It is not all that unusual to hear people respond to any suggestion to change the political course of the nation by branding it idealistic and that it could never happen. Anyone suggesting differently, is going to come across this reserve. Continue reading Effective change is the only choice there is
Join in a great Saturday afternoon. Speakers who will be there are active in Venezuela, and in the solidarity movement in the United Kingdom, United States, and Australia.
An Australian delegation Venezuela earlier this year and was privileged to participate in discussions with communities in different parts of this beautiful country. These communities told the Australians their story.
They asked for practical help with the means to build their capacity to grow. A special example, was to raise money to build a childcare centre.
Some prizes will be raffled. The money raised will go towards this project. A special prize is a bottle of very top shelf Diplomat rum. There is also a bottle of Havana Club. The other great prizes are a framed print of the late Hug Chavez and two bottles of good wine from Chile.
But the main purpose is to hear about what is currently going on in this country and to join the chat with other participants.
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The situation is going form bad to worse in the United States. As the movement ignited by the killing on a black man George Floyd continues, brutal attacks and killings at police hands have continued.
Among the latest spate, a shooting at Kenosha in Wisconsin (midway between Milwaukee and Chicago), 29 year-old Jacob Blake ended up fighting for his life. Continue reading White supremacist militias becoming an auxiliary to US police shootings
Donald Trump continues to hedge his bets on the coming U.S. Presidential election. Fearful of bombing out on the polls, he has been ratcheting up his raving against fraud in the postal balloting system. Continue reading Trump faction may still torpedo presidential election
Written by Dave DeCamp (la Progressive 15August 2020), the following draws a connection between the current Trump assertion that the Chinese are trying to get Joe Biden elected. Neither assertion is based on evidence and serve as covers for the truth. Trump and Biden are not so different, when it comes to foreign policy Continue reading Biden or Trump is a big win for warmongers either way
Jess Glass writes (The Canberra Times, 17 August 2020), an impressive group of lawyers and academics have called for the release of Julian Assange from what they say, amounts to a show trial and serious miscarriage of justice. Continue reading Lawyers call for Julian Assange’s release from U.S. extradition charges
The Morrison government has had the gall to ask the human rights committee of the United Nations, to vote against a claim by the Torres Straights Islanders, that climate change caused rising sea level is having an impact on their human rights. Continue reading Torres Strait Islanders opposed by Morrison government at the United Nations
Continue reading War with Iran Trump’s election eve shocker?
The inadequacies of JobKeeper are becoming more obvious the longer it continues. At first it was that many of those who were left without an income due to Covid-19 missed out. Continue reading End the transformation of JobKeeper into welfare for corporations and the rich
From the United States to Australia, Rupert Murdoch’s media empire regularly courts controversy. Its coverage of COVID-19, however, is on another level.
