The United States has been tightening a noose around Beijing for the past decade and a half, writes William Briggs.
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‘Top Gun: Maverick’ and the Pentagon recruitment drive
The link between the entertainment industry and the military industrial complex has never been more evident than in the promotion of the latest offering in the Top Gun franchise, writes Binoy Kampmark.
Universal white male perspective is destructive, says Mexican Tzotzil filmmaker
Tamara Pearson spoke to Xun Sero, a filmmaker from Mexico’s southern Chiapas state on the release of his new film, Mamá, which premiered in Mexico this month.
United States: Popular rage blazes in New Mexico against failed government fire management
Fires swept through large rural areas of New Mexico in April and May, destroying farms, ranches, homesteads and vast stretches of mountain forest, reports Bill Nevins.
Protesters call on Labor to defend trans rights, scrap the religious discrimination bill
Activists rallied at Sydney Town Hall and marched for LGBTIQ rights on Saturday June 25. The rally also commemorated 44 years since the first Mardi Gras protest in 1978, reports Hamish Jonathan.
Sydney Metro rail plans criticised at community forum
There is strong evidence that property developers had significant involvement in the lobby group pushing for the Metro plan. Andrew Chuter and Jim McIlroy report on a community meeting rejecting the public rail sell-off.
Rally calls on Labor to drop its religious discrimination bill
Hundreds of people rallied for LGBTIQ rights calling on the Labor government not to bring back a version of the Coalition’s religious discrimination bill. Alex Bainbridge reports.
Roe v Wade overturned: Find out where you can join a protest to defend abortion rights in the United States and here
Rallies have been called in response to the US Supreme Court overturning Roe v Wade. Join a protest in your city in solidarity with those in the United States and to defend and extend abortion rights in Australia.
United States: Overturning abortion right a major blow to women’s freedom and equality
The decision by the extreme right wing of the United States Supreme Court to overturn Roe vs Wade, the 1973 decision recognising a woman’s right to abortion, is a direct attack on a woman’s right to control her own body, write Malik Miah and Barry Sheppard.
Crooked Crown receives Barangaroo casino licence
The Barangaroo project and casino is a story of corruption and secrecy, motivated by profit, and widespread opposition from community groups. Ben Radford reports.
The war on Ukraine, food insecurity and capitalism
The war in Ukraine has made an already critical food crisis worse. Fingers point to grain supply shortages as an almost causal factor in global food insecurity, but the problem is far deeper and linked to the economic system that turns food into a profitable...
Elite swimming organisation criticised for discriminatory trans ban
Opposition to the international swimming federation's blanket ban on transgender and intersex women participating in elite swimming has been swift. Nova Sobieralski reports.