By Peter Curtis and Humphrey McQueen The shock from the Bondi murders will subside with the news cycle, the more so because of Christmas and New Year celebrations. Now is the time to take time to think about what our enemies will get up to next year using Bondi as the grounds for doing what they have wanted to do …
By the Palestine Action Group – Sydney and AFOPA – Adelaide Spirit of Eureka supports the following statements in response to the Bondi Terror Attack by the Palestine Action Group – Sydney and Australian Friends of Palestine Association (AFOPA) Palestine Action Group statement: We are shocked and absolutely horrified by the terrorist attack at Bondi beach, which targeted the Jewish …
By Bevan Ramsden The United Nations General Assembly must activate its “Uniting for Peace” mechanism to bypass the UN Security Council veto and establish an armed interventionary force to establish peace and end the genocide in Gaza. Anyone who watches TV knows that genocide is happening in Gaza and millions of concerned people are marching in countries worldwide calling for …
By Caitlin Johnstone “Antisemitism” means criticism of Israel. That’s just what it means now. It used to mean something else, but years of bad faith actors using that word in the most dishonest ways imaginable to defend the most horrific things you’ve ever seen has changed the definition. As Australia’s dear friend Israel announces its plan to move Gaza’s entire …
By Humphrey McQueen (May 17) What’s wrong with me that I’m not depressed? Almost a third of Australians are taking pills. The only thing slowing my getting up each morning is how warm I am under the doona. Am I as much a moral zombie as I accuse those who don’t – won’t – can’t – denounce the genocidal entity? …
By Shirley Winton This is a talk given by Shirley Winton at a public forum in Melbourne on 16 October, Fighting Inequality. Shirley’s talk addressed military spending in Australia and the US Alliance. Shirley spoke as a member of No AUKUS Coalition Vic and Independent and Peaceful Australia (Vic). Thank you for inviting me to speak at this forum. …
By Richard Stone Direct US military involvement inside Israel in support of the IDF has marked a significant development in the present Cold War changing balance of forces across the region and globally. It has enabled a much clearer assessment of how the US require Israel to continue to conduct regional operations, although with increasing difficulty as the balance of …
(Verso, London and New York, 2017) Book review by Wallace McKitrick How did Zionism begin, in its Christian and Jewish forms? What distinguishes secular Jewish Zionism from religious Zionism? Were Palestinians forcibly ejected from their homelands and economy by Jewish settlers in the C20th century? Have Palestinian representatives repeatedly sabotaged potential peace agreements, as alleged by successive Israeli and US …
By Binoy Kampmark When does it stop? Australia’s close ties with Israel continue to hold despite the incessant slaughter taking place in the Gaza strip, with the connivance of any number of allies and arms manufacturers who have priorities that are somewhat different from the aim of preserving life. While quibbling, scrapping and sniping over such matters as recognising Palestinian …
By Caitlin Johnstone The destruction of Gaza proves the entire mainstream western worldview is bullshit, because if the mainstream western worldview was accurate, the destruction of Gaza would not be happening. By the mainstream western worldview I mean the general consensus about what’s going on in the world which is prevalent among mainstream western politicians and pundits and the creators …
