When commenting on China, some in the West only see a country constantly at the cusp of crisis, ranging from predictions of a “China hard landing” or “China collapse,” to “COVID is China’s Chernobyl ...

In 1969 Dr Angela Y. Davis was fired from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) for being a member of the Communist Party USA (CPUSA). She was later accused of involvement in the shootings ...

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 ...

The moving picture industry was based originally in New York and then moved to California in 1903, where labour costs were cheaper. By 1913 the first full feature 14-reel “silent movies” were being ...

Fifty years ago, on 30 April 1975, the revolutionary forces of the People’s Army of Vietnam and the National Liberation Front entered Saigon, the then capital of South Vietnam. A lot has been written ...

Joe Biden’s last days in the White House saw him issue pardons to many Americans serving prison sentences. He commuted death sentences and freed hundreds of inmates serving sentences for relatively ...

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has spoken out for the first time about the neutrality of the country, which has been a member of NATO since 2004. “In these senseless times of armaments, when arms ...

At a Wisconsin rally in 2024, President Donald Trump called illegal immigrants murderers: “You know, now a murderer, I believe this, it’s in their genes. And we’ve got a lot of bad genes in our ...

‘Think tanks.’ Why have we got them? What are they for? They’re supposed to be groups that work on research and ideas. Precious few serve any progressive purpose but, most exist to support the work of ...

US President Donald Trump’s flurry of Executive Orders has had a lot of attention since 20 January, with Executive Orders affecting Diversity Equity and Inclusion policies, abolishing USAID (see ...

This word is weaselly because if you say it, you can sound like you’re getting ready to do something worthwhile without having to explain what it is that you’re capable of. Anthony Albanese, trying to ...

There have been conniptions in Canberra after the announcement by the US government that it plans to review AUKUS. The UK is reviewing it too. AUKUS, standing for Australia, UK and US, is a pact for ...