Video: Anti-government protesters in Venezuela attack black man
Young student attacked by anti government and American backed protesters and then set on fire, because he is black. Vedeo from Telesur Warning graphic…
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The untold story of Sweden’s case against Assange
This article by John Pilger was first published in Counterpunch (2 May 2017). It deals with nature of the case prosecuted by Sweden against Julian…
Sweden Withdraws Arrest Warrant for Julian Assange
This article by Glenn Greenwald (The Intercept 19 May 2017) brings the good news that Sweden has dropped its questionable investigation of Julian Assange, over…
Together we can change the world
Contributed by Adam Carlton As the world moves well into the twenty first century, the level of extreme poverty and incidence of conflict and war…
George Pell must be made to answer allegations over paedophile scandal
Contributed by Ugly The head of the Catholic Church in Australia, Cardinal George Pell, is in deep trouble over alleged conspiracies, cover-ups and broken lives,…
Chelsea Manning to be released from prison this week
Contributed from Victoria Chelsea Manning, the longest-serving whistleblower in US history, is set to be released from prison this week. The news has been…
Strengthen union and community alliance
Contributed by members of the Media Entertainment and Arts Alliance (MEAA) In some ways, we are living in a frightening time. Partly, because we are…
Media continues to ignore historic hunger strike underway in Israeli prisons
Vijay Prashad (AlterNet April 25, 2017) writes about the plight of political prisoners in Israeli prisons who are denied basic human rights, many of…
The attack on Yassmin Abdel-Magied is unprincipled and wrong
Contributed by Jim Hayes The furor around Yassmin Abdel-Magied’s “lest we forget (Manus, Nauru, Syria and Palestine) ANZAC Day Facebook post,
Government backs down on community legal centre funding cuts
Contributed by Jim Hayes In the face of mounting pressure, the plan to curt tens of millions of dollars from community legal services funding has…
