• Afghanistan: What is truly deplorable Afghanistan: What is truly deplorable0 19 January, 2012

    The video footage of US Marines in Helmand province urinating on the corpses of unknown Afghans is illustrative of a system of US imperial militarism that is rotten to its very core. For as despicable as the acts in the video most certainly are, they are by no means aberrations.

  • Defending Australian Citizen Assange Defending Australian Citizen Assange0 9 December, 2011

    Dear Prime Minister, I am writing now to ask you to make an unambiguous statement of support for Australian citizen Julian Assange, who is appealing an extradition order that, if successful, could jeopardise his liberty, and to place at his disposal the full legal support of the Commonwealth to ensure that his rights are protected

  • Urgent circular: Defend Wikileaks & Julian Assange Urgent circular: Defend Wikileaks & Julian Assange1 8 December, 2011

    You all know how important the work of Julian Assange and WikiLeaks is in promoting honesty and accountability in our governments. Every concerned person should now act to pressure the Prime Minister to assist Assange

  • Open letter to the PM highlights strong opposition to troops staying in Afghanistan Open letter to the PM highlights strong opposition to troops staying in Afghanistan0 1 December, 2011

    A day before the ALP national conference an open letter to the Prime Minister calling on the ALP to withdraw its support for the US-NATO

  • Sign on letter to PM Julia Gillard: troops out of Afghanistan Sign on letter to PM Julia Gillard: troops out of Afghanistan 29 November, 2011

    Sign on to an open letter to Prime Minister Julia Gillard calling on her to rethink the failed war strategy in Afghanistan. The letter will was distributed at the ALP national conference & will be tabled in parliament soon

  • A letter to the people of Australia from the USA A letter to the people of Australia from the USA2 24 November, 2011

    My condolences to the People of Australia. My warnings to the women of Australia, especially northern Australia.

  • Solidarity needed with the Egyptian uprising Solidarity needed with the Egyptian uprising0 23 November, 2011

    The Egyptian people are showing the world that the struggle for real democracy is a long and difficult one – and that they are in it for the long haul

  • US to stockpile cluster bombs in Australia? US to stockpile cluster bombs in Australia?0 21 November, 2011

    Despite Australia having signed the convention against cluster munition, a US base may transport and stockpile munition. By NAJ Taylor, November 19 Brisbane, Australia: A

  • Occupy Wall Street not Palestine!  We are part of the world’s 99% yearning for freedom, justice and equal rights! Occupy Wall Street not Palestine! We are part of the world’s 99% yearning for freedom, justice and equal rights!0 19 November, 2011

    The Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions National Committee is proud to stand in solidarity with the movements struggling for a new world based on democracy, human rights and economic justice. From New York to Athens, from Madrid to Santiago, from Bahrain to Rome, these huge mobilisations provide a much needed reminder of something that Palestinians have always known – that another world, a dignifying one, is possible and ordinary people can create it

  • Barack Obama & Julia Gillard: We accuse you of complicity in war crimes Barack Obama & Julia Gillard: We accuse you of complicity in war crimes0 16 November, 2011

    An open letter to the President of the United States Barack Obama & Prime Minister Julia Gillard on the occasion of Barack Obama’s address to the Australian Parliament on November 17,

  • Israel gaols another Australian – take action today Israel gaols another Australian – take action today0 9 November, 2011

    Michael Coleman from Sydney is amongst the 27 human rights defenders captured on Friday, 4 November, during Israel’s illegal takeover of the Irish and Canadian boats which sailed together as Freedom Waves to Gaza

  • Campaign for an Australian Arms Embargo on Israel Campaign for an Australian Arms Embargo on Israel0 22 September, 2011

    The Coalition for Justice and Peace in Palestine (CJPP) endorses the July 2011 call from the Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC) for “international action towards

  • Cable Details Israeli Army’s Planned Abuse of Civilian Protesters Cable Details Israeli Army’s Planned Abuse of Civilian Protesters0 6 September, 2011

    Whenever Israeli troops rough up civilian protesters, it is shrugged off as an isolated incident. One of the WikiLeaks cables, however, shows that it was explicit military policy to abuse civilians engaged in non-violent protests

  • Support the Melbourne Boycott-Israel 19 Defence Campaign! Support the Melbourne Boycott-Israel 19 Defence Campaign!0 28 July, 2011

    On 1 July 2011, the Victorian police viciously attacked a peaceful pro-Palestine demonstration in Melbourne’s CBD. 19 protesters were arrested during a Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) action against Israeli-owned Max Brenner store. Video taken of the demonstrations shows that the pro-Palestinian activists were completely peaceful and they were attacked in a violent and unprovoked manner by the Victorian police.

