May Day Victoria

White supremacist militias becoming an auxiliary to US police shootings

1 September 2020 Editor 0

By Jim Hayes 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 […]

Trump faction may still torpedo presidential election

1 September 2020 Editor 0

By Jim Hayes 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 […]

Biden or Trump is a big win for warmongers either way

1 September 2020 Editor 0

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 […]

Lawyers call for Julian Assange’s release from U.S. extradition charges

25 August 2020 Editor 0

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 […]

Torres Strait Islanders opposed by Morrison government at the United Nations

25 August 2020 Editor 0

By Joe Montero 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 […]

War with Iran Trump’s election eve shocker?

25 August 2020 Editor 0

This opinion piece (Asia Times 12 August 2020) Bob Dreyfuss, writer, investigative journalist, who has written for Rolling Stone, Mother Jones, The American Prospect, The New Republic and others, and is a contributing editor at […]

End the transformation of JobKeeper into welfare for corporations and the rich

25 August 2020 Editor 0

By Ben Wilson 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.

Video: Murdoch does he have too much power?

18 August 2020 Editor 0

From the United States to Australia, Rupert Murdoch’s media empire regularly courts controversy. Its coverage of COVID-19, however, is on another level. Video from Al Jazeera English

Economic downturn due to both economic structure and the Coronavirus

18 August 2020 Editor 0

By Joe Montero The U.S. economy looks like it’s going to the dogs. Europe’s is not well either. Countries, like Australia, are not too far behind. Aggravated by the ongoing Coronavirus, the deteriorating situation can […]

Donald Trump raises the prospect of open dictatorship in the face of a political crisis

18 August 2020 Editor 0

By Jim Hayes As crisis after crisis mounts up, Donald Trump has found his hold on the White House becoming increasingly shaky, and he is making plans to stay there.