21-10-2024: The BRICS Summit in the Russian Tatarstan capital of Kazan from October 22 to 24[1] is set to break new ground in the advance of the bloc, and potentially marks a new era in international history. Perhaps a new name needs to be coined for the BRICS alliance, given that its membership has expanded well past the five original members of Brazil, Russia, India, … Continue reading Groundbreaking BRICS Summit Marks a New Era
11-10-2024: The world has witnessed with horror yet another Israeli provocation in the Middle East, with the obvious intention of inflaming a wider war. This time their target is Lebanon, following on from 12 months of genocidal war on Palestine. Yet Israel’s invasion of Lebanon is not just about Lebanon, or even primarily about Lebanon.[1] Israel’s war on Lebanon, as with its war on Palestine, … Continue reading Assaults on Lebanon and Palestine are One Part of a Global War
07-10-2024: The right to free speech, one of the most elementary aspects of basic democratic rights, hangs in the balance in Australia. The Australian Labor Party (ALP) federal government is currently attempting to ram through legislation which is breathtaking in its levels of authoritarianism. The ALP referred the Orwellian named Communications Legislation Amendment (Combatting Misinformation and Disinformation) Bill 2024 (CMAD) to a review committee, giving … Continue reading Australia: Defend Free Speech!
29-09-2024: On September 17 thousands of pagers exploded in Lebanon, taking the lives of 12 people and wounding thousands of Hezbollah operatives. At least 20 people were killed the next day when walkie-talkies used by Hezbollah detonated, according to Lebanon’s Health Ministry.[1] While Israeli government officials have remained silent on the intelligence operation, it is inconceivable that these attacks could have been carried out by … Continue reading Israeli Terror Attacks on Lebanon Presages All Out War in the Middle East
23-09-2024: In mid-September British Prime Minister Keir Starmer flew to the White House to meet with lame duck US President Joe Biden, with the main item on the agenda being the approval of long range or “deep” strikes into Russian territory from Ukraine. The British/French supplied Storm Shadow missiles are air launched and have a range of around 250 kilometres.[1] Those with some awareness of … Continue reading Stop the Deep Strikes on Russia!
15-09-2024: Melbourne, the city of the world’s worst “Covid” lockdowns, is again the site of state repression, this time against self-proclaimed anti-war protestors objecting to the holding of a military hardware expo. From the 11th to the 13th of September, held at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre in Victoria, Land Forces 2024 posits itself as the “premier platform for interaction between defence, industry and … Continue reading Disrupt Land Forces 2024: Wrong Tactics, Wrong Politics
09-09-2024: In mid-August, the Central Bank Governor Elvira Nabiullina confirmed that a staggering 159 countries are ready to adopt the BRICS payment system, which will expand Russia’s SPFS platform, as an alternative to SWIFT.[1] The BRICS alliance is perhaps better described as “BRICS +”, due to the fact that it has expanded beyond the original members of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa to … Continue reading BRICS + Surges Ahead
(The following is an address given by US Presidential Candidate Emanuel Pastreich on September the 1st. The Workers League is endorsing the candidacy and campaign of Emanuel Pastreich in 2024, as a first step towards building the real political movement which is so urgently needed. The views and positions stated in the address are not necessarily those of the Workers League.) Address to Workers … Continue reading Address to the Workers League
02-09-2024: On August 23, the Australian Labor Party (ALP) Federal Government placed the construction arm of the Construction Forestry Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU) into administration, after the federal parliament passed a law allowing for the takeover.[1] All state branches are affected, from New South Wales (NSW), Victoria (VIC), Tasmania (TAS), and Queensland (QLD) to Western Australia (WA) and the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) after … Continue reading For Real Workers’ Unions!
26-08-2024: As Martin Luther King Jr remarked in 1967, a riot is the language of the unheard.[1] The riots which spread through the United Kingdom (UK) in early August were no exception to this axiom. Even though the catalyst may have been utter revulsion at the unspeakable stabbing murder of three young girls at a dance class,[2] there are deep and underlying causes to this … Continue reading “Far Left” Feeds “Far Right” Riots in the UK
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