  • Welcome to the Violent World of Mr. Hopey Changey, by John Pilger Welcome to the Violent World of Mr. Hopey Changey, by John Pilger0 28 May, 2011

    When Britain lost control of Egypt in 1956, Prime Minister Anthony Eden said he wanted the nationalist president Gamal Abdel Nasser "destroyed … murdered … I don’t give a damn if there’s anarchy and chaos in Egypt." Those insolent Arabs, Winston Churchill had urged in 1951, should be driven "into the gutter from which they should never have emerged." The language of colonialism may have been modified; the spirit and the hypocrisy are unchanged

  • The Arab Spring comes to Israel by Juan Cole The Arab Spring comes to Israel by Juan Cole0 17 May, 2011

    The current Israeli government continues to steal land from the Palestinians and to attempt to blockade those in Gaza. It continues to deny responsibility for the millions in exile. As long as Israeli policy looks like this, Israel will remain an insecure bunker on the fringes of the Middle East, a Middle East that has itself become fluid and subject to popular tsunamis

  • Libya: It’s a TOTAL war, monsieur Libya: It’s a TOTAL war, monsieur0 8 September, 2011

    Call it the Friends of Libya war; the R2P war (as in "responsibility to protect" Western plunder); the Air France war; the Total war; anyway, the "friends" had a blast spinning their win in Libya, which magically is not in Africa anymore. It has been relocated (upgraded?) to Arabia

  • Welcome to the Violent World of Mr. Hopey Changey, by John Pilger Welcome to the Violent World of Mr. Hopey Changey, by John Pilger0 28 May, 2011

    When Britain lost control of Egypt in 1956, Prime Minister Anthony Eden said he wanted the nationalist president Gamal Abdel Nasser "destroyed … murdered … I don’t give a damn if there’s anarchy and chaos in Egypt." Those insolent Arabs, Winston Churchill had urged in 1951, should be driven "into the gutter from which they should never have emerged." The language of colonialism may have been modified; the spirit and the hypocrisy are unchanged

  • Who will reshape the Arab world: its people, or the US?0 5 May, 2011

    The mass movement remains alert in both Tunisia and Egypt but is short of political instruments that reflect the general will. The first phase is over. The second, that of rolling back the movements, has begun

  • Libyan oil for foreigners and a Central Bank from thin air Libyan oil for foreigners and a Central Bank from thin air1 23 April, 2011

    By Ellen Brown I have never before heard of a central bank being created in just a matter of weeks out of a popular uprising. This suggests we have a bit more than a rag tag bunch of rebels running around and that there are some pretty sophisticated influences. Libya not only has oil. According to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), its central bank has nearly 144 tonnes of gold in its vaults. With that sort of asset base, who needs the BIS, the IMF and their rules? As the United Nations works feverishly to condemn Libyan leader Muammar al-Qaddafi for cracking down on protesters, the body’s Human Rights Council is poised to adopt a report chock-full of praise for Libya’s human rights record

  • Libya after the NATO invasion Libya after the NATO invasion0 17 April, 2011

    Given the haste with which the no-fly resolution was passed at the UN Security Council, one may ask: How much evidence, aside from Gaddafi's blood-curdling hyper-rhetoric, was there of an unfolding genocide or a 'crime against humanity' in Libya

  • There is no business like war business: The US-Saudi Libya deal There is no business like war business: The US-Saudi Libya deal0 5 April, 2011

    By Pepe Escobar You invade Bahrain. We take out Muammar Gaddafi in Libya (http://atimes NULL.com/atimes/Middle_East/MD02Ak01 NULL.html#). This, in short, is the essence of a deal struck

  • West should get out of Libya, says John Pilger West should get out of Libya, says John Pilger0 4 April, 2011

    WESTERN forces should get out of Libya, Australian journalist and documentary-maker John Pilger says. "What the West should do is absolutely nothing," Pilger told a small group of protesters in Sydney today. "Stay away from other countries of the world, stay away from their resources, stay away from their people, let countries develop in their own way, let the Libyan people deal with (Libyan leader Muammar) Gaddafi." The US and its allies are not involved to free Libya from dictatorship but to secure their strategic interests in the area, Pilger said. "This isn't really about Libya ... it's about the US," he said

