By Ben Wilson

Spain is  to pilot  a four-day or thirty-two hour working week without loss of pay. This is likely to involve around 200 companies. Continue reading Four-day working week to be tried in Spain →

By Joe Montero

If we believe the political hype, the world is bouncing back nicely from the Covid-19 disaster, and this includes Australia.

Unemployment is said to be going down. It is said that the numbers say so. This covers up, of course, that a large part of this is the rise of casual and part time work to replace former full time and permanent jobs. Continue reading Something is seriously wrong with the global economy →

By Joe Montero

US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin has said the Biden administration wants to see “a responsible end” to America’s longest war. Continue reading US looking for a way to stay in Afghanistan →

Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J.S. Davies (Codepink) explain that the coming of Joe Biden to the White House has not changed The aggressive foreign policy of the United states. It continues. Bombing raids against a host of nations continue. The big difference is that the statistics are no longer published. This is about a declining empire prepared to do almost anything to maintain its superiority. It is not about who is President.

Continue reading Secret bombing wars of the United States →

A recent speech at the European Parliament exposing double standards when it comes to human rights. There is silence on the attempt to extradite Julian Assange to the United States to be brought before a kangaroo trial. This and other abuses are ignored, while support is given to a fascist openly advocating race hate. He just happens to be Russian. This is not about human rights. It is about geopolitical ambitions. Continue reading Video: A dose of honesty in the European Parliament →

Anyone who might have thought new United sates president Joe Biden was going to usher in a new era of world peace has been living in a fantasy. A new bombing attack launched against Syria at the end of last week and killed at least 17 people. Washington claimed that it had attacked Iranian backed militia and did so to protect American personnel in Iraq. In truth, the militia is fighting remnants of Islamic State. The following was written by Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J.S. Davies (CODEPINK  26 February 2021).

Continue reading Biden’s reckless Syria bombing not diplomacy he promised →

By Ben Wilson

It is a disgrace that the Australian government has helped create the military and paramilitary forces in the Philippines that current President Rodgrigo Duterte is using to carry out large scale human rights violations. Continue reading Australia helped make human rights violations in the Philippines →

By Joe Montero

Despite the expectations of many, New United States president Joe Biden is set to continue much along the same lines as Donald Trump.  This is not the dawning of a new era. It is not even going back towards the time before Trump. Continue reading The coming of Joe Biden is not going to bring a big change in American and global politics →

By Glen Davis

The presidency of Donald Trump saw a mobilising of conspiracy theorists, and other far right groupings, in the United States of America (USA). Trump as President, was a member of the Continue reading The John Birch Society and its conspiracy theories →

Nathan Fuller (LA Progressive) provides an overview of where the Julian Assange case is up to. Despite the United States having technically lost it case for extradition earlier this month, an appeal has been filed and Assange is still imprisoned. At the time of handing down her decision, District Judge Vanessa Baraitster explicitly supported most of the United State’s case and a few days later, refused to allow bail. The result was plainly determined by political factors, using potential suicide risk as the escape hatch. For this reason, the case is still for form being won, and the campaign for his freedom maintained.

Continue reading Where Assange’s extradition appeals process stands →