May 2025

Soldiers with a heavy weapon in a war-torn urban area.

Time to give up the pretense about Ukraine winning the war

31 May 2025 Noel Wauchope 18

The war in Ukraine has reached a new, and very dangerous phase. Not that it wasn’t dangerous before. But the toll of militarism was being paid by the deaths and the sufferings only of soldiers […]

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The Horror, the Horror: Colonialism and the price to pay

31 May 2025 Bert Hetebry 0

Joseph Conrad wrote The Heart of Darkness in 1899. In part it was a reflection of a time he had spent in the Congo; as a crewman and later captain on a ship travelling up […]

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Linking Grassroots Opinions to Changing Political Realities

31 May 2025 Denis Bright 6

Renee Coffey MP triumphed in Brisbane’s Southside electorate in a tight contest with the sitting Green’s Member Max Chandler Mather. Both progressive candidates had their appeal in different parts of the Griffith electorate. (See summary […]

Protest sign against fossil fuel drilling on North West Shelf due to environmental and cultural concerns.

Why Labor Gas Expansion Betrays Australia’s Future

31 May 2025 AIMN Editorial 1

By Denis Hay Description The Labor gas expansion, including Albanese’s approval of Woodside’s project, defies climate goals and threatens heritage. Discover what’s at stake and why it matters. Problem – A Government of Contradictions […]

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Humanitarian Camouflage: The Debut of the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation

31 May 2025 Dr Binoy Kampmark 9

What a nasty thing it has turned out to be. It involved subversion – Israel’s desire to ignore international tenets of humanitarian aid in favour of expediency and security – and the naked show of […]

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Donald Trump: officially stupid

31 May 2025 Roswell 3

This slipped under the radar in early March, but social media has finally made it beep loud and clear. During his State of the Union Address, President Trump claimed that Elon Musk’s Department of Government […]

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Pausing a divorce: what happens next?

30 May 2025 John Lord 5

Last Saturday, May 23, l wrote a piece about the future of the Liberal and National parties. After I had posted it, I had to revise it in light of the very public divorce that […]

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The Liberal Party’s 2025 Catastrophe: A Party Morally Adrift

30 May 2025 AIMN Editorial 4

Post 2025 Election – A Coalition of Convenience, A Party Without Principle By Sue Barrett The Liberal Party of Australia’s 2025 federal election campaign was a historic low, yielding their worst-ever result and exposing a […]

Hillary Clinton and Kamala Harris in separate formal settings.

Democrats need apologise for nothing in the ’28 election

30 May 2025 AIMN Editorial 2

By Walt Zlotow Alexander Heffner in The hard truths a Democrat must tell to win in 2028 (Chicago Tribune May 29) wasted nearly 1,100 words demanding Democrats embark on an apology tour during the […]

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Sky News rage: not happy with Ley’s reshuffle

30 May 2025 Roswell 10

Sky News is having a collective conniption over Sussan Ley’s shadow ministry reshuffle, and it’s a spectacle so off-world it could pass for political parody. Normally, Sky’s busy canonising the Liberal-National Coalition as Australia’s saviours, […]

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I am the next President of the United States

30 May 2025 Michael Taylor 15

If others can lead, so can I. When Jacinta Price claimed, “Lots of people see me as Prime Minister,” I raised an eyebrow – and then a poll on X. In a landslide (admittedly, among […]

Protesters holding a banner saying 'Stop Arming Israel' with Palestinian flags.

America… Arsenal of Genocide in Gaza

30 May 2025 AIMN Editorial 6

By Walt Zlotow Israel is nearly 600 days into their genocidal ethnic cleaning of Gaza. Upwards of fifty-four thousand are dead. All of the remaining 2,100,000 Palestinians there are approaching death from starvation, lack […]

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Youth Representation Rising: A New Era in Australian Politics

29 May 2025 AIMN Editorial 3

By Denis Hay Description Charlotte Walker’s election sparks hope for youth representation in politics. Discover how young leaders are reshaping Australia’s political future. Introduction – The Dawn of a Youth Political Revolution I want to […]

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Roads to War: The EU’s Security Action for Europe Fund

29 May 2025 Dr Binoy Kampmark 6

As the world was readying for the Second World War, the insightful humane Austrian author Stefan Zweig made the following glum observation: “Openly and flagrantly, certain countries express their will to expand and make preparations […]

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600 days into war, Israel’s mass displacement campaign is entirely erasing Gaza – warns Oxfam

29 May 2025 AIMN Editorial 6

Oxfam Media Release Since breaking the ceasefire, Israel issued nearly one displacement order every two days, strangling people into isolated areas, covering less than 20 percent of the Gaza Strip Israel has used mass forced […]

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