The Guardian • Issue #1980 • September 27, 2021
Subs, subservience and stupidity
It’s been less than a month since the US tore out of poverty-stricken Afghanistan after losing a twenty-year dirty war, with Australia dragging behind, and already they have announced a new absurd military scheme, AUKUS
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Issue #1980
Two new coal mines green-lit, gov’t ignores climate emergency
The federal government continues to fail Australia’s future generations as it deepens its commitment to coal.
Read moreCPA statement on the AUKUS Tripartite Agreement and nuclear-powered submarines
The Communist Party of Australia urges all its members and supporters to actively oppose the Morrison government’s decision to join the AUKUS Agreement
Read moreAustralia’s own goal
US President Joe Biden, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, and Australia’s PM Scott Morrison lined up like three stooges in a stage-managed virtual presentation to announce the formation of yet another military alliance
Read moreVale Jack Henry
Growing up and working on the railway in the sugar-growing town of Tully, I often heard mention by union delegates of Jack Henry. He was...
Read moreGovernment closes loophole on e-cigarettes
Changes to the law on 1st October will make it illegal to possess or import an e-cigarette (or “vape”) containing liquid nicotine without a prescription.
Read moreReport on the CFMEU attacks
The CPA Melbourne branch condemns in the strongest possible terms the right-wing attacks on the construction division of the CFMEU offices on Monday 20th September.
Read moreNauru invokes the Law of the Sea to begin deep seabed mining by 2022
At the 76th meeting of the UN General Assembly last week, a controversial move by the states of Micronesia was on the agenda.
Read moreSudan: revolution, imperialism and solidarity
Imperialism has been affecting the current Sudan crisis in regard to both resource utilisation and exploitation as well as its identity as a diverse and multicultural and multi-religious nation-state.
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Issue #1980
Ramifications of the US blockade on Cuba – international socialism
From its inception in 1962, the embargo against Cuba has remained the most comprehensive US economic sanctions regime against any country in the world.
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