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. Continue reading Rising tariff war between the United States and European Union underlines drive to dominance over investment
Australian citizen and founder of WikiLeaks, Julian Assange has just been forcefully removed form the Ecuadoran embassy just hours ago. Continue reading Julian Assange has been arrested and urgent action for his release is needed
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. Continue reading Age pensioners protest to bring about a better deal for all on Centrelink benefits
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 for a fairer Australia. Continue reading Massive turnout in Melbourne marks Australia’s latest Change the Rules marches
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. Continue reading Deaths in building industry have become much too frequent
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 to experts, river crisis is the result of human mismanagement of the water, and only proper management can fix the problem. Continue reading What an effective Murray-Darling water policy should look like
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. Continue reading This year’s National Budget is a con and continuation of business as usual
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 action on this. The block is those people representing interests that are profiting from polluting our planet and those few that they manage to fool. Continue reading Starting with QBE – insurance companies are being pushed to quit coal
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. Continue reading What we found in going to the Venezuela-Colombia border
By Jim Hayes
The mass murder committed by an Australian in New Zealand has put a spotlight on the promotion of racial division by major media and a stream of mainstream politicians. Continue reading New Zealand murders are an outcome of the politics of hate
