Australian sports diplomacy: secret plays, tactics, and aiming for winning results
As part of a foreign policy initiative begun in 2019, the Albanese government is continuing to weaponise sport as part of its anti-China manoeuvrings in the Indo-Pacific.... Read more.
Nye, a life-long servant of the working class
Aneurin “Nye” Bevan is largely unknown in Australia, but in Britain his is a name to conjure with. He will be forever connected to the epic, 1948 struggle to... Read more.
The diverse and vibrant legacy of Jewish radicalism
The Radical Jewish Tradition: Revolutionaries, resistance fighters, & firebrands by Donny Gluckstein and Janey Stone has come at what could be a turning point in... Read more.
Goodbye Julia: A personal lens on Sudan’s disaster
The nation of Sudan has had a long and tortuous history, including 56 years of British colonialism. In Goodbye Julia that history comes to life with themes of culpability,... Read more.
Origin: oppression, a failed thesis and opportunism
Viewing Origin, it could be said that Wilkerson has successfully argued for replacing the vocabulary of race and racism, especially in the USA with the terminology... Read more.
A Marxist appraisal of anti-Semitism
Text of the presentation given by Barry Healy at Red Ant's 'Is Anti-Zionism Anti-Semitic?' forum, March 9 2024... Read more.
Australia, refugees and the damage done
Damage is very much an Australian story the synopsis of which is deceptively simple: on a bleak night, a taxi driven by Ali, a refugee whose visa forbids him to... Read more.
The ABC frames Middle East reporting to suit United States war drive
The manner in which the ABC reporting is framed obscures a great deal about the US military presence in the Middle East and presents a picture that dangerously reverses... Read more.
Cuban doctors ‘giving oxygen’ to decaying medical systems in Italy, Portugal and Mexico
Since the triumph of the Cuban Revolution in 1959, nearly 600,000 doctors have served in 166 countries, according to TeleSur. Currently, about 23,792 Cuban health... Read more.
Israel deflects genocide ruling by attacking UNRWA and Australia assists
On January 19 the International Court of Justice (ICJ) issued an interim ruling in the case brought against Israel by South Africa for the crime of genocide committed... Read more.