Defence Minister Marles’s love for the the US is so dewy-eyed as to defy parody. Foreign Minister Wong is far more beady-eyed, and instinctively wary of over-commitment to America’s view of itself, but has been unwilling to rock the boat. Politics played a significant part in the birth of AUKUS in Australia, and politics both Continue reading »
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A federal watchdog ruled that a Department of Justice employee’s article did not violate the Hatch Act.
The post She Wrote an Op-Ed Criticizing Biden on Gaza. The Justice Department Accused Her of Breaking the Law. appeared first on The Intercept.
Reproductive justice advocates warn that stopping at enshrining Roe’s protections would allow abortion bans and restrictions to flourish.
The post By Vowing to Codify Roe, Kamala Harris Ensures Continued Government Meddling in Abortion Care appeared first on The Intercept.
The ACLU is ringing the alarm bell over S.B. 1287, which the group believes will chill free speech on California campuses.
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As a U.S. senator, Harris pushed criminal justice reforms. Will she run on her ideas — or run away from them?
The post Kamala Harris Wants to Distinguish Herself From Joe Biden. Criminal Justice Is a Place to Start. appeared first on The Intercept.
The Coalition, fresh off a massive administrative bungle that resulted in them not being able to run candidates in upcoming council elections, has told the public to forget all about that and trust them to run the country, and build... Read More ›
Australia’s foreign policy elite has held a romantic view of Israel which extends back to its birth in 1948. By internalising Zionist mythology, Canberra has afforded the Jewish state a latitude it rarely extends to others: the freedom to attack its enemies without mercy and in violation of international law. It does this by casting Continue reading »
Major international media outlets face a dilemma over whether to adapt newsroom practices to the World Court’s judgment last month on Israel’s illegal occupation. Major international media outlets face a dilemma over whether to adapt reporting to the World Court’s judgment last month that Israel is an apartheid state illegally occupying Palestinian territory or continue to Continue reading »
Iran made two attempts to free its oil fields from Western domination. Since the Islamic revolution of Ayatollah Komeini in 1979, Iran has kept Western companies out. They paid a huge price, a trade embargo lasting some 40 years. Is a new attack on Iran in the offing [read more] Continue reading »