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Traditionalism: the belief that could doom us all

March 5, 2024 - 11:22 -- Admin

It can be difficult to understand what connects free market devotees, white ethnostate militants, Christian Nationalists, tech bros and mere conservatives in the West. One concept that can help understand their rough alliance is traditionalism. In fact it draws together an international contingent that shares goals and enemies, shaping domestic and foreign policy against the…

Mistakes, Misfiring and Trident: Britain’s Flawed Nuclear Deterrence

March 4, 2024 - 15:06 -- Admin

Nuclear weapons are considered the strategic silverware of nation states. Occasionally, they are given a cleaning and polishing. From time to time, they go missing, fail to work, and suffer misplacement. Of late, the UK Royal Navy has not been doing so well in that department, given its seminal role in upholding the doctrine of…

The biggest loser

March 4, 2024 - 12:34 -- Admin

Despite the headlines on Sunday morning, it seems that the vast majority of the attendees at Mardi Gras last weekend were in fact ‘feeling the love’ police said the overall behaviour of 120,000 spectators and 12,500 participants on Saturday night was “pleasing”. There were no major incidents other than the arrest of the seven men…

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The Borderlord: Chapter Two

March 4, 2024 - 12:03 -- Admin

By James Moore   Anyone who knows the Texas and Mexico border in any manner even approaching familiarity, would have laughed in D. Trump’s face during his news conference at Eagle Pass. Technically, there was nothing news worthy about his appearance on the banks of the Rio Grande and he did not answer questions. Instead, he…

Dunkley sends all of us a message.

March 3, 2024 - 23:52 -- Admin

“ If you live in Frankston, and you’ve got a problem with Victorian women being assaulted by foreign criminals, vote against Labor. “If you do not want to see Australian women being assaulted by foreign criminals, vote against Labor. Send Labor a message.” Labor easily wins Dunkley, increasing its primary vote to forty per cent.…

New Zealand is under siege by the Atlas Network

March 3, 2024 - 10:35 -- Admin

Just as the Atlas Network-connected Advance body intervened in the Voice referendum in Australia and, in recent weeks, a bye-election, similar organisations spawned from the American model are distorting New Zealand’s politics from within as well as from without. One of the key researchers into the Atlas Network, Lee Fang, observed that it has “reshaped…

Triumphant Down Under: Elbit Systems and the Australian Military

March 3, 2024 - 09:50 -- Admin

Deeds of substance, rather than words of forced concern, will always take precedence in the chronicles of history. Superficially, the Australian government has been edging more closely towards expressing concern with aspects of Israel’s relentless war in the Gaza Strip. While claiming to be targeted, specific and directed against Hamas and other Islamic militants, the…

Is Australian democracy at risk from an authoritarian leader?

March 2, 2024 - 06:00 -- Admin

Continued from Authoritarianism is taking over the world. Will it snare Australia? To recap, in Part 1 I wrote that: In recent years, we have witnessed three individual politicians who have used the techniques of the authoritarian leader, fear, negativity, misinformation and lies. I refer to Tony Abbott, Scott Morrison and the now opposition leader Peter…

ASEAN-Australia Special Summit must address climate crisis in the region: Oxfam

March 1, 2024 - 15:07 -- Admin

Oxfam Australia Media Release   As the ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) -Australia Special Summit commences this week in Melbourne, Oxfam is calling for the Australian government and other world leaders attending to ramp up ambition to tackle the climate crisis in the region, beginning with an urgent phase out of Australia’s massive coal and…

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