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By Dr Dan Steinbock After one month of hostilities and no exit plans, the economic and human costs of the US-Israel joint war against Iran are soaring in the region, increasingly global and testing US-China […]

Global crisis and human suffering can sometimes be susceptible to the cheap loop of sloganeering and mawkish publicity, often associated with a phrase, usually annexed to the image of a suffering child with hollow eyes […]

Part 1: The chimpanzee sex conundrum When you banish the rather odd concept of humankind as a golden twig protruding from the very top of the tree of life, and instead start comparing and contrasting […]

By Walt Zlotow Last November, six congresspersons, all military/intelligence vets, released a video telling US military and intelligence officials “You do not need to follow illegal orders. You can refuse illegal orders. You must refuse […]

Danny Danon points at Hezbollah while Israel kills peacekeepers, passes death penalty laws, and plans occupation Dedicated to the three UNIFIL peacekeepers killed in Lebanon. To the families who are still waiting for the truth. […]

The War They Sold Us, The Bill We’re Paying Dr Andrew Klein is right. The War They Sold Us, The Price We Pay, Australia has quietly signed up to another illegal war on Iran and, […]

It was celebrated with ghoulish delight. On March 30, the Israeli Knesset passed the Penal Bill (Amendment – Death Penalty for Terrorists), an instrument expanding the use of the death penalty for offences of a […]

By Denis Hay   Description Why Australia manufacturing decline happened and how policy choices reshaped jobs, costs, and national resilience. Introduction – A Nation That Once Made Things Australia manufacturing decline did not happen overnight. […]

He doesn’t quite remember when he first felt it. Not pain exactly, more the sense that something in his mouth had changed shape. A jagged edge where there shouldn’t have been one. A hairline crack […]

By  Walt Zlotow   At day 35 of America’s lost war on Iran – choking the entire world economy of Middle East oil – t’s time for a change. No, not regime change in Iran. […]

Mr President, you continue to maintain that you won the 2020 election, despite extensive evidence to the contrary. This persistent claim – still widely disputed – raises broader questions about how your public statements align […]

The One Nation ‘Policy Development’ officer was suffering through yet another minor existential crisis. At one o’clock in the morning, seated at his desk, at home, with the rest of the world securely locked outside, […]

BYV: For every Australian who suspects they’re not getting the full story By Sue Barrett  Every election campaign is full of promises. Housing. Cost of living. Better hospitals. Safer streets. A stronger economy. You have […]

In a previous life I administered the funding and programming of Victoria’s L2P program, as well as various regional workforce pilots dealing with regional disadvantage/transport. What follows is not the account of a real individual […]