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ABC and SBS fail in their reporting on Bolivia coup

The notion that Australia’s SBS and ABC are politically “Left” is wildly incorrect.   
The 'Blue Labour' model won't work for the Australian Labor Party

Does the Labor Party need to adopt a more conservative policy approach to win over Australian ...  
JOHN PILGER: Journalism and The Assange Effect

The mainstream media has recently declared a passion for freedom of speech — they are worried ...  
Illegal Israeli settlements find U.S. support

A U.S. policy shift on the Israel settlements in the Middle East leaves no room for a two-state ...  
The Americanisation of Australian political culture

Australia has a long history of imitating American culture, but our mirroring of U.S. politics is ...  
Impeachment moves against Trump: Getting it out in public

Witnesses have started giving public testimony in the Trump impeachment hearings with the original ...  
Hong Kong champion 'blitzchung' deserves #takeaknee moment

Michael Williams discusses the ramifications of Blizzard's suspension on Hong Kong pro gamer for ...  
Australia is the great 'white' hope for the global nuclear industry

The global nuclear industry is in crisis but that doesn't stop the pro-nuclear lobby from peddling ...  
JOHN PILGER: Assange's case will define the future of free journalism

John Pilger describes the disturbing scene inside a London courtroom when Julian Assange appeared ...  
The welfare system is cruel and inhumane

The German welfare system punishes, demoralises and hurts those in need, writes Thorsten Pattbe ...  
UK Election: British voters’ stark choice over the kind of country they want

The coming British Election is showing up two radically different angles about how democracies ...  
The FBI tried to make Iceland a complicit ally in framing Julian Assange

Former Icelandic Interior Minister tells Independent Australia how he blocked U.S. interference ...  
A meeting with Armando Vargas, Costa Rican Ambassador

Michael Bayliss recently had the pleasure of interviewing Costa Rican Ambassador Armando Vargas ...  
Blunder after blunder: Trump withdraws from northern Syria

Trump’s withdrawal from northern Syria and the ensuing media reaction only underscores the ...  
The drive for small, dependent Middle Eastern States

Decades of violence, civil unrest and foreign interference have changed the political landscape of ...  
The rise of the rightwing authoritarians

What explains this tidal wave of authoritarians taking over supposedly mature secular democracies? ...  
ACTU claims Australian jobs and Labor sold out over free trade agreements

An ALP move to back Liberal free trade agreements has outraged the ACTU, warning of a spike in ...  
President Trump has perfected the art of corruption

The impeachment investigation and corruption of President Donald Trump has reached the dramatic ...  

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