The Melbourne Gaol is famous for being the place where the bushranger, Ned Kelly, was hanged in 1880. In the early 1970s I saw a collection of death masks displayed on its walls. They were made after ...

The Crisafulli LNP government of Queensland has been heavily criticised for its stand on issues from Native Title Disputes, rejecting Human Rights Act recommendations, to the CFMEU. In regards to ...

We watched in horror as Peter Dutton and a whole cavalcade of Coalition ministers rolled out their nuclear nightmare in a blatant attempt to keep burning coal and gas. Nuclear is simply too expensive, ...

Those who have struggled through Marx’s Capital will find this a must read and study. As a coursebook it is written in accessible language and would be useful as a textbook capable of being grasped by ...

This book, also published as ‘Against Fascism and War,’ is a series of speeches from August 1935 delivered at the Seventh World Congress of the Communist International on the class nature of fascism ...

A landmark decision by the NSW Court of Appeal to overturn the 2022 approval for Indonesian mining company MACH Energy, to extend its Mount Pleasant coal mine near Muswellbrook, comes after a ...

In the maelstrom of news surrounding the Palestine genocide it’s easy to forget fundamentals. One of those fundamentals is Western complicity. The United States government, with the support of mainly ...

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 ...

Youth crime ‘crisis’ stories have dominated headlines and debates ahead of the Queensland state election. Liberal National Party (LNP) leader Crisafulli has pushed the slogan “adult time for adult ...

Western imperialism, aka the rules-based order, is supply chain dependent on its strategic rival China. This is the context for the recently announced increase in state-sponsorship of rare earth ...

CSIRO (the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation), is Australia’s leading science and research agency. It has announced it will cut 350 science research roles across Australia.

Famous for techno-thrillers, such as Jurassic Park, Crichton speculates about how a self-replicating nanotechnology swarm can kill people and take over the world. Explores the dark side of modern ...