Letters to the Editor

  • Dien Bien Phu and Vietnam war protests

    The excellent article re the Viet Minh victory at Dien Bien Phu, is illuminative. Those who would seek more information are recommended to read Lucien Bodard's 'The Quicksand War'

  • Finally, facts against the almighty Hasbara b.s.

    It was very heartening to read Evan Jones' brave article, pushing back against the overwhelming media deluge by the pro-Israel community.

  • It’s just the budget to win the next election

    I believe after Labor are re-elected in 2025 they will make some of the changes we need as a nation.

  • The US has lost key states

    The Saudis have signed up with the BRICS.

  • Peacekeeping force for Gaza

  • Gaza genocide

    Thank you for telling the true, whole (for this period of our lives) story.

  • We must break the power of lobbying and donations

    The fossil fuel industry will never cooperate to bring about their own demise.

  • Pushers of war for corporate gain

    Why not expose the real pushers of war for corporate gain…..the weapons industries.

  • The US hegemon

    It is sad that most think we need someone to 'have our back' when there has been no guarantees of that - ever.

  • Betrayal X 2

    As climate catastrophe races towards us and we prepare for war as a puppet of the US, we are doomed without immediate action.

  • We should all support an Earth Systems Treaty

    "The Australian government should place an Earth System Treaty on the UN agenda."

  • Yes, Minister. Listen to the kids

    It's all sounding gaza-ish, isn't it?

  • “Future Made in Australia”

    Why are Australian governments so secondhand and second-rate?

  • A valuable contribution

    Four words.

  • Cognitive dissonance over climate catastrophe

    Will the dissenting Labor MP voices give pause to the decision-makers who now appear to spurn those who voted for them in the climate election of 2022?

  • Ceasefire guarantee or red line of blood?

    The Biden red line, which is not a red line according to Blinken, is nothing but a trail of blood running across the sea from Gaza to Washington.

  • Hope now rests on very thin ice

    77% of IPCC climate lead scientists, as reported by the Guardian this week, see that we will, almost inevitably, be facing catastrophic global temperature rise within the foreseeable future.

  • EEZ rules

    I was enlightened by this article as to the rules for entering an EEZ.

  • Blinken and the mote and beam

    As the Chinese saying goes; for every finger the US points outward, three fingers point inward.

  • The US empires’ Days are numbered

    The US Government now spends more on interests payments to service it debt than on defence, which is the tipping point when an empire is finished.

  • Australia’s American lenses

    A nest of Indian spies

  • Avani Dias and The Australian

    am Varghese makes a cogent argument for exposing News Corps' white blindfold approach to journalism.

  • Lest we forget — Who should we commemorate?

    Lest we forget that our society is made up of a multitude of faces, opinions, histories, beliefs, not all fought for by our soldiers.

  • Lest we forget — beyond ANZAC

    If we say lest we forget, lest we forget its whole, not just the parts we seek to make hallowed.

  • Terrorism: let’s call it out

    Enculturated from birth into a patriarchal system, most see gender politics as simply ‘how it is’ or may not perceive it at all.

  • Every morning I wake early, Gaza is my first thought

    Thank you for publishing this piece-it’s perfect and I am weeping.

  • Future Made In Australia (Michael Keating article)

    Like so many democracies, Australia is struggling with the “Guns, Butter, Future Growth” dilemma

  • In a parallel universe

    According to some physicists there exists a multitude of parallel universes. In one of these: Palestine is recognised, but Israel is not.

  • US Demands China stop Supplying Russia in Ukraine

    I wonder how it would be reported If the Chinese Secretary of state went to the USA and demanded that the US stop supply Israel weapons for use in the Palestine genocide?

  • An eminence grise in his own lunchtime

    Jack Waterford treated Pezullo more kindly than he deserves

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