The Australian Government has a big problem with its security narrative. Preparing for a putative war with China is the nation’s top security priority, while the government’s knowledge of the growing existential threat of climate disruption and their security consequences remains a closely-guarded secret. It is embarrassing for the government that it will not share Continue reading »
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2025 America won’t be like 1933 Germany and they won’t be wearing brownshirts. But the program of the reactionary forces in America is as radical as that of the interwar fascists. And they have a plan for taking over. The Weimar Republic provides an example of how quickly a determined, organised group can subvert and Continue reading »
One question relating to the upcoming referendum on ‘The Voice’ that has recently come to prominence concerns the question of sovereignty. Who or what is ‘sovereign’ as the term is applied to the governance of Australia? Is there any such thing as Indigenous sovereignty? Might it be said that in Australia sovereignty is or could Continue reading »
Will the Mike Pezzullo case be a line in the sand? The case of the Head of the Department of Home Affairs, Mike Pezzullo, now stood down on full pay, is an extreme manifestation of the fact that in our democracy, too often public servants flout what the High Court said in 2019 is essential: Continue reading »
Mike Pezzullo must be removed to restore integrity and protect our democracy. Recent revelations of highly inappropriate political behaviour and interventions by Mike Pezzullo, the Secretary of the powerful Home Affairs Department, have sent yet another shockwave through the Australian Public Service (APS). They are symptomatic of systemic issues plaguing the APS. And speaking from Continue reading »
The next few weeks could be Ukraine’s last chance to grasp the flower of safety from the nettle of war by negotiating a compromise peace with Russia that would safeguard its future statehood and sovereignty. The strategic failure of Ukraine’s summer counter-offensive signals it is locked into a losing war of attrition with Russia that Continue reading »
As Australia nears its referendum, Karla Grant takes a closer look at Norway’s Voice To Parliament. The next four weeks are monumental in the lead-up to Australia’s referendum, which will ask voters whether an Indigenous Voice to Parliament should be enshrined in the constitution. Representing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, the ‘Voice’ would be Continue reading »
Africa’s renaissance is already underway through partnerships with Eurasian powers Russia and China, whose significant contributions are already visible in security, economic, and institutional sectors throughout the continent. First published in THE CRADLE September 19, 2023 In Africa, injustice looms large, marked by poverty, warfare, and famine. Despite post-WWII political gains, economic independence, a vital Continue reading »
Two weeks into the largest auto strike in U.S. history, Ford, General Motors, and Stellantis face a falling approval rating from consumers, a new survey shows.
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Tiny box jellyfish are brainless—but they still make memories and adapt.
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Victims’ relatives are fighting to hold Khalifa Hifter accountable for war crimes. Last week, a top Pentagon official held court with him.
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WOOLGOOLGA & Surrounds for Yes group is joining supporters around Australia to Walk for Yes by stepping out on Sunday 24 September. “The walk is being organised by the Woolgoolga & Surrounds for Yes group so that the community can come together and show our support for recognising Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in...
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They should Biden went where no sitting president had gone before: When former President Donald Trump visits Detroit on Wednesday, he’ll be looking to blunt criticisms from a United Auto Workers union leadership that has said a second term for him would be a “disaster” for workers. Trump will bypass the second Republican presidential debate that day to instead visit striking autoworkers in Michigan, where he has looked to position himself as an ally of blue-collar workers by promising to raise wages and protect jobs if elected to a second term. But union leaders say Trump’s record in the White House speaks for itself. Union leaders have said his first term was far from worker-friendly, citing unfavorable rulings from the nation’s top labor board and the U.S. Supreme Court, as well as unfulfilled promises of automotive jobs. While the United Auto Workers union has withheld an endorsement in the 2024 presidential race, its leadership has repeatedly rebuffed Trump. Nevertheless, Trump plans to speak directly to a room of former and current union members.
FAMILIES wanting to experience the amazing forests of northern NSW this spring can’t go past these top picks from local state forest staff during the upcoming holidays. State Forests of NSW offer fun and free experiences that are always changing with the seasonal conditions. To help you experience the best of what the region has...
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Dear Literary Agent —
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Except for me.
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Are MyKevin and Marge heading for a divorce? Her heart belongs to Donnie: House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s closely watched alliance with Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene is suddenly looking a little bit wobbly, as the Georgia hardliner has helped frustrate his efforts to pass a budget. Greene announced on Sunday afternoon that she was a “HARD NO” on the rules package McCarthy is currently trying to advance, which would bring a suite of government spending bills to the floor, because it would mean “more money for Ukraine.” Cutting funding for the war-torn country has been a high priority for Greene, who told reporters last week that she was “just a no on any funding bill” containing support for Kyiv. McCarthy initially suggested he’d meet her demand, but reversed himself this weekend because removing the money would be “too difficult.” Greene also told reporters last week she was planning to introduce an amendment that would strip the Justice Department of its ability to fund special counsel investigations, threatening to throw another kink into the budget effort.
The visibly seething mogul revealed that he phoned his son Lachlan late last night and “tore him a new one.”
“These aren’t just one-off election wins” As Donald Trump gets crazier, as his Capitol Hill shock troops prove more dysfunctional, and as the noisy hostiles in MAGAstan grow more hostile, it’s reassuring to know that the country hasn’t gone completely mental. Whatever 2024 presidential contest polling indicates a year out, Democrats continue to win the only polls that matter: vote counts. Reid J. Epstein reminds New York Times readers: In special elections this year for state legislative offices, Democrats have exceeded Mr. Biden’s performance in the 2020 presidential election in 21 of 27 races, topping his showing by an average of seven percentage points, according to a study conducted by the Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee, the party’s campaign arm for state legislative races. Those results, combined with an 11-point triumph for a liberal State Supreme Court candidate in Wisconsin this spring and a 14-point defeat of an Ohio ballot referendum this summer in a contest widely viewed as a proxy battle over abortion rights, run counter to months of public opinion polling that has found Mr.
Not long after moving to Topeka, Kansas, in the early 1980s, community organizer Curtis Pitts learned about a hidden slice of that city’s history that would come to shape his life’s work over the next four decades. He was introduced to the Kansas Technical Institute, or KTI, a Black vocational college that had prospered throughout the early twentieth century, only to close in the mid-1950s. Founded in 1895, KTI enjoyed the distinction of being the second Black college established west of the Mississippi. Built in part by its own students, the school became a self-sustaining campus, training them in agriculture, nursing, printing, tailoring, and theology, among other subjects. The story of KTI almost immediately captured Pitts’s attention, both because of... Read more
Craig Murray joins MintPress to talk NATO, BRICS, pro-war mainstream media, Assange, America's forever wars and much more.
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