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The idea of nuclear non-proliferation has come in for some heavy punishment of late. For one thing, powers with nuclear weapons, pre-eminently the United States, have been shown up as blackguards in seeking to prevent […]

Truth may well be the first casualty of war, but death, injury and environmental degradation are bound to be keeping up in the hit lists. Attacks on gas fields, oil refineries and petrochemical plants will […]

By Denis Hay Description Julian Assange changed press freedom in Australia and has reshaped journalism, secrecy laws, and accountability. What this means for Australians today Introduction Julian Assange press freedom in Australia has become one […]

Brotherhood of St. Laurence Media Release At a time often characterised by division, Australia is united in caring about those doing it tough. More than 9 in 10 people want more done to reduce poverty; […]

By Walt Zlotow Mainstream news coverage of Trump’s failed US war in Iran focuses on its devastating effect surging worldwide energy prices and its tanking Trump’s ratings ahead of the November midterms. But nary a […]

By James Moore “Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities” (Voltaire). America seems to have come into a peculiar kind of madness. Our soldiers are being told, in the sterile […]

Why the LNG profit theory of war collapses under the weight of reality A compelling argument is not the same thing as a true one. The more elegant it appears, the more suspicious you should […]

Pauline Hanson has once again stepped forward to demonstrate that when it comes to global conflicts, distance is no barrier to enthusiasm. In comments that seemed to blur the line between foreign policy and schoolyard […]

Interactions by Australian leaders with the US Global Alliance have been well rehearsed in over eighty years since the death of President Roosevelt (FDR) in 1945. Largely self-imposed restraints on Australia’s sovereignty as a middle […]

By Walt Zlotow   Israeli citizens are hunkering down in bunkers as Iranian missiles rain down on their cities. Israel has largely run out of US supplied interceptors, making them defenseless to Iranian retaliation to Israel’s […]

To my wife, whose wisdom and words encourage me to pull aside the dangerous veils of manufactured ignorance. Introduction: The War That Was Preventable The US-Israeli war on Iran was preventable. Diplomatic channels were open. […]

Windsock politician, Senator Lindsey Graham is many things, none of them good, but he can be useful in the way that a broken clock is useful: twice a day, and usually unbidden, he tells you […]