Year: 2026

There are 533 congresspersons (2 vacancies) all of whom have allowed Trump to launch his immoral, criminal war on Iran that has failed. Not a single one called out Trump’s criminality before his clear, obvious […]

Oxfam Australia Media Release A Senate inquiry report released today has added fresh momentum to calls for reform of the capital gains tax (CGT) discount, said Oxfam Australia, amid growing evidence the policy disproportionately benefits […]

Media Release Independent Member for Murray, Helen Dalton MP, has raised urgent concerns about Australia’s near-total dependence on imported urea, warning that Murray farmers are paying the price for a decade of federal government inaction […]

The closure of virtually all commercial traffic through the Strait of Hormuz occasioned by the Iran War is not merely a matter of oil and gas, the usual prized duo that feature in the nervous […]

By Peter Brown When Donald Trump warned that the North Atlantic Treaty Organization could face a “very bad future” after a lukewarm response from allies to help secure the Strait of Hormuz, the remark sounded […]

From his position at the commanding heights of American power, President Trump has often conveyed a singular conviction: the world does not sufficiently recognise his leadership – or America’s preeminence under it. While ordinary citizens […]

There is an old military principle, so obvious it barely needs stating: before you start a war, know what winning looks like. Know how it ends. Have a plan for the morning after. The United […]

Introduction: The Cry of “Wolf” for Three Decades There is a pattern to despots and demagogues that repeats across centuries. When they cannot win with results, they manufacture threats. When they cannot justify war with […]

By Walt Zlotow   President Trump and his Secretary of Criminal War, Pete Hegseth, are completely flummoxed by Iran’s robust defense against Trump’s deranged attack. It’s so robust it has turned Trump’s planned three day […]

There is a familiar pattern to American wars. The beginning is dramatic, the middle is complicated, and the ending is usually somebody else’s problem. First comes the announcement from Washington. Something terrible has happened somewhere […]

Operation Epic Fury and the Physics of a Global Grave In 1944, Jean-Paul Sartre wrote a short play about three people locked in a room together for eternity. The door was occasionally unlocked. Nobody left. […]

By Dr Dan Steinbock The chaotic conditions created by the US/Israeli war against Iran are now in an escalatory phase. The reverberations will be severe worldwide. Expresso: U.S. President Donald Trump is scheduled to visit […]