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 Spirit of Eureka (NSW) As a low flying police helicopter roared overhead for 45 minutes to silence Sydney’s rally for Venezuela on Sunday evening, ex-high school teacher, Spirit of Eureka’s Lindy Nolan, roared back. Part of nationwide snap rallies, right now Sydney is the sharp end of fascism’s rise. The helicopter was deliberately used as a weapon to unsettle …
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 Nix Herriot SOE is republishing the transcript of a meeting delivered to the Labour History Society with permission Presentation for Labour History Society (South Australia) Sunday 1 December 2024, 2pm Nix Herriot giving his presentation On August 1st, 1974, over a hundred students launched a sit-in of the Flinders University administration building. Adelaide’s Advertiser offered a sensational portrait of …
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. …
