When commenting on China, some in the West only see a country constantly at the cusp of crisis, ranging from predictions of a “China hard landing” or “China collapse,” to “COVID is China’s Chernobyl ...

The Queensland sugar industry annually generates $2 billion, and this industry began with indentured labour. In July 2021 the mayor of Bundaberg, Jack Dempsey, made a historic apology for the town’s ...

Fifty years ago, on 30 April 1975, the revolutionary forces of the People’s Army of Vietnam and the National Liberation Front entered Saigon, the then capital of South Vietnam. A lot has been written ...

In 1969 Dr Angela Y. Davis was fired from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) for being a member of the Communist Party USA (CPUSA). She was later accused of involvement in the shootings ...

The moving picture industry was based originally in New York and then moved to California in 1903, where labour costs were cheaper. By 1913 the first full feature 14-reel “silent movies” were being ...

At a Wisconsin rally in 2024, President Donald Trump called illegal immigrants murderers: “You know, now a murderer, I believe this, it’s in their genes. And we’ve got a lot of bad genes in our ...

There are three processes in which funding is provided and claims can be made. One is direct government National Disability ...

‘Think tanks.’ Why have we got them? What are they for? They’re supposed to be groups that work on research and ideas. Precious few serve any progressive purpose but, most exist to support the work of ...

Joe Biden’s last days in the White House saw him issue pardons to many Americans serving prison sentences. He commuted death sentences and freed hundreds of inmates serving sentences for relatively ...

The Tudeh Party of Iran and the Communist Party of Israel strongly condemn the continuous Israeli aggression in the region, and its latest attack on Iran which is in direct violation of international ...

To say that the Indigenous Voice to Parliament has caused consternation among Australia’s far-right would be an understatement. Earlier this month, speaking in the Senate, Senator Pauline Hanson ...

This word is weaselly because if you say it, you can sound like you’re getting ready to do something worthwhile without having to explain what it is that you’re capable of. Anthony Albanese, trying to ...