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Why You Can’t Strike in Melbourne (But You Can in Caracas) Australia has built the democratic world’s most sophisticated legal architecture for preventing workers from exercising collective power. We didn’t ban strikes. We just made […]

Imagining Australia as a New Republic – Part 7: The Civic Campus and the Architecture of Democracy The Civic Campus and the Architecture of Democracy After defining who we are as a people, the next […]

We live in an age of digital miracles, where intelligence is artificial and clouds are not in the sky, but in warehouses. Yet, this ethereal realm has a staggering physical appetite, one that is quietly […]

In the year of nineteen thirty-two, when soldiers yearned for glory past, Their khaki creased with Empire’s pride, their bullets forged to last, They faced no foe from foreign land, no sabres from the east, […]

The Mercerian Gambit: A Timeless Strategy of Control and Its Inevitable Reckoning A recurring, brutal pattern stains the pages of history: a dominant power elevates a minority group to act as enforcers against another subject […]

One, Two, Three, Four! Everybody’s talking about Bagism, Shagism, Dragism, Madism, Ragism, Tagism This-ism, that-ism, ism ism ism All we are saying is give peace a chance All we are saying is give peace a […]

Imagining Australia as a New Republic – Part 3: Building Integrity and Trust Into the System Building Integrity and Trust Into the System In the first two parts, we explored why Australia needs to begin […]

Part 1: Why We Need to Begin Again The Preamble We, the people of Australia, standing upon lands, waters, and skies cared for by the First Peoples since time beyond measure, acknowledge that their sovereignty […]

As I approach the milestone of 85 years on February 26, my mind often wanders down memory lane, reflecting on the core beliefs that have shaped my life. Among these, one concept stands out with particular […]

The promotion of nuclear power is a right-wing thing – isn’t it? Over the years, I’ve been following the propaganda of the climate-change denialists, among other liars and frauds. I found that the Koch brothers […]

By Walt Zlotow In 2023 undocumented workers contributed $25.7 billion into Social Security, none of which went to the contributors. How can this be? Two ways: Using a fraudulent social Security Number (SSN): payroll taxes […]

Australian Conservation Foundation Media Release The Australian Conservation Foundation (ACF) has today launched a new legal challenge against Environment Minister Murray Watt.  The national environment advocacy group will argue he failed to consider the devastating climate impacts […]