By Joe Montero

The first notes for this article were penned last week, when the bombardment of Gaza and other atrocities against the Palestinian population showed no sign of slowing down, and the Australian government remained silent.  The ceasefire was then brokered. The Australian government remains silent. Continue reading Israel forced to call ceasefire but Palestinians still under occupation →

By Jim Hayes

Colombia is undergoing a crisis made much worse by a President and government, known the world over as thoroughly corrupt and entangled with the cocaine drug lords. This extends through the military, paramilitary, and police. Continue reading Video: Colombian president sends police and army against the people →

By Joe Montero

Under  the Biden administration, the United States is trying hard to renew  its claim as the  defender of  democracy and human rights around the world. Yet no power has and continues to do more to undermine democracy and human rights. This  is the stark reality. Continue reading The United States claims to defend democracy while being its greatest global violator →

The following from Richard D. Wolff and published by Economy for All (23 April 2021). Economy for All is associated with the (Independent Media Institute) in the United States. This article is about the state of capitalism in the United Sates. Many of the features of decline described, This could just as easily be referring to Australia. The difference is that Wolf’s country has been a global empire, while ours a small economy largely integrated into the American one. Wolff describes the ongoing decline of the global empire, the inability of those at the top to turn the tide. He also talks about the widening social divide and responses to the decline. which is like being on a moving train on track to hit a stone wall.

Continue reading Decline of U.S. capitalist system is causing growing desperation →

Margaret Kimberley (Black Agenda Report 7 April 2021) considers that the world of a single superpower imposing its will on the planet has gone, except that those who hold power in the United States and the Joe Biden administration don’t want to accept it and are launching a new cold war. But  the more they do this, the more they create the conditions for those targeted as the enemy, to unite against their common adversary.

Continue reading When we realize that the U.S. can’t control the World? →

Marjorie Cohn wrote (Truthout 2 April 2020) about the danger that the trial of  George Floyd murderer Derek Chauvin is that it will promote the idea, that this killing was the result of a ‘bad egg,’ rather than the existence of a police system deeply rooted in racism. The trial has Born this out so far, and the defence has concentrated in the usual by profiling George Floyd as the stereotype of a drug affected black man needing to be held down. The trial continues.

Continue reading Chauvin trial: systemic racist police violence, not Just “bad apples” →

By Joe Montero

Joe Biden’s big stimulus package for the United States is extensive and contains within it Many good initiatives. More than 3000 kilometres of roads, the remaking of bridges, ports, and water systems. And there is a big boost in investment in research to eliminate carbon emissions. Continue reading Joe Biden’s stimulus package is not enough on its own →

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 →