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Ivan Katchanovski.The hidden origin of the escalating Ukraine-Russian conflict-The Maidan massacre
The Ukraine-Russia conflict is now in its most dangerous phase since it began in 2014 after the Western-backed overthrow of the Ukrainian government. Continue reading »
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Jeff Cohen So this is what it looks like when the Corporate Media opposes a war
Major American media outlets oppose military aggression… unless the United States is doing it. Continue reading »
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Robert Reich: Only the right has become more extreme over the last 50 years.
Like in the early 1970s, the left is still against the war machine, still pushing for civil and voting rights, and still fighting the power of big corporations. But the right has moved far, far rightward. Continue reading »
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Raymond Tint Way and Paul A. Komesaroff. Australia and the international community must respond to the brutality of Myanmar’s Junta
Over the last year the world has watched in horror as the Myanmar army, after its attempted coup on February 1st 2021, has carried out brutal massacres, torture, rape and arbitrary arrest of the democratically elected government and civilian population Continue reading »
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Richard Bardon: ‘Red scare’ red herring torches Aus-China university collaboration
Australian universities are curtailing collaboration with scientists from or “linked to” China, on pain of having their grant funding rescinded under the Morrison government’s Australia’s Foreign Relations (State and Territory Arrangements) Act 2020. Continue reading »
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Julie Hollar.This is US economic coercion with hunger and death everywhere in Afghanistan
US media ignores Biden stealing billions from the Afghan people. Our White Man’s Media only tells about Chinese coercion. Continue reading »
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Eve Ottenberg. Bigotry Unbound: the US media’s anti-China propaganda blitz
Hate crimes against Asian Americans mushroomed over the past two years. According to the Guardian, they jumped 567 percent in San Francisco since 2021, and you don’t have to look far to find out why. The main reason is, quite simply, incessant China-bashing in the mainstream media. The anti-China hysteria has spread like measles. Continue reading »
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RICHARD MOORE AND MELISSA CONLEY TYLER. How do we get Australia to be a strategically coherent actor?
The prize of strategic coherence is to have Australia’s overarching policies, programs and key agencies pulling broadly in the same direction in pursuing its international policy. Continue reading »
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DAVID CLUNE. Rookie leaders take comfort from NSW byelections
The Coalition must be relieved that the swings were not as high as some of the recent punishing rebukes administered to long-term governments. Continue reading »
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Why doesn’t the West care? World remains silent over crisis in Ethiopia
As thousands die and millions suffer, an Australian nurse is desperate to shine a light on a humanitarian crisis in Africa. Continue reading »
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Dave Lindorff. How can Blinken and the US accuse any nation of violating the ‘Rules Based International Order’?
Rules-based order? What the F**k is Blinken talking about? The US makes its own rules. Continue reading »
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XI JINPING: Path for humanity is peaceful development and co-operation
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday delivered a special address to the 2022 World Economic Forum virtual session. Following is the full text of the address. Continue reading »
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CLUB OF ROME: Rigor and care with language matters in examining separatist movements in Xinjiang.
Much of the debate concerning Xinjiang is packed to the brim with information that lacks institutional verification and credibility. Indeed, the Islamic world itself has largely not supported these charges. Continue reading »
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The new magazine publishing the best podcast interviews in print
Introducing The Podcast Reader, a new magazine for the intellectually curious that features select transcripts from the world’s best long-form podcasts. Continue reading »
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The gold medal for anti-Beijing hysteria goes to the NYT for its unhinged attack on China’s Olympic success
Not even China’s sporting excellence can pass without comment in the United States, as a highly critical article in the New York Times on Thursday demonstrated. It’s typical of the hysteria culture that’s now rife in America. Continue reading »
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Biden promised diplomacy, but he’s overseeing military buildup against China
Shortly after Joe Biden took office, the president delivered a speech at the U.S. Department of State, declaring, “I want the world to hear today: America is back…. Diplomacy is back at the center of our foreign policy…. By leading with diplomacy, we must also mean engaging our adversaries and our competitors diplomatically, where it’s Continue reading »
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Pegasus-India’s Watergate moment
A journalist hacked by Pegasus says he will survive, but Indian democracy may not. Continue reading »
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The CCP’s greatest strength is “Self-Reinvention”
An advocate for China argues the party’s capacity for renewal has kept it at the vanguard of the nation’s youth. Continue reading »
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Russia’s vaccine curse
The Sputnik V vaccine was an incredible achievement for Russian science. The measure of success, however, will depend on the ability to vaccinate a majority of the Russian population in order to reach herd immunity. Continue reading »
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William H. Overholt- Biden cannot counter China with a team that lacks expertise
President Biden’s foreign policy team says China is the priority, but the team lacks China expertise. Other than trade experience at the Office of the United States Trade Representative, Biden’s Cabinet has no China expertise. Continue reading »
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Australia is suffering from a defense information dearth
Australia’s defence reporters are being denied access to senior Department of Defence officials under a clampdown imposed by new Defence Minister Peter Dutton. Continue reading »
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Being open, despite the past: article by Russian President Vladimir Putin
An article by the President of Russia has been published in the German weekly newspaper Die Zeit and is timed to coincide with the 80th anniversary of the beginning of the Great Patriotic war. Continue reading »
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Can the success of the NHS vaccination rollout in the UK be applied in other areas of healthcare?
The success of the NHS covid-19 vaccination programme shows the benefits of national leadership and local delivery in healthcare. Working at speed and scale, the programme put in place a service delivery model that delivered a standard offer to the public with the aim of achieving equity in vaccine delivery and zero waste. The question Continue reading »
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Julian Assange and the collapse of the rule of law
Chris Hedges gave this talk at a rally Thursday night in New York City in support of Julian Assange. John and Gabriel Shipton, Julian’s father and brother, also spoke at the event, which was held at The People’s Forum. Continue reading »
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Deepfake maps could really mess with your sense of the world
Satellite images showing the expansion of large detention camps in Xinjiang, China, between 2016 and 2018 provided some of the strongest evidence of a government crackdown on more than a million Muslims, triggering international condemnation and sanctions. Continue reading »
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The use of US armed forces abroad, 1798-2020, by US Congressional Research Service: 20 July, 2020
This report lists hundreds of instances in which the United States has used its Armed Forces abroad in situations of military conflict or potential conflict or for other than normal peacetime purposes.(Covert activities are not included) Continue reading »
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Letter regarding Afghan staff who have worked for the Australian Government in Afghanistan
Dear Prime Minister and Minister for Immigration, The undersigned are a group of Australians who have worked in the Indo Pacific in government, business and the media from the sixties until the present day. Continue reading »
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Understanding Beijing’s motives regarding Taiwan, and America’s role
John Culver retired in 2020 after a distinguished 35-year career at the Central Intelligence Agency. During that time, he analyzed East Asian affairs, including security, economic, and foreign policy dimensions. As national intelligence officer for East Asia from 2015 to 2018, he drove the intelligence community’s support to top policymakers on East Asian issues. He Continue reading »
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Be not afraid: Daniel Berrigan and his fearless nonviolence, at 100
Five years since his death and 100 since his birth, legendary priest, author, poet and activist Daniel Berrigan continues to offer wisdom and insight on living a life of creative nonviolence. Continue reading »
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Statement in support of LGBTIQA+ Catholics
The Australasian Catholic Coalition for Church Reform (ACCCR) issues this statement in support of LGBTIQA+ Catholics, their families and friends following the ill-informed statement from the Vatican Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith in which it bans “the blessing of unions of persons of the same sex.” Continue reading »
