The Guardian • Issue #2107 • July 15, 2024
Issue #2107
Biden, Albanese: Collaborators in genocide
When Anthony Albanese accused Labor Senator Fatima Payman of stirring up racism because of her support for the Palestinians, it was one more glaring example...
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EDITORIAL
By now readers will be well aware of Fatima Payman. A brief recap; she’s a young West Australian Senator now famous for crossing the floor...
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Monopoly pricing a killer
Last month Treasurer Jim Chalmers gave the green light for ANZ’s takeover of Suncorp contrary to the recommendations of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission...
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The last stage of capitalism
In defining imperialism, Lenin pointed to qualitative changes within capitalism. First and foremost of these is the development of monopoly capitalism. “… the rise of...
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DINGO
In 1950 when the US war in Korea was only one month old, US News & World Report happily told its business readers “It’s really...
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Can green hydrogen replace coal?
Global steel manufacture is the world’s most polluting industry, producing 9 per cent of the world’s carbon dioxide emissions. In 2020 global steel production was...
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PEACE NOTES
Hiroshima Day will be with us soon, on 6 August. Next year will be the 80th anniversary of the first military use of an atomic...
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World Refugee Day
As Israel continues its attacks on the people of Palestine in both Gaza and the West Bank, it was timely to commemorate World Refugee Day....
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Coal royalties pay for Queensland government largesse
As part of its 2024-25 budget Queensland Labor Premier Stephen Miles announced subsidies to households telling the electorate that Labor recognised the hardship from cost-of-living...
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Victoria: closure of two prisons recognition of state violence towards Aboriginal people
Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service (VALS) has welcomed the announcement of the closure of Port Phillip and Dhurringile prisons, saying that prisons represent sites of significant...
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NAIDOC week, 2024
Standing for National Aboriginal and Islander Day Observance Committee, NAIDOC week celebrates the history, culture, and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in...
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Warranku Ninti Festival
The Shire of East Pilbara worked with the First Nations Martumili Artists to offer a spectacular light and sound show at the Warrarnku Ninti Festival,...
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What is … ? ‘bourgeoisie’
“I’m getting a bit bougie” (from someone buying nice furniture). “It’s all very bourgeois” (when people talk about house prices). “I’ve joined the bourgeoisie” (person...
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GLOBAL BRIEFS
PORTUGAL: Andre Ventura, leader of the far-right party Chega, has announced that he will join the Patriots for Europe alliance in the European Parliament. Currently...
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LETTERS
Dear Editor, I regret to say my letter is of a very negative tone, but I think it’s justifiable in the light of my extremely...
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Worth Reading: CPA Publications
Branch Organisation: Turning a group of varied individuals into an effective political force Recently the Communist Party’s Media Collective updated a 20-year-old Party pamphlet on...
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HALF THE SKY
Looking back over sixty years, women have made some progress, but we still have a long way to go. My activities in the women’s movement...
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Drive to war: RIMPAC 2024
The US-sponsored ‘Rim of the Pacific’ (RIMPAC) military exercises have just begun. This show of naval force is the world’s largest. Vice Admiral John Wade,...
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Congolese fight for their own wealth
Cobalt, lithium, and coltan: these are the minerals needed to advance the Fourth Industrial Revolution. The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) accounts for around...
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