The Guardian • Issue #1974 • August 16, 2021
Stolen Generation reparations welcome, but do not match the real costs!
The Morrison government has announced $378mil in reparations for survivors of the Stolen Generation in the Northern Territory (NT) and Australian Capital Territory (ACT) as part of a $1bil commitment to the Closing the Gap framework.
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Issue #1974
Palmer’s dangerous rhetoric is all self-interest
Mining magnate Clive Palmer is once again ramping up the populist rhetoric.
Read moreThe people will not be silenced – COVID needs a social response
Our governments want us to accept the failures of their pandemic response as just chance events, bad luck or someone’s personal fate.
Read moreRAFFWU to fight for the right to bargain in the Federal Court
The Retail and Fast Food Workers Union (RAFFWU) has pledged to take Coles Supermarkets to the Federal Court in a bid to force the supermarket giant to commence negotiating a new enterprise bargaining agreement (EBA).
Read moreVictorian reforms feed national conversation about sexual violence
In February 2020, changes to the Judicial Proceedings Reports Act made it an offence in Victoria to publicly identify the victim of a sexual offence.
Read moreUN IPCC Report
“Climate change is already affecting every inhabited region across the globe with human influence contributing to many observed changes in weather and climate extremes.”
Read moreQuestions raised on PM’s friendship to Hillsong Church founder following abuse concealment charge
A two-year investigation has led to Hillsong pastor Brian Houston being charged with obscuring information regarding the historical sexual abuse of a seven-year-old boy.
Read moreThe Pentecostal fantasy
My first introduction to Pentecostalism was when one of my cousins joined a Pentecostal church in Tully back in the late ’seventies when barcodes first made their appearance on everyday goods.
Read moreDepartment of Defence to pay for war crimes
The Department of Defence has pledged to bring soldiers accused of war crimes to justice and pay reparations to their victims by the end of the year.
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Issue #1974
Commemoration of Moncada Barracks for Cuba held in Brisbane
On the 26th of July, the Brisbane Branch of the Australia-Cuba Friendship Society held a public commemoration of the 68th anniversary of the Moncada Barracks attack.
Read moreThe continuity of US and Israeli aggression
If there’s one thing we couldn’t criticise the imperialists for, it’s inconsistency in deeds. Rhetorical inconsistency aside, the actions of the imperialists never waver in their course – subjugate, dictate, punish, plunder.
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Issue #1974
How to read Donald Duck: imperialist ideology in the Disney comic
One of the first acts committed by the Chilean military, after the coup of 11 September 1973 was to confiscate and burn books.
Read moreChina, Russia joint military exercise to combat terrorism and chaos left by US
Russia is set to join a military exercise with China in the Qingtongxia Joint Tactical Training Base.
Read moreLETTER
I want to join the Communist Party of Australia because I’m tired of seeing the world and the working class exploited and poisoned
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