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Russia denounces Biden for only giving them “a few minutes of warning” before the US attack on Syria
The attack ordered by US President Joe Biden against Syria received condemnation from Damascus and Moscow ...
Read moreBiden increases threat of war between great powers
While visiting the Office of the Director of National Intelligence on Tuesday, US President Joe Biden highlighted growing “threats” posed by Russia and China to the US’ national security.
Read moreMismatch: Biden bombs Syria while pushing progressive economic bill at home
An old dichotomy that’s haunted many Democratic administrations – pushing ostensibly progressive economic and social policies at home in the US while pursuing imperialist aims abroad – has returned.
Read moreLeft victory in Colombia
The electoral victory of Gustavo Petro in Colombia is, without a doubt, one of the most significant political developments in Latin America in the last...
Read moreFree Meng campaign marks 1000 days of incarceration
Thursday, August 26, 2021, marked the 1000th day of unjust incarceration by the Trudeau government of Meng Wanzhou.
Read moreHands off Africa
Pope Francis’s recent visit to the Democratic Republic of the Congo has focused world attention on a “forgotten genocide” in a region long exploited by...
Read more50th anniversary of the last Australian troops in Vietnam
The 50th anniversary of the withdrawal of the last Australian troops, on 1st July 1973, marks the end of Australia’s involvement in the Vietnam War....
Read more16 million risk starvation in Yemen, says UN as Saudi war rages
More than 16 million people in Yemen will go hungry this year, a United Nations agency warned today ahead of a conference to drum up humanitarian aid.
Read moreWestern propaganda
Dear Editor, Why is it that despite many developed countries, such as the US, UK, and almost all members of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation...
Read moreUsing Taiwan to contain China is doomed to fail
Taiwan has been an integral part of China’s territory since ancient times, there is but one China in the world, and the Government of the...
Read moreAfghanistan: no clean end to a dirty war
The Russian Foreign Ministry was the first to announce [last month] that a suicide attack outside Kabul’s Hamid Karzai International Airport killed at least two people and wounded fifteen more.
Read moreZelensky goes to Washington
In 2020 when Joe Biden decided to run for the presidential election, Donald Trump asked the Ukraine President Zelensky to investigate Joe Biden. In exchange...
Read moreMaduro warns of plot to destroy dialogue from Colombia and US
The President of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, denounced the attempts by Colombia and the United States to boycott the dialogue process between the government and the opposition.
Read moreThe US’ unilateral coercive policies and the truth about Venezuela
Washington’s aggression against Cuba, Venezuela, Iran and other countries is a flagrant violation of human rights.
Read more“We deserve respect and peace”
The Nicaraguan government has expressed concerns over foreign interference in its upcoming 7th November general election to determine the next President ...
Read moreAfghanistan: what’s next?
Little was said about the horrendous consequences of the US-led invasion of Afghanistan and the tens of thousands of Afghan lives that were lost, and the wreckage and chaos that was left behind following the hasty withdrawal by US and allied troops.
Read moreUS seizes Iranian news websites
The United States has committed yet another act of piracy, this time digital.
Read moreLetter
Dear Editor, I was disappointed to read Matthew Hole’s article, “Afghans Reclaim Sovereignty as US-NATO Occupation Comes to an End” (Guardian #1977), ironically with a...
Read moreThe Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic
Misinformation on the Ukraine is everywhere, especially if you happen to be in a Western country like Australia. Where do we find accurate information, especially...
Read moreAfghanistan’s socialist years: the promising future killed off by US imperialism
Since the horrific events of the 11th of September, much has been said about the desperate situation of the Afghani people
Read moreDistractions
Under the cloak of the global pandemic, the US military-industrial complex is gleefully organising another war to rescue capitalism. The propaganda machine has certainly made...
Read moreWASHINGTON BULLETS by Vijay Prashad
The present war between Russia and Ukraine reveals the heavy hand of US imperialist intervention behind the scenes, making this a timely and important book....
