In October 2009, the Australian Customs ship, Oceanic Viking, rescued 78 people from their sinking boat in Indonesia’s Sunda Strait. Sixty-eight men, five women and five children, fleeing Sri Lanka’s… Read more »
Editorial
Say No to Deadly Tasers
In December 2008, the Victoria Police shot 15-year-old Tyler Cassidy dead in a Northcote skate park. The agitated teenager, distressed by the anniversary of his father’s death, was the youngest… Read more »
Unfinished revolution: Post-Apartheid South Africa shows the need to take on capitalism at its roots
It was broadcast live around the world. Hundreds of millions watched as, walking slowly along a tree-lined road, wearing a grey suit and with his fist in the air, Nelson… Read more »
ALP resorts to genocide
If Indigenous Australians hoped to see a significant change with the election of the Rudd Labor government at the end of 2007, they’ll surely be as disappointed with the new… Read more »
Barack Obama: The new face of U.S. imperialism
In the United States, it is customary to assess a president’s first 100 days in office, a tradition that goes back to the Great Depression. Fearing that the collapse of… Read more »
Editorials
Rudd’s ETS: A lot of hot air! Climate emergency. Here’s a tip. You can safely ignore anybody who claims that the warming of the planet’s oceans and atmosphere is a… Read more »
The death of Mr Ward: A case study in racist neglect
On 12 June 2009 the West Australian State Coroner found that Warburton Elder, Mr Ward — a 46-year-old father of five and one of the last nomads born in the… Read more »
Workers and young people paying for Australia’s economic slump
Now into its third year, the Global Financial Crisis (GFC) shows no sign of abating. In fact the World Bank recently revised an already gloomy forecast downwards. It now predicts… Read more »
Will Obama change U.S. foreign policy?
Hope soared worldwide at the election of Barack Obama as the first Black president of the United States. Emerging now is the sobering reality of his political direction. Yes, the… Read more »
Lex Wotton jailing is an outrage!
The 24th of October 2008 goes down as a shameful day in Australian history. On this day, an all-white jury found Lex Wotton guilty of riot with destruction. When Lex… Read more »
