For decades, the western world has been fed Israeli/Zionist narratives about their country being exceptional, Palestinians not existing or being less than human. False Israeli accounts have been swallowed by a compliant media and by politicians scared of being accused of being even slightly anti-Semitic. This toxic narrative should have been challenged and stopped years go. Continue reading »
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Australians have been assured by the Albanese government of greater transparency and accountability on defence. So soon after the 2022-23 parliamentary inquiry into how the country goes to war, that has already fallen over. The promised parliamentary debate before a deployment to overseas conflict hasn’t been held. The dispatch of 270 ADF troops and three Continue reading »
Vision, passion, and commitment of the forerunners in the Australian Studies community in China and Australia have paved the way for the emergence of such an exceptional intellectual community over four decades. It is a visionary and responsible question to ask: where should the community head in the next four decades? China’s area studies is Continue reading »
‘Mental Health Reform’ has been a phrase bandied about for over 30 years in Australia. And while well intentioned, hopefully expressing the ‘Care and Concern’ felt by politicians, bureaucrats and health practitioners, it has always ended up defaulting to ‘Compliance and Control.’ As outlined in the previous articles on the Care Economy, we suffer from Continue reading »
Bill Hayden rescued and resuscitated the Labor Party as a national force as certainly as I am standing before you today. We may see the likes of Bill Hayden again, but I doubt it. At Bill’s initiative, in 1983 he put into place a review of ANZUS, suggesting that Australia presenting as a sycophant or Continue reading »
War always brings problems. Even the so-called victors experience these. The world is made poorer in that the next war seems to be much closer and easier to wage. True peace on the other hand, brings only benefits. In case readers are not entirely sick of my personal anecdotes, here are a couple about peace, Continue reading »
There is “a real risk” of the Occupied Territory of Palestine in the West Bank “spiralling out of control”, the UN said this week. This risk is driven by the rapid rise in uncontrolled violence being carried out by armed settlers supported by the Israeli military against unarmed Palestinians, particularly in the unprotected farming areas Continue reading »
Israel created Hamas – Now THEY’RE DROPPING BOMBS ON A CONCENTRATION CAMP FULL OF CHILDREN. Not in the past. Right now. They’re still doing it. They show no signs of stopping. No part of opposing this should be remotely controversial. They’re dropping bombs on a concentration camp full of kids. Even shitlibs and pseudo-leftists who Continue reading »
With AIPAC urging members to reject eased humanitarian aid transfers, Republican Rep. Brian Mast compared all Palestinians to Nazis.
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Johnson’s first order of business as House speaker is to seek budget cuts in exchange for a $14 billion aid package for Israel.
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