Read moreThe wane of the West
How many millions of innocent civilians have died in retaliation for what is usually a considerably lesser number of people attacked and killed by a terrorist action?
Read moreWhole-process people’s democracy is a high quality democracy
While the US is dragging some of its so-called “valued allies” to hold the Summit for Democracy, the world is increasingly troubled by questions such...
Read moreUS and NATO tighten military ring around Russia
What sin earned Kay-Achim Schönbach such a fate as being fired? When asked about the month-long NATO-Washington campaign against Putin and Russia, based only on...
Read moreKorean war armistice: 70 years on
This year marks the 70th anniversary of the end of the Korean War (1951-1953). The war remains a humiliation for the US. On the 27th...
Read moreDjibouti Africa – its international significance
Djibouti is a country of modest size but geopolitically significant, especially when its proximity to Sudan, South Sudan, Kenya and Uganda, is considered.
Read moreNicaragua: the path to independence
The years under neo-liberalism in Nicaragua saw trade union rights stripped away, collective bargaining agreements junked and, as trade union strength waned, living standards plummeted....
Read moreAfghans reclaim sovereignty as US-Nato occupation comes to an end
Celebratory gunfire echoed across Kabul on Tuesday morning, 31st August, as the last US flight took off from Kabul airport, ending twenty years of American occupation in the country.
Read moreThe Washington consensus and growing World poverty
According to the recent World Bank report, From Crisis to Green, Resilient, and Inclusive Recovery (2021), the Third World is facing great hardships with increasing...
Read moreInterview with SKP leader Andreas Sörensen on NATO and Sweden
EDITOR’S NOTE: The following is a reproduction of an interview with Communist Party of Sweden (SKP) General Secretary Andreas Sörensen (AS) which appeared in the...
Read moreAFGHANISTAN: caught between poverty and possibility
The future of Afghanistan will be determined not only in Kabul, where the Taliban is now firmly in power but also in places such as the Wakhan Corridor.
Read moreYemen’s Victory against War
The new Biden administration announced it will end US support for offensive operations in Yemen, following a six-year war which has claimed the lives of over 200,000 innocent Yemenis ...
Read moreIronic for Morrison to draw red line without respecting others’
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison just drew a “red line” for China. Australian media widely reported on Sunday that Morrison claimed China building a military...
Read moreWeaponising culture: the CIA’s use of art, literature and music in the cold war
Today the CIA has illegal operations around the world, from gathering information on Americans to developing new forms of torture. What is little known is...
Read moreSomalia today
In the early 1960s, Somalia – a country of some 10mil people – was one of the first African countries to enjoy a democratic transfer...
Read moreThe ideology of a rogue state: a “rules-based international order”
In the last few years, those of us in Western capitalist countries have heard more and more of a so-called “rules-based international order.” To the...
Read moreSolidarity with the Peruvian people
Communist and workers’ parties around the world have expressed their condemnation at the removal of Peruvian president Pedro Castillo in a right-wing coup d’état last...
Read moreWho will stop NATO?
“NATO is not an organisation, a force, or an alliance system that can be defeated militarily.” We have been stating this since the Russian armies...
Read morePutin’s Presidential address
On April 21, Russian President Vladimir Putin addressed the Federal Assembly, a combined gathering of members of the Federation Council (Senators), the State Duma (Parliamentarians), Cabinet ministers, Regional Governors, representatives of selected State Departments, Agencies and the media.
Read moreWestern narratives attempt to twist Belarus flight story
Ryanair Flight 4978, flying on the 23rd of May from Athens, Greece to Vilnius, Lithuania, was forced to make an unexpected detour to land in Minsk, Belarus.
Read moreNo weapons in space
As the US war preparations escalate, its plans for domination here on earth also extend to the weaponising of space. At the UN Conference on...
Read moreLet’s look at the reasons why Pacific Islanders hate nuclear and AUKUS
Between 1946 and 1958, the United States tested sixty-seven nuclear weapons in the Marshall Islands.
