May Day Victoria

High Court’s controversial Pell decision freed him on a technicality

12 April 2020 Editor 0

By Joe Montero George Pell has been released from prison, the Pope has welcomed it and the small band of loyalists claim the Cardinal has been vindicated. Others are dismayed by what they consider a […]

Visa workers have been condemned to serious poverty

12 April 2020 Editor 0

by Ben Wilson Echoing the words of the Prime minister last Friday, Minister Alan Tudge, effectively told temporary visa holders o go home yesterday, when they can’t dip into their superannuation to survive, after being […]

Rights groups demand urgent Israeli preventive measures for Palestinian political prisoners

12 April 2020 Editor 0

Following statement is an from The Palestine Project, based in Haifa and Ramallah in the Israeli occupied Palestinian territories. The statement was released on 4 April 2020. It is about the plight of Palestinian prisoners […]

Doctors sign letter demanding release of refugees

12 April 2020 Editor 0

By Ugly In Australia’s health professionals are doing a marvellous job at the front line of defence against Covid-19 and putting themselves at risk of infection. They are true heroes, putting in everything to help […]

Has the Australian government done an ideological and political backflip or not?

12 April 2020 Editor 0

by Joe Montero A spinoff the Corona virus pandemic is that Scott Morrison and his government’s image have been partially re-written – at least for now. The legacy of neoliberalism, Allegations of rorts and outright […]

Ex-soldier’s death casts light on Spaniards who helped liberate Paris

12 April 2020 Editor 0

Another veteran of the fight against fascism has just died. Rafael Gómez Nieto passed away at the age of 99, after being infected by the Corona virus. As young man, he fought against Franco’s Falangist […]

What it means when the coldest place on Earth records an unprecedented heatwave

12 April 2020 Editor 0

Dana M Bergstrom, Andrew Klekociuk, Diana King and Sharon Robinson wrote for the Conversation (31 March 2020), about the startling news that Antarctica experienced an unprecedented heat wave this summer, and that this is a […]

Waging war on the Corona virus also means defence against rising authoritarianism

12 April 2020 Editor 0

By Adam Carlton and Joe Montero Concern over Australian government’s extraordinary control and policing measures being applied to the Corona virus outbreak is rising. These unusual and dramatic times do call for some inconveniences we’d […]

Video: A warm response as Cuban doctors arrive in Spain

12 April 2020 Editor 0

Taxi drivers show their appreciation as the contingent of 52 Cuban doctors make their way way though the airport in Madrid. Cuban doctor are now also helping to fight the Corona virus in Italy, France, […]

Greek anti-Nazi resistance fighter and national hero dies at 97

5 April 2020 Editor 0

Contributed Manolis Glezos passed away at the ripe old age of 97. Few in Australia will be familiar with the name. In Greece it’s a different story.