Australian Broadcasting Corporation censures “Q&A” producer
The ABC board is attempting to appease the Abbott government and the Murdoch media by attacking the democratic rights of its staff.
•Oliver Campbell
Oliver Campbell
Australian pseudo-left hails Syriza’s fraudulent referendum in Greece
Socialist Alternative’s promotion of the Greek referendum is an attempt to prevent the working class drawing any lessons from its experiences with the Syriza government.
•Oliver Campbell
Ongoing tensions in South China Sea as Chinese-led investment bank formally launched
The establishment of the bank, a blow to US plans for hegemony in the Asia-Pacific, was accompanied by a ratcheting up of Washington’s campaign against China.
•Oliver Campbell
Obama administration uses bilateral talks to ramp up pressure on China
The talks took place amid an escalation of Washington’s diplomatic, military and economic campaign against China.
•Oliver Campbell
Australian pseudo-lefts hail advance of US-backed Islamists in Syria
Socialist Alternative continues its public support for the US-led regime-change operation against the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
•Oliver Campbell
Child suicides highlight growing social crisis in China
The apparent suicide deaths of four young children in the impoverished Guizhou province underscores the desperate plight facing millions of rural poor.
•Oliver Campbell
Growing signs of China’s economic slowdown
Even as the manufacturing industry continues to stagnate, speculation in shares is soaring.
•Oliver Campbell
Australian “Rental Affordability” report highlights housing crisis
An overheated housing bubble, growing unemployment and low wages are having a devastating social impact.
•Oliver Campbell
University of Sydney meeting discusses attacks on democratic rights
While the meeting expressed growing opposition to attacks on democratic rights at the university, it also underscored political issues that need to be tackled by those seeking to oppose the crackdown on civil liberties.
•Oliver Campbell
Australia: Political witch-hunt against Sydney University academic
The attempt to remove Lynch from his academic position is part of a broader assault on democratic rights on university campuses.
•Oliver Campbell
Growing problems for Chinese economy
Inflation in China has fallen to its lowest level in five years as the economic slowdown continues.
•Oliver Campbell
Former Australian Labor minister endorses university fee deregulation
The measures that the government is attempting to implement are the continuation of a bipartisan assault on higher education.
•Oliver Campbell
Australian man dies after being tasered by police
Kevin Norris became the third person to die after being tasered by New South Wales state police since 2010.
•Oliver Campbell
Australia: Rallies against ABC/SBS cuts promote Labor and Greens
The ABC announced more than 400 redundancies, along with significant changes to programming and news coverage.
•Oliver Campbell
Australian government outlines major cuts to public broadcasters
The spending cuts go hand-in-hand with disciplining the ABC to ensure that it functions more closely as a propaganda arm of government.
•Oliver Campbell
Australia: Vocation Ltd affair exposes impact of privatisation
Thousands of students have been corralled into low-quality courses provided by private operators that are effectively funded by governments.
•Oliver Campbell
Australian student union’s phony “day of action”
The National Union of Students is promoting the illusion that education can be defended by pressuring Labor and the Greens to block the Abbott government’s budget cuts.
•Oliver Campbell, Zac Hambides
Clashes in Ukraine signal escalation of US-EU intervention
The bloody scenes in Kiev are the direct outcome of the campaign waged by the US and Germany to oust Ukrainian President Yanukovych.
•Oliver Campbell, Peter Symonds
Australia: Labor Party promoted at protest against Medicare cuts
The pseudo-left organisations that organised the rally are seeking to divert opposition to cuts to social spending behind the Labor Party, Greens, and trade unions.
•Oliver Campbell
Indonesian volcanic eruption displaces tens of thousands
The eruption last Thursday killed at least four people in Java’s densely populated east.
•Oliver Campbell