By Bevan Ramsden “We’ve golden soil and wealth for toil;Our home is girt by sea;Our land abounds in nature’s gifts…..” So our national anthem tells us but the truth is that whilst our country has immense natural resources and potential wealth, the vast majority of Australians are deprived of a share in this wealth. And deprived to the extent that …
By Bevan Ramsden Foreign corporate ownership now dominates Australia’s key industries, draining wealth offshore and limiting democratic control over economic priorities. Reclaiming sovereignty requires a fundamental rethink of ownership and public power. US corporate dominance of our economy is depriving Australians of the benefit of our abundant resources and denying our government sovereign control over our economy. It’s time to …
By Bevan Ramsden, Andrew Fullarton Donald Trump is not an aberration, but rather a symptom of the disease, not its cause. His election for a second term, an authoritarian racist and convicted felon, highlights the decay of the US empire domestically and internationally. It is surely high time for the Australian Government to abandon the dangerous illusion that being tied …
by Bevan Ramsden * AUSMIN 2023 has further surrendered sovereignty and tightened the US military grip on Australia. The integration of the ADF with the US military, insertion of US intelligence staff in our defence intelligence organisation and the increased military presence of the US including command facilities in Australia has locked us into any war plans of the United …