Read moreLet’s rebuild the anti-war movement
There are many Australians currently opposed to the AUKUS pact with all its sinister implications for our country since it was first handed to us...
Read moreAlbanese’s PNG visit falls flat
In the second week of January of this year, Prime Minister Albanese made a delayed visit to Papua New Guinea (PNG). Albanese addressed the PNG...
Read more“Hands off the world”
On 2nd February 2023, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr of the Philippines met with US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin at Malacañang Palace in Manila, where they...
Read moreGLOBAL BRIEFS
CUBA: The deputies of the newly constituted National Assembly of People’s Power (ANPP) re-elected Miguel Diaz Canel as President of the Republic of Cuba with...
Read moreHorn of Africa
It is almost impossible to find out any news of what is happening in Africa.
Read moreWest Papuans escalate their fight for justice
In 1962 the “New York Agreement” signed at the United Nations led to the notorious Act of Free Choice that took place in West Papua...
Read moreDINGO
While the Prime Minister was talking trade deals with the European Commission, who should pop up but Simon Crean, former ACTU President and erstwhile leader...
Read more63 years: A call to end the Cuban blockade
On 10th February 2023, local councillors in Washington DC put up resolution PR25-0113 calling for the Biden administration to remove Cuba from the State Sponsors...
Read moreBeware the “Asian NATO”
From 28-30th June, NATO leaders met in Madrid, producing a new Strategic Concept and declaring that Russia and China are the key threats to western...
Read more20 years of occupation of Afghanistan: crass imperialism and a humanitarian disaster
The withdrawal of foreign forces from Afghanistan has ended with the same Taliban forces taking over even larger parts of the country than they controlled before the occupation.
Read moreUS meddling comes under many disguises
Despite all the catastrophising Western reporting on the passage of the Hong Kong national security law almost a year ago, there has been mostly silence...
Read moreMcCarthyism on the rise in Australian universities
In Australia’s latest self-sabotaging attack on China, the Morrison government has released a proposal that targets students and academics at Australian universities
Read morePEACE NOTES
In the latest escalation in Australia’s increasingly forceful campaign to manufacture consent for war with China, the Murdoch-owned Sky News Australia has aired a jaw-droppingly...
Read moreSaving the Cuban Revolution
DISASTER When the Soviet Union and socialist bloc of Eastern Europe collapsed in 1990-91 the results were catastrophic for Cuba. Overnight GDP fell by 35...
Read moreTaiwan is a tinderbox, and the West is attempting to light the fuse
Taiwan island, internationally recognised as a province of China, has again become a key focal point in Washington’s ongoing hybrid war against Beijing.
Read moreACT Supreme Court ends prosecution of Bernard Collaery
The prosecution of Bernard Collaery has been officially ended after the new federal Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus ordered the charges levelled at Collaery to be dropped....
Read moreDINGO
The NSW Council of Social Service (NCOSS) welcomed the recent announcement by an increasingly desperate NSW Coalition government in election mode, after it committed to...
Read moreAustralian troops to train Ukrainian soldiers
In a decision that will ensure even more death and destruction, the Australian Government has sent 70 Australian Defence Force (ADF) personnel to the UK...
Read morePEACE NOTES
Hannah Middleton Papua New Guinea is being pressurised by the US and Australia to join their plans for war on China. PNG’s location north of...
Read moreRules-based international order: Whose rules?
Having rules and keeping them sounds like a good thing. Rules keep our roads safe. All our sports have rules. Rules mean other people don’t...
Read moreStatement in solidarity with the Communist Party of Venezuela, PCV
The Communist Party of Australia has growing concerns at the increasing actions against the Communist Party of Venezuela (PCV) by the use of the judiciary...
Read moreSelling out Australia
In recent years, former US Navy officials have played critical but secretive roles as paid advisers to Australian governments. Since 2015, six retired US admirals...
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