  • America’s First Black President Invades Africa0 24 March, 2011

    Ignoring the call of the African Union - the regional organization having jurisdiction which counts every African nation save Morocco among its members - and channeling the political ghost of George W. Bush on the eighth anniversary of the "Shock and Awe" attack on Iraq, "America's First Black President" ordered the launch of some 110 Tomahawk missiles on Libya Saturday, killing an unknown number of Africans for oil

  • America’s Secret Empire of Drone Bases America’s Secret Empire of Drone Bases1 27 October, 2011

    Whether desolate airstrips or sophisticated command and control centers, American drone bases are the backbone of a new robotic way of war and the latest remote-controlled arm of the United States' power projection. Most of the 60 or so facilities that increasingly dot the planet according to "evolving mission needs" have remained uncounted and remarkably anonymous - until now

  • MI5 told Tony Blair Iraq was no threat MI5 told Tony Blair Iraq was no threat0 30 August, 2011

    Tony B.liar was warned by the UK's spy chief that Iraq posed no threat and would make the UK less safe

  • 10 questions British MPs will not ask Murdoch 10 questions British MPs will not ask Murdoch1 20 July, 2011

    What was it about the relationship with Murdoch that made Tony Blair feel it was appropriate to take a phone call from a newspaper proprietor just hours prior to the most momentous decision a prime minister can make: ordering the country's armed forces to war

  • Bradley Manning: American hero Bradley Manning: American hero0 11 July, 2011

    Here are four compelling reasons why, if he did what the government accuses him of doing, he deserves the Presidential Medal of Freedom, not jail time

  • Million Iraqi marchers tell US get out of our country by end of 2011 or else Million Iraqi marchers tell US get out of our country by end of 2011 or else0 18 April, 2011

    If the US does not leave Iraq by the end of 2011, resistance leaders say they will escalate the military and peaceful opposition and turn Baghdad into a giant Tahrir Square

  • Iraq: 8 years of war -113 Antiwar Protesters Arrested at White House Fence Iraq: 8 years of war -113 Antiwar Protesters Arrested at White House Fence0 24 March, 2011

    Some 1500 activists rallied in Lafayette Park and marched to the White House fence today, where 113 were arrested. Chanting “Stop the wars, expose the lies, free Bradley Manning!” the protesters marked the eighth anniversary of the U.S. invasion and occupation of Iraq.

  • Sheehan rallies Redlands anti-war group Sheehan rallies Redlands anti-war group0 15 March, 2011

    Cindy Sheehan, the anti-war activist who gained national recognition in 2005 by camping outside of then-President George W. Bush's ranch in Crawford, Texas, spoke in Redlands Sunday, encouraging local activists to stand against - among other things - the Obama administration's foreign policy

  • Washington Eco Chamber: All-American Decline in a New World…0 3 March, 2011

    History is now being reshaped in such a way that the previously major events of the latter years of the foreshortened American century -- the Vietnam War, the end of the Cold War, even 9/11 -- may all be dwarfed by this new moment. And yet, inside the Washington echo chamber, new thoughts about such developments dawn slowly.

  • Afghanistan: What is truly deplorable Afghanistan: What is truly deplorable0 19 January, 2012

    The video footage of US Marines in Helmand province urinating on the corpses of unknown Afghans is illustrative of a system of US imperial militarism that is rotten to its very core. For as despicable as the acts in the video most certainly are, they are by no means aberrations.

  • A letter to the people of Australia from the USA A letter to the people of Australia from the USA2 24 November, 2011

    My condolences to the People of Australia. My warnings to the women of Australia, especially northern Australia.

