection. They are true heroes, putting in everything to help […]

Has the Australian government done an ideological and political backflip or not?

12 April 2020 Editor 0

by Joe Montero A spinoff the Corona virus pandemic is that Scott Morrison and his government’s image have been partially re-written – at least for now. The legacy of neoliberalism, Allegations of rorts and outright […]

Ex-soldier’s death casts light on Spaniards who helped liberate Paris

12 April 2020 Editor 0

Another veteran of the fight against fascism has just died. Rafael Gómez Nieto passed away at the age of 99, after being infected by the Corona virus. As young man, he fought against Franco’s Falangist […]

What it means when the coldest place on Earth records an unprecedented heatwave

12 April 2020 Editor 0

Dana M Bergstrom, Andrew Klekociuk, Diana King and Sharon Robinson wrote for the Conversation (31 March 2020), about the startling news that Antarctica experienced an unprecedented heat wave this summer, and that this is a […]

Waging war on the Corona virus also means defence against rising authoritarianism

12 April 2020 Editor 0

By Adam Carlton and Joe Montero Concern over Australian government’s extraordinary control and policing measures being applied to the Corona virus outbreak is rising. These unusual and dramatic times do call for some inconveniences we’d […]

Video: A warm response as Cuban doctors arrive in Spain

12 April 2020 Editor 0

Taxi drivers show their appreciation as the contingent of 52 Cuban doctors make their way way though the airport in Madrid. Cuban doctor are now also helping to fight the Corona virus in Italy, France, […]

Greek anti-Nazi resistance fighter and national hero dies at 97

5 April 2020 Editor 0

Contributed Manolis Glezos passed away at the ripe old age of 97. Few in Australia will be familiar with the name. In Greece it’s a different story.

U.S. manufactures narco-crimes for another coup attempt in Venezuela

5 April 2020 Editor 0

By Joe Montero President Nicolás Maduro and the head of Venezuela’s national Constituent Assembly, Diosdado Cabello, have been indicted in the US. Nicolas Maduro and Diosdado Cabello The United States is just now maneuvering with […]

British court refuses Julian Assange’s bail plea

5 April 2020 Editor 0

Contributed Journalist, editor and founder of Wikileaks Julian Assange will not be let out of a London Prison, even with recent COVID-19 outbreak. The British court announced on Wednesday [British time].

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Year: 2020

Rights groups demand urgent Israeli preventive measures for Palestinian political prisoners

Doctors sign letter demanding release of refugees

Has the Australian government done an ideological and political backflip or not?

Ex-soldier’s death casts light on Spaniards who helped liberate Paris

What it means when the coldest place on Earth records an unprecedented heatwave

Waging war on the Corona virus also means defence against rising authoritarianism

Video: A warm response as Cuban doctors arrive in Spain

Greek anti-Nazi resistance fighter and national hero dies at 97

U.S. manufactures narco-crimes for another coup attempt in Venezuela

British court refuses Julian Assange’s bail plea