As Americans, our money is paying for Israel’s atrocities in Gaza. How much did you give?
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Despite its failure to isolate Cuba and overthrow its government, and its near unanimous opposition from the international community, the 62-year old US embargo seems likely to endure into the foreseeable future. When President John Kennedy issued the first executive order implementing the US embargo against Cuba in 1962, the Cold War was at its Continue reading »
Israel may well wipe out Christian presence in Gaza as part of its genocide, and Western leaders would not care less. Since October 7, Israel and its allies have tried to put the war in Gaza within the “war on terror” framework, actively comparing Hamas to ISIS. Many who instinctively equate Palestinians with Muslims have Continue reading »
The recent Senate Interim Report on ‘The issue of increasing disruption in Australian school classrooms’ has attracted the usual short-term media indignation followed by the ever-present indifference from our education leaders and politicians. This is not the first time there is an acknowledgement that severely disruptive kids exist. Statistics such as: almost a quarter of Continue reading »
The fear that the world is falling apart is not new. It stretches back into antiquity. End of the world fears have manifested over thousands of years. For almost all recorded history, and no doubt beforehand, there have been wars, violence, greed, and cruelty committed in the name of some collective cause. For most of Continue reading »
In these sad, anxious times, pearls of hope are rare and truly valuable. Thankfully, here are a couple to contemplate… In 1988 a group of Israeli and Palestinian women got together and did something extravagantly unlikely: they founded a peace movement. Women In Black. Regularly standing together in sombre clothes, their silent vigil sent out Continue reading »
The American republic today and the Roman republic in the years following Cicero’s consulship (63 BCE) have enough similarities to entertain an interesting comparison. They are also different enough as to make the drawing of firm predictions specious. Nevertheless, there are shared factors that offer warning signs for today from the fall of the ancient Continue reading »
China will need Australian iron ore and coking coal for its booming EV industry. In 2023, the projected revenue in China’s Electric Vehicles market is expected to reach a staggering US$292.1bn. This forecast indicates a promising future for the industry. Furthermore, it is anticipated that the market will experience a steady annual growth rate of Continue reading »
The AJA is seeking to suppress Palestinian identification with the country … for political purposes from an exhibition entitled Ramses and the Gold of the Pharoahs. The Australian Museum, Sydney, is currently hosting an exhibition entitled Ramses and the Gold of the Pharoahs. A controversy – in one sense a little controversy, but in another Continue reading »
Let it be clear friends: silence is complicity. And empty calls for peace without a ceasefire and an end to the occupation, and the shallow words of empathy without direct action: all under the banner of complicity. So here is my message: Gaza today has become the moral compass of the world. If you are Continue reading »