  • Kellie Tranter: ‘Our government is not being honest about the war’ Kellie Tranter: ‘Our government is not being honest about the war’0 21 November, 2011

    May I start by saying how pleased I am to be in the company of Christine Assange, StandFast, Stop the War Coalition, Medical Association for

  • Occupy Wall Street not Palestine!  We are part of the world’s 99% yearning for freedom, justice and equal rights! Occupy Wall Street not Palestine! We are part of the world’s 99% yearning for freedom, justice and equal rights!0 19 November, 2011

    The Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions National Committee is proud to stand in solidarity with the movements struggling for a new world based on democracy, human rights and economic justice. From New York to Athens, from Madrid to Santiago, from Bahrain to Rome, these huge mobilisations provide a much needed reminder of something that Palestinians have always known – that another world, a dignifying one, is possible and ordinary people can create it

  • On Remembrance Day: 72% say get out of Afghanistan On Remembrance Day: 72% say get out of Afghanistan0 11 November, 2011

    This remembrance day comes a few days before a visit by US President Barack Obama to mark 60 years of the ANZUS alliance. Public opinion

  • America’s Secret Empire of Drone Bases America’s Secret Empire of Drone Bases1 27 October, 2011

    Whether desolate airstrips or sophisticated command and control centers, American drone bases are the backbone of a new robotic way of war and the latest remote-controlled arm of the United States' power projection. Most of the 60 or so facilities that increasingly dot the planet according to "evolving mission needs" have remained uncounted and remarkably anonymous - until now

  • Why Stop the War Coalition is joining the 99% Why Stop the War Coalition is joining the 99%0 14 October, 2011

    Corporate greed – the 1% – is behind war and occupations – at a terrible human and environmental cost. While governments do this in our name – they do not speak for us

  • Afghanistan’s fingernail factories Afghanistan’s fingernail factories0 14 October, 2011

    If you're feeling all patriotic after reading Kevin Rudd's Australia stands with Syrians fighting for freedom I don't recommend you read the UNAMA report Treatment of Conflict-Related Detainees in Afghan Custody that was released this week

  • Asad’s Lost Chances in Syria Asad’s Lost Chances in Syria1 9 May, 2011

    On January 31, the Wall Street Journal printed words that Bashar al-Asad must wince to recall... The Syrian president said that Arab rulers would need to move faster to accommodate the rising political and economic aspirations of Arab peoples. “If you didn’t see the need for reform before what happened in Egypt and Tunisia, it’s too late to do any reform,” he chided his fellow leaders. But Asad went on to assure the interviewer (and perhaps himself): “Syria is stable. Why? Because you have to be very closely linked to the beliefs of the people. This is the core issue.”

  • SYRIA: Who is Behind The Protest Movement? Fabricating a Pretext for a US-NATO “Humanitarian Intervention” SYRIA: Who is Behind The Protest Movement? Fabricating a Pretext for a US-NATO “Humanitarian Intervention”0 5 May, 2011

    There is evidence of gross media manipulation and falsification from the outset of the protest movement in southern Syria on March 17th. The Western media has presented the events in Syria as part of the broader Arab pro-democracy protest movement, spreading spontaneously from Tunisia, to Egypt, and from Libya to Syria. Media coverage has focussed on the Syrian police and armed forces, which are accused of indiscriminately shooting and killing unarmed "pro-democracy" demonstrators. While these police shootings did indeed occur, what the media failed to mention is that among the demonstrators there were armed gunmen as well as snipers who were shooting at both the security forces and the protesters

Video

Christine Assange speaks about her son Julian

17 November, 2011

Recorded during protest of Obama’s visit to Australia, Canberra Nov 17 2011, Christine Assange speaks about her son Julian Assange & Wikileaks and the failure of

Get on the bus to protest Australia-US war alliance Nov 17

1 November, 2011

Obama’s visit provides us with an opportunity to make our voices heard, and to join with the movement of the 99% opposing wars for the 1%. We plan to hire a bus that will leave Sydney approximately 7am to arrive in Canberra at 10am and return in the evening of the same day. Will you join us

America and oil: declining together?

16 September, 2011

America’s rise to economic and military supremacy was fueled in no small measure by its control over the world’s supply of oil. It should come as no surprise, then, that the country’s current economic and military decline coincides with the relative decline of oil as a major source of energy

Chomsky: 9/11 – was there an alternative?

11 September, 2011

Osama bin Laden may be dead, but his American legacy lives on fiercely in Washington policy when it comes to surveillance, secrecy, war, and the national security state (as well as economic meltdown at home)

Malalai Joya in Sydney: Marrickville town hall meeting Sept 9 – Book your ticket now!

30 May, 2011

Afghanistan’s renowned peace, democracy and women’s rights activist, Malalai Joya, is coming to Sydney as part of her educational and fundraising tour of Australia in September