Stop the talking. Start the action.
“The US is very happy putting other people’s children in the firing line to defend its empire.
AUKUS is not about an independent defence policy for the Australian people, it is about locking Australia into US war plans with China.”
There is widespread criticism of government short-termism, largely because the two major parties only ever fix their eyes on winning the next election. But criticism is all it is. When is wailing going to turn into action? This is particularly necessary re AUKUS and all it entails because “long term” could well be only a small number of electoral cycles away. Some of us might actually have to live with the consequences of being the primary military target sacrificed for US ambitions.
To learn about long term thinking “and action”, look at the Free Palestine movement. “Every week” for nearly 18 months people have marched. There’s been no quick fix but slowly people at large are waking up to government and MSM spin. Change is happening. Votes are changing. If we want change re AUKUS, we have to be prepared to put in a similarly long, slow, hard slog. We need to stop talking and “act” – now.
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