The Guardian • Issue #2129 • January 20, 2025
Issue #2129
INVASION DAY
Basically, a policy of genocide has been followed. There were the shootings, massacres and poisonings by the colonial occupiers, the stolen lands, the forcing of...
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EDITORIAL
It was the UN Secretary-General who famously said, “The world is burning. We need a renewables revolution.” It is literally burning in California. Other parts...
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Survival Day 2025
26 January is not a day to celebrate. It is a reminder of invasion, occupation, genocide, and the ongoing impact of colonisation that continues to...
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Talisman Sabre, the drive to war
The 11th Talisman Sabre military exercise will be held later this year. A lot has happened since the last gathering in 2023. While the exercises...
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Woolworths strike concludes
On 21 November last year over 1,500 warehouse workers at 4 distribution centres for Woolworths in NSW and Victoria commenced an indefinite strike, seeking above...
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DINGO
It could be tempting to treat Elon Musk’s provocations as the attention-seeking of a petulant plutocrat who was born into the wealth of his father’s...
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The way forward
The federal government has shown itself to be a tool of the big banks and corporations. These huge institutions are no longer prepared to be...
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Profits cause inflation
There is no shortage of news headlining big business and government warnings that a “wages breakout” will cause inflation: “Teachers’ rise a risk to inflation,”...
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LA fires a warning of things to come
Global Climate Scientists have confirmed 2024 was the world’s hottest since records began, eclipsing the previous record set in 2023 and raising the alarm that...
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GREEN NOTES
In many parts of the nation, First Nations working with non-Aboriginal Australians has emerged as a sustainable way of dealing with the environmental challenges posed...
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LETTERS
Capitalist climate change The incendiary cataclysms in Los Angeles, California remind us that the root cause of the climate crisis exacerbating the fires spreading throughout...
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A Long March
Kim Carr’s A Long March, is not simply the autobiography of a life-long stalwart of the ALP. It traces a political path and unwittingly chronicles...
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Robodebt and government extortion: Mean Streak
The British drama series Mr Bates vs The Post Office is a brilliant and thrilling account of the 20-year fight of the titular Mr Bates...
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10th anniversary of China-Australia Comprehensive Partnership
The year 2024 marks the 10th anniversary of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s state visit to Australia and the establishment of comprehensive strategic relationship between China...
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The Ukrainian connection with Islamist HTS militants in Syria
The military sophistication and speed with which the coalition of Jihadist Hayat Tahrir al Sham (HTS), a designated terrorist group, and other militants overran the...
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GLOBAL BRIEFS
VENEZUELA: The International Anti-fascist World Festival took place in Caracas, the capital of Venezuela. The 2,000 delegates from 125 countries called for consolidation of international...
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A tale of two disasters
1: China, the Xizang earthquake A catastrophic earthquake Magnitude 7.1 has hit Xizang. The scenes that have emerged from the earthquake are nothing short of...
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The on-going pain of Syria
The tragedy that is Syria has been before our eyes for too long. It is unlikely to go away any time soon. The cheers and...
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WEASEL WORDS
Celebrate After calling for a boycott of Woolworths last year over their lack of Australia Day stocks, Peter Dutton has now promised to force local...
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A map of suffering
From early December 2024 to early January 2025, the body temperature of 8 babies fell below any acceptable amount and they froze to death. This...
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