The Guardian • military attack
Issue #2184
Iran: collateral cultural damage
Following joint attacks by the United States and Israel on Iran on 28 February, the country has come under repeated strikes. These attacks, which were...
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Issue #2096
New US anti-Iran sanctions ‘Will Do Nothing’
Additional restrictive measures against Iran will hardly change anything in Tehran’s relations with Western countries because the gap between Iran and the West “cannot grow...
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Issue #2095
Iran, Israel, and the threat of war
Iran’s drone and missile attack against Israel on 14 April was immediately condemned by the USA and its allies. Israel has vowed to “retaliate.” There...
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Issue #2182
Iran and Trump’s ‘terrible mistake’
On 28 February, a few hours after negotiators said that Iran had accepted many of the demands regarding its nuclear program, the United States and...
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Issue #2175
Chavismo survives US attacks on Venezuela
On 3 January the US military attacked Caracas, the capital of Venezuela, kidnapping President Nicolás Maduro, and his wife Cilia Flores. More than 100 Venezuelans...
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Issue #2191
Lebanon: Hezbollah fights back
Since 2 March, Israeli attacks in Lebanon have killed at least 2,896 people, injured over 8,824, and displaced more than 1.6 million, about one-fifth of...
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Issue #2176
US attacks on Venezuela, the neighbours respond
The islands of Trinidad and Tobago (T&T) are only 11 km from Venezuela. In 2025 the T&T government allowed the US military access to its...
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Issue #2199
Protection racket: Trump bombs Iran again
The United States carried out its third consecutive night of airstrikes against Iran, as President Donald Trump moved to reimpose a naval blockade on Iranian...
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Issue #2192
GLOBAL BRIEFS
LEBANON: Israeli military forces escalated their direct attacks against health facilities and emergency vehicles in multiple locations across southern Lebanon. The Lebanese Ministry of Health...
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Issue #2200
GLOBAL BRIEFS
BULGARIA: The Bulgarian parliament has backed a proposal to allow the United States military to use an air base in Bulgaria to support its operations...
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Issue #2176
GLOBAL BRIEFS
NIGERIA: Nigeria has contracted an American PR firm for US$9 million to counter disinformation about Christian persecution and manage the relationship with the Trump administration....
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Issue #2195
GLOBAL BRIEFS
JAPAN: The Japanese government will send specialists to Greenland to study the possibility of mining rare earth metals and other critical minerals. Japan is seeking...
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Issue #2184
GLOBAL BRIEFS
INDIA: India’s anti-terror agency has arrested seven people for allegedly training and supplying weapons to insurgents in Myanmar. Six Ukrainians and a US citizen were...
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Issue #2199
GLOBAL BRIEFS
CHINA: Twenty-nine countries have signed an agreement in Shanghai on establishing the World Artificial Intelligence Cooperation Organisation (WAICO). The organisation will be an independent international...
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Issue #2193
Lebanon: Israel attacks
“Every day is bringing a new expansion in Israel’s war against Hezbollah.” The BBC’s bland phrase conceals a brutal land grab that is killing Lebanese...
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Issue #2175
PEACE NOTES
The recent attack on Venezuela was obviously done with overwhelming force and superior technology. Many of the Chavista were expecting a conventional war which would...
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Issue #2175
NO blood for oil
On Monday 5 January, people in Boorloo/Perth took to the streets as part of the national emergency rallies called by the Hands-off Venezuela Coalition. The...
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Issue #2183
PEACE NOTES
Some reports on this war from mainstream sources indicate a massive victory is heading the US/Israel’s way. However the level of censorship and plain propaganda...
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Issue #2165
Trump ‘peace plan’ presented as Israel kills 45
As this edition goes to press, the world is learning about US President Trump’s 20-point ‘peace plan.’ Qatar’s Foreign Ministry spokesman has confirmed that Hamas’...
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Issue #2176
Queensland says Hands Off Venezuela
The Sunshine Coast and Brisbane branches attended a snap rally for the Hands Off Venezuela! Trump out of Latin America! event in Brisbane’s King George...
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Issue #2176
Venezuela: Adelaide rally report
Following the brazen illegal invasion of Venezuela and the kidnapping of President Nicolás Maduro & his wife, Cilia Flores, a coalition led by the CPA...
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Issue #2175
Hands off Venezuela!
The Communist Party of Australia unequivocally condemns the Trump administration’s illegal military attack against Venezuela, including the forcible kidnapping of President Nicolás Maduro and his...
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Issue #2139
PEACE NOTES
By the time this paper comes out, everyone will have heard about US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth’s mistake. Hegseth organised a group on secure messaging...
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Issue #2175
EDITORIAL
The United States’ illegal attack on Venezuela and abduction of Venezuelan president Maduro (see Chavismo survives US attacks on Venezuela) came as a shock to...
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Issue #2151
DINGO
Protests rocked the host city, The Hague in the Netherlands at the recent NATO summit, as peace campaigners protested at the militarisation of Europe. “Let’s...
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Issue #2176
EDITORIAL
When is a kidnapping not a kidnapping? It’s not a riddle. The answer is “when the famously impartial British Broadcasting Corporation is reporting it and...
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Issue #2195
RESISTING THE GLOBAL BULLY
In its attack on Iran, the US global bully has hit a wall of resistance. Framed as a state that could be isolated, sanctioned, and...
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Issue #2183
Trump’s war on Iran: Ecocide
On 28 February the United States and Israel carried out coordinated airstrikes on Iran during peace talks. Ayatollah Ali Khamanei, the Supreme Leader of the...
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Issue #2151
Tudeh Party of Iran and CP of Israel
The Tudeh Party of Iran and the Communist Party of Israel strongly condemn the continuous Israeli aggression in the region, and its latest attack on...
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Issue #2151
Joint Statement of Communist and Workers’ Parties
The Communist and Workers’ Parties signing this Joint Statement strongly condemn the US attack on Iran, which escalates the military offensive already launched by Israel....
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Issue #2151
Iran Resists
(editor’s note: this piece was written just before the US bombing of Iran) 19 June marked the seventh day of Israeli strikes against Iran, with...
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Issue #2151
Stop the war on Iran
No to the law of the jungle Respect for International Law The Communist Party of Australia condemns the unprovoked US unlawful bombing of nuclear facilities...
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