We are permitting ourselves no character of our own under the architecture of the Alliance. It means we’ve accepted the status of a kind of client state, or American territory. I won’t say the 51st state. It means we’ve got even less independence than a US governor would have, former Australian Foreign Minister Bob Carr Continue reading »
Human Rights
When the western media and politicians speak of China’s treatment of minorities it is always taken for granted that such treatment is a violation of the minority’s human rights. I would venture to differ. China has a complex framework of ethnic-regional autonomy enshrined in its constitution that is poorly understood in the West. Having worked Continue reading »
Constitutional enshrinement of rights through a federal Human Rights Act is essential. In response to approaches from the Australian Human Rights Commission Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus has recently announced an Inquiry into Australia’s Human Rights Framework, charging the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights with considering whether the Australian parliament should enact a federal Human Rights Continue reading »
The war on whistleblowers, WikiLeaks and truth will be examined at a conference called The Persecution of Truth at the State Library of Queensland on Sunday April 30th. An important aim of the seminar is to reacquaint Queenslanders with the extraordinary achievements of Julian Assange and detail his equally extraordinary persecution; how he has been Continue reading »
Media tune starts to change on the supposed ‘international’ definition as coalition civic organisations tell UN that it will put its own staff at risk if they approve right-wingers’ favourite tool to suppress pro-Palestinian speech A coalition of 104 civic society groups from an array of nations – including Israel – have written publicly to […]
New information surfaces following an autopsy.
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Friday’s ruling on the use of mifepristone will help ease the time, travel and cost associated with medication abortions.
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Sky rephrases Labour Friends of Israel officer’s words in tweet – and locks comments after outcry against racism – and Kyle calls Scotland ‘Ireland’ twice for good measure Right-wing Labour MP Peter Kyle and Sky News have stirred outrage after Kyle – an officer of ‘Labour Friends of Israel’ whose local members were banned from […]
Local Sam Gorst must have Labour worried in new Garston ward – where none of their candidates live in the ward The Labour party has brought it’s disgraceful sewer-level campaigning tactics to Liverpool, mounting a frankly disgusting assault on south Liverpool councillor Sam Gorst, who is standing as an independent in the new Garston ward […]
Why are tens of millions of Christians supporting the expansion of Israel and the oppression of the Palestinians? It’s an important question because the answer has serious consequences for the stability of the Middle East. Ensuring the scene is set for the return of Jesus Christ is a crusade that the Pentecostal, Evangelical and Christian Continue reading »