The following speech was give at the recently organised CAUSE (Coalition Against the United States Empire) rally held in Adelaide on 5th February. It was given by Eileen Darley, coordinator of PACOA (Port Adelaide Community Opposes AUKUS). Friends and comrades, The whole world is in a terrible state of chassis. Those words were written by Irish playwright Sean O’Casey through …
By Shirley Winton Shirley spoke on behalf of Spirit of Eureka (Vic) and as a member of the Anti-AUKUS Coalition to a rally attended by 400-500 people. Speakers included Latin Americans, First People (including Black People’s Union), Palestinians et al. We stand in solidarity with the people of Venezuela. We condemn the US invasion and it taking control of this …
By Shirley Winton On Saturday 29 November, 2025, Spirit of Eureka (Victoria) held a commemorative meeting for the anniversaries of the Eureka Stockade rebellion and the sacking of the Whitlam government. The meeting was held at the premises of the Victorian branch of the Maritime Union of Australia. Speakers at the meeting were Gary Foley representing Indigenous Liberation, Sarah Baarini …
By Shirley Winton 11th November marks the 50th anniversary of the bloodless semi-coup of the popularly elected Whitlam government in 1975. As the tide for an anti-imperialist independent Australia is building up, what lessons can we learn from the Whitlam dismissal 50 years on. This was a bloodless coup unlike the fascist coups in Indonesia (1965) and Chile (1973) where …
By Bevan Ramsden In 1975, Australia lost more than a Prime Minister — it lost its independence. The CIA’s hidden hand in Whitlam’s dismissal still echoes today. THIS IS NOT a conspiracy theory. The United States’ interference in Australia’s domestic politics was confirmed by no lesser person than the President of the United States, Jimmy Carter, in an apology to …
By Bevan Ramsden There has been a dramatic change in our strategic circumstances. United States reliability has been found wanting. This provides both a challenge and an opportunity. We now need an alternative self-defence policy which will safeguard our territory and enable the pursuit of peace in our region as an independent and responsible country. The US administration under Trump …
By Spirit of Eureka – National Ever since it’s signing in 1951, the ANZUS Treaty has been portrayed as a security guarantee that commits the US to come to the aid of Australia should it be attacked militarily. The reality is in fact that there is no concrete provision for this in the treaty. Nonetheless the treaty has been used …
By Eileen Darley, Convener Port Adelaide Community Opposes AUKUS (PACOA) The Greens and Senator Sarah Hanson-Young held a public meeting on the 13th of March in Port Adelaide to inform and give residents an opportunity to express their concerns about the building of the AUKUS nuclear-powered submarines and the accompanying nuclear waste at the Osborne Naval Shipyard. We reproduce the …
By Michael Williss More than 120 residents of the Port Adelaide area attended a meeting October 26, 2024, called by the Port Adelaide Community Opposes AUKUS (PACOA). The meeting began with MC and local resident Eileen Darley introducing former WA Senator Jo Valentine by video link. Jo expressed solidarity from WA opponents of AUKUS and gave a detailed account of …
By David Noonan First published in in Adelaide Voices p.15-16 Sept 2023 Hiroshima and Nagasaki were cities, civilian populations, blasted, burnt and irradiated by the first Atomic-Bombs. On 6th of August 1945 Hiroshima was the ‘primary target’ for use of the first High Enriched Uranium (HEU) A-Bomb intended to destroy a city. They wanted good pictures of the bomb-blast and …
