The Australian of the year and veterans
David Morrison, the former head of the Australian Army, is this year’s Australian of the year. He came to our attention in 2013 for his campaign against the abuse of women in the Army. Monica Attard...
View ArticleTo arms!
Tom Barker from the Industrial Workers of the World was jailed for hindering recruitment for this poster. On appeal he argued (with a straight face evidently) he was actually encouraging...
View Article$50 billion for submarines; nothing for vets and $57 billion in cuts for health
It is all about priorities. The government will spend $50 billion on submarines at the same time it is cutting $57 billion from future health spending. There is right now a mental health crisis among...
View ArticleChilcot destroys Blair’s case for war
Terina: ‘I hope that Tony Blair is held accountable for the lies he told and the deaths he caused’ (Pic: Socialist Worker) Socialist Worker UK has ongoing coverage of the Chilcot Report. It is time to...
View ArticleJohn Howard is a war criminal
Socialist Alternative poster After the Chilcot Report was handed down, the lying rodent, former Australian Prime Minister John Howard, crawled out from under his taxpayer funded dung heap today to...
View ArticleFeminists for the warmongering Wall Street candidate Hillary Clinton
Jenna Price has a piece in today’s Canberra Times (and I assume other Fairfax papers) absolutely gushing about Hillary Clinton. I sent this to the Canberra Times letters editor in response. I don’t...
View ArticleDead celebrities do not a bad year make
It has been a bad year hasn’it? What with Carrie Fisher and Richard Adams joining a long list of other celebrities like Bowie, Prince and Cohen, to many 2016 seems like a bad year indeed. And...
View ArticleWar, love and marriage equality
(Image via facebook.com/amequality) The Turnbull Government’s requirement for a postal plebiscite on marriage equality but not for sending troops to North Korea only reinforces the importance of...
View ArticleThe Coalition ignores workers, veterans and refugees – but not war memorials
Image via Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand / natlib.govt.nz Today, the potential for economic, environmental and humanitarian change lies with workers just as it did after World War...
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