US President Joe Biden is attempting to recreate a unipolar world dominated by the US, first by defeating Russia and then China. Anti-war forces should be demanding a negotiated settlement with Russia now, thwarting Biden’s imperial goals, argues Barry Sheppard.
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Opposing Biden’s war strategy requires supporting self-determination for Ukraine
Some claim the fighting in Ukraine is nothing more than a “proxy war” between Washington and Moscow. On this basis, they deny Ukrainians their right to self-determination and self-defence. This view is mistaken, argue Geoff Mirelowitz and Argiris Malapanis.
Keep community strong: Support 3CR’s annual radiothon
“Keep Community Strong” has been chosen as the theme for 3CR’s annual fundraising Radiothon. Throughout June, 3CR is are asking listeners and supporters to make a donation, writes Rachel Kirby.
Bolivia: Court sentences former coup president Jeanine Áñez to 10 years’ prison
A Bolivian court has found Jeanine Áñez and former police and military chiefs guilty of “breach of duties” and taking “resolutions contrary to the Constitution and the Law” following the coup against then-president Evo Morales in November 2019, reports Peoples...
Humanism Project takes aim at bigotry, Hindutva hatred
Indian-Australians and anti-racist supporters are continuing to organise against the Hindutva hate movement being promoted in Australia. Rachel Evans reports.
Gay and transphobic hate crime: Will justice be delivered?
A new judicial inquiry into gay and transgender hate crimes from 1970 to 2010 will look into the indifference of the NSW Police. Rachel Evans reports.
Shangri-la, US diktat and Australia’s new-old defence posture
Confusingly, Labor's Defence Minister Richard Marles told the Shangri-la Dialogue that Australia needs a good relationship with China while also letting it be known he supports the United States' anti-China campaign. William Briggs reports.
The US-convened Summit of the Americas was a fraud
By any objective measure, the ninth Summit of the Americas, hosted by the United States in Los Angeles, June 6-10, was a failure, writes Ian Ellis-Jones.
Fighting the first Britain-Rwandan refugee flight
The first flight from Britain to Rwanda filled with asylum seekers will, unless the Court of Appeal rules otherwise, take off on June 14, writes Binoy Kampmark.
Privatised Indue card will be toast, but Labor needs to abolish all income management
Labor has said it will work with local communities “on better local solutions” to the cashless debit card, leaving it a little ambiguous. Alex Bainbridge argues that all income management needs to stop.
Inflation, economic crisis and more money for ‘defence’
The federal government will spend $48.6 billion on the military in the coming year. This, we are told, is to keep us safe. But, as Bill Briggs argues, many are feeling decidedly unsafe and our fear is real: how do we keep warm, pay the bills and keep a roof over our...
Eyewitness from Sri Lanka: Popular protest, state repression and trade union solidarity
Despite ongoing protests, shortages, 40% inflation and a historic debt default, Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa says he will finish his term. His statement comes amid a wave of mass arrests of peaceful protestors, reports Janaka Biyanwila.