How long before machines or robots are selecting targets from America in war zones across the world?
Hard evidence that most Australian parliamentarians know nothing about Palestine
Yesterday’s “debate” in the New South Wales parliament was about Palestine, Israel, Nazis, Jews, Nazis, human rights, BDS, Nazis, praising the Zionist lobby, Nazis, the Greens, Nazis, Hitler and the Nazis. Most politicians were more than happy to accuse BDS supporters of being Nazis and comparable to actions during Nazi Germany. Such comparisons are futile…
Who is dreaming of a completely privatised America?
Project of Government Oversight give us the facts and the public/media/political response is minimal. Simple question: at what point will a totally privatised world cause concern for society (hint: now)? The U.S. government’s increasing reliance on contractors to do work traditionally done by federal employees is fueled by the belief that private industry can deliver…
Mouthing platitudes over Palestine should not be default Greens position
Following last week’s clueless intervention of New South Wales Upper House Greens Jeremy Buckingham over the Middle East – what? me? Israel and Palestine is complex so I want to be hugged by both sides equally – today’s parliament saw the following: A fresh split has emerged within the New South Wales Greens over the…
Yes, Israel, we want Christian fundementalists on your side
Today in the New South Wales Parliament Christian hard-liner David Clarke will be reading the following in the Upper House. Once again, Israel’s best friends are Christian fundamentalists and conservatives who loathe Arabs. Nice going: Mr Clarke to move— That this House: (a) notes with concern the anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment and Sanction (BDS) Campaign against…
Chomsky on the real 9/11
This is classic clear-thinking from Noam Chomsky on Democracy Now! this week, views so rarely expressed in the corporate press: …The claim that the U.S. was being attacked [on 9/11] because, as the president put it, they hate our freedoms was completely untenable. They hated our policy. In fact, it would be more accurate to…
Zionist lobby says Nazi comparisons wrong and yet rather loves calling enemies anti-Semitic
Where to begin with this confused statement? The Executive Council of Australian Jewry, a key Zionist lobby group who rather loves defending the war crimes of Israel, release this today about BDS, Israel, Nazis, Palestine, Nazis, Jews, Nazis and you guessed it, Nazis. You can almost see feel the tension in the statement, essentially saying,…
“It’s a Jewish obligation to criticise state violence”
The subtle but noticeable shift in American, Jewish public opinion towards Israel and Palestine. Occupation matters. Human rights abuses noticed. Blind backing for Zionism is unimaginable. Bring it on: Initial Development Trailer: Some of My Best Friends Are Zionists from Open Letter Productions on Vimeo.
Serco doesn’t train staff properly yet calls itself fit and proper
Here’s why: The Darwin Asylum Seeker Support and Advocacy Network released the statement below on September 13. * * * A detention centre worker has contacted the Darwin Asylum Seeker Support and Advocacy Network (DASSAN) and indicated that a SERCO security guard was in tears as a result of a directive from the Department of…