The Radical Times Historical archive includes films such as: The Long March (1974), The Whole World is Watching (1981), Manufacturing Dissent (1996) and We Fight (1982).… Go to Article

This man from Manus deserves an answer. What he is experiencing is universal throughout the detention camp system- people are drugged into submission.

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Cherry growers in the Adelaide Hills have had a bumpy ride over the last few years.

Cherry production yields in a particular season have varied significantly due to unexpected changes in the weather combined with the ruthless price reduction demands for cherries by the big retailers Coles and Woolworths.… Go to Article

Grandmothers Against Removals Sydney [GMAR] and supporters will protest outside Family and Community Services [FACS] in Strawberry Hills at 12.30pm today to demand the immediate return of Aboriginal children forcibly removed from a Queensland family and placed in out-of-home care in Sydney.… Go to Article

Publisher’s note: It is 30 years since the Queensland government’s introduction of contract labour in the power industry and subsequent sellout of 1002 SEQEB workers sacked by Bjelke-Petersen.… Go to Article

1. In Libya U.S. and some European allies are about to take on ISIS

2A. US & Turkey eyeing military operation in Syria against ISIS if peace talks fail

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No more! FACS is tearing families apart: we are fighting back!

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[Publisher’s Note: For those interested in seeing how tensions within the small “l” liberals in the US are working themselves out.]… Go to Article

Here are recent publications of the report of the Productivity Commission into workplace relations in Australia may set the scene for workers struggles over the next few years.… Go to Article

The first meeting of the 17 Group for 2016 will be held on Wednesday the 3rd of February at 7 pm in unit 6 at 20 Drury St, West End.… Go to Article

The Brisbane Aboriginal Sovereign Grannies Group is the local chapter of the national network Grandmothers Against Removals (GMAR) which is led by Aboriginal families directly affected by the forced removal of children by child welfare agencies.… Go to Article

We have no country
We are refugee, aborigine
This is a country of words
Cell door, concrete floor
                   Ian Curr

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Alice M.

The two month struggle by the crew of MV Portland and their union, the Maritime Union of Australia, with the US-based multinational miner and steel producer Alcoa, points to a long fight ahead for the working class and its allies in Australia. … Go to Article

to letters

Dear Editor, Australian politicians visiting Israel may find themselves in breach of the Counter-Terrorism Legislation Amendment (Foreign Fighters) Bill given that Israel openly admits assisting al Nusra front terrorists.

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[Digest from All Born Equal Rights on the war without end]

(1) Syria – Some Preliminary Positioning For An Endgame (while conflict mounts)

(2) How Australia’s Colonial History Helps Shape Its Racist Approach to Syria

(3) International Military Review – Syria, Jan.… Go to Article

[Publisher’s Note: Interesting insight into the New Left … especially, for me, was the debate between Ellen Meiksins Wood and Robert Brenner about the origins of capitalism.… Go to Article

The chasm between me and the outside world feels like it’s getting wider and wider, and all I can do is let it happen

In December, the colors outside my window turn from the greens, yellows and blues of summer to the browns, grays and tans of winter, with the occasional white on the rare days that it snows.… Go to Article

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Triple J’s Hottest 100 countdown is held on January 26th, the date marking the invasion of the First Fleet in 1788.… Go to Article

Forgetting the moral and ethical issues for one moment – show this to hard nosed friends to illustrate the incompetence of the Australian Government and corruption of the Nauru Government.… Go to Article

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The Port of Melbourne is in the grip of three days of strikes, as dock workers shut down Australia’s largest stevedoring business for the first time since the 1998 waterfront dispute.… Go to Article

(1) Syrian Arab Army report on attack by 30 suicide bombers in al-Baghilea, Deir al-Zoor

(2) Twilight of the rebels south of Damascus

(3) Former Australian soldiers caught up in Yemen’s civil war

(4) International Military Review – Yemen, 14 Jan.… Go to Article