In September 2021 the US, UK and Australia announced a joint project to build eight nuclear submarines for Australia at a cost of AU$368 billion. To conclude the deal, Australia had to scrap an already concluded agreement with France to build 12 conventional submarines for the Royal Australian Navy at a cost of AU$50 billion. Continue reading »
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Remember the Vietnam War? The barbarism there cannot be compared with what we see almost daily in Gaza. But just looking on impotently will not solve the problem. Over Vietnam, the conscription issue allowed a sluggish Australian public opinion to be partly mobilised to counter government lies and distortions. The protest movement had some effect. Continue reading »
ASEAN preference for resolute neutrality will attract increasing pushback from major foreign players who have less respect for the concept. Determined neutrality and non-interference are the defining features of ASEAN. Some observers see this as a source of strength with its focus on common objectives rather than differences. Others see it as a source of Continue reading »
Many people have been understandably astonished by Donald Trump’s recently proclaimed desires to “take back” the Panama Canal “in full, quickly and without question” and to take over the self-governing Danish territory of Greenland. While Trump has written that “For purposes of National Security and Freedom around the world, the United States feels that the Continue reading »
The year 2025 promises to be a tumultuous one in many parts of the world. But will the status quo remain? Will it be a case of the more things change, the more they remain the same? Will we see changes for a better or worse world? And how will Australia cope with or help Continue reading »
I’m having a hard time gathering my thoughts today. It’s been a couple of very long nights here in the LA area. I have friends who lost everything and having to cope with the ignorant sociopath who will soon be the most powerful man in the country again is almost too much to bear. I’m outsourcing my commentary for the moment to California native son Brian Beutler: My exact words would be a bit more profane but that’s why I’m not a public official.
In a speech to Israel’s parliament, Jonathan Greenblatt admits the ADL’s battle against antisemitism is losing — but blows it on what to do.
The post ADL Chief Invokes Pager Attack as Inspiration for Taking on Internet Trolls appeared first on The Intercept.
Conservatives have been hyperfixated on TikTok content that’s sympathetic with Gaza — and accused the company of algorithmic bias against Israel.
The post The TikTok Ban Is Also About Hiding Pro-Palestinian Content. Republicans Said So Themselves. appeared first on The Intercept.
Following years of aggressive content removal, Meta’s platforms now host a growing wave of ISIS-linked posts in the aftermath of Assad’s overthrow.
The post Pro-ISIS Accounts Surge on Meta After Assad’s Ouster appeared first on MintPress News.
As President-elect Donald Trump prepares to take America back (again!) to greatness, there’s been much talk of Elon Musk’s new DOGE, or Department of Government Efficiency, and whether it will dare tackle Pentagon spending in useful ways. Could it curb rampant fraud, waste, and abuse within military contracting? Will the Pentagon finally pass a financial audit after seven consecutive failed attempts? Might the war in Ukraine finally sputter to an end, along with U.S. taxpayer support for that country of roughly $175 billion over the last three years? “Efficiency” may be the word of the hour, but a more “efficient” imperial military, with a looser leash to attack Iran, bottle up China, and threaten Russia would likely bring yet more unrest to... Read more
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The relentless criticism of the Labour Government from a hostile media is completely at odds with its record and the historical context
Q: I haven’t heard anything since my final interview. Who should I contact?
A: Damn, that’s crazy. Wow.
Q: How long will it take to hear back?
A: It will take some time. (If you’re successful.)
Q: And what if I’m unsuccessful?
A: You will know if you’re unsuccessful.
Q: How?
A: You won’t be working here.
Q: Well, yes, but won’t you be telling me that I didn’t get the job?
A: Why would we do that?
Q: Wait. Have I been ghosted?
A: We prefer the term “unworthy of closure.”
Q: What? Why have I been ghosted?
A: It could be that you’re arrogant. It could be that you’re humble. It could be that you’re too boisterous or too quiet. It could be you didn’t ask enough questions or you asked too many. It could be because you brought up working from home too soon. Or too late. It could be your overall personality and dislikability. It could be because you’re obviously pregnant. Ultimately, it’s because you don’t deserve this job, skills-wise or as a human being.
Q: Was there anything I could’ve done?
A: No. But also yes.
Q: That’s confusing. Could you please explain?
The prisons are open, the secret files are unlocked. Now Syrians are trying to figure out how to hold war criminals accountable.
The post Searching for Justice and the Missing in the New Syria appeared first on The Intercept.
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- by Eleanor Schille-Hudson
As the TikTok ban goes up before the Supreme Court on Friday, TikTok creator Pearlmania500, Shawn Musgrave, and Jessica Washington discuss what’s at stake.
The post TikTok SCOTUS Battle appeared first on The Intercept.
- by Leo Rogers
A sinister far-right oligarch seeking to overthrow western governments from his seat in the White House is a story too strange for fiction
Commentators in Europe are understandably agog about Trump’s rumblings that the US might somehow, possibly, annex Greenland at some point in the future. One would think asking Greenlanders how they see their future might have been a better idea. But I’m curious about how we should take these rumblings. Several possibilities suggest themselves, which are […]
At the end of World War 2, the Western nations were beset with paranoia about what the USSR might be planning. The West had essentially relied on the Soviet armed forces to defeat the Nazis through their efforts on the Eastern front, after Hitler had launched – Operation Barbarossa – which effectively ended the –…
California’s oil and gas companies avoided paying billions of dollars in taxes that could have been used to fight the inferno.