After: George Burchett on Crude Thinking, and Patrick Lawrence on Gaza Plumpes Denken: Crude thinkingI chanced upon “crude thinking” while reading Bruce Cumings’ The Korean War. Here’s the quote from his book: Nothing is more important than learning toCounterPunch.orgGeorge BurchettPatrick Lawrence: Gaza, We Cannot Remain Silent Any LongerA
I volunteer as a writer, transcriber and proofreader for The Burning Spear, the organ of the African People's Socialist Party (APSP). The Spear has been in print for decades. In the July 2024 edition, I wrote an article covering the resistance of the Kanak people against the French
David McBride David McBride, the whistleblower of the Afghan Files — which revealed war crimes of Australian invaders killing 39 Afghan civilians – has been sentenced to prison while those higher ups still get away scot-free. Afghan war crimes whistleblower David McBride sentenced to prison - Michael WestIn a landmark day for
I already generally don't vote Labor. But with Labor being in power across all states and territories on mainland Australia, as well as federally, it has gotten particularly cocky and comfortable. Anthony Albanese has offered tepid condemnation of Israel over the death of an Australian aid worker in
Honestly I think at this rate without a feasible peace plan – and given that the imperialist West almost never backs down from its forever wars — I don't think Ukraine will exist as a nation state anymore.
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To non-Westerners, nothing new from Europe… Germany committed genocide against Namibians. Germany committed genocide against Jews. Germany assists Israel with genocide against Palestinians.
Tarik Cyril Amar: "that […] we need to note about this crippling nature of the Zionist project and its criminal state: First, it will not last." As far as I can see, the U.S., Australia and Canada are still well and truly around. They are still imperialist forces acting with total impunity.
Israel has revealed that its motive is simply to consume Gaza, the West Bank and all that is left of Palestine, no matter how far into the future it takes. Hamas, in its brilliant operation to try and break out of the concentration camp that Israel has made of the
"The Americans, my people, are our enemies, and you must understand that. They are our enemies!" - Dr. Haunani Kay-Trask
Australia - Dysfunctional House of Cards
Introduction I have a simple impulse right now to write an entire book. So the tag here will be used on posts that could be compiled as a book with the above working title. In Discourse sur le Colonialism, the poet Aimé Césaire writes this: Europe is morally indefensible. And
I've had several family members work in the fruit picking industry here in Australia. This includes some aunties and grandpa on my mum's side, and uncle on my dad's side. Sometimes for visitors, they are working in the grey economy, which is the norm