Taskforce recommends single parent pay-off cut-off increased to 16 year old child. Government (Albanese) reduces to 14 years old ( Read more... )

By Vijay Prashad

The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists has now moved the Doomsday Clock to 90 seconds to midnight, the closest it has been to the symbolic time of the annihilation of humanity and the Earth since 1947. This is alarming, which is why leaders in the Global South have been making the case to halt the warmongering over Ukraine and ( Read more... )

This is one of my favourite things out of China

“Even When We're Getting Rained On, We Always Try to Hold Up an umbrella for Others”

"Two years and four months after whistleblower Dr. Li Wenliang’s death from COVID-19, the comments section under his last Weibo post, which has become known as “China’s Wailing Wall,” continues to serve as a ( Read more... )

Somehow the lies have won again. Ferdinand "Bong Bong" Marcos Jr. has, along with his coterie, if not handlers, of fascist, violent, authoritarian forces, has been unaccountably voted President in the Philippines. Considering his VP is Sara Duterte (and it does not seem she has fallen far from the crude, violent, hateful tree) so I imagine we ( Read more... )

By Chris Hedges Original to Scheer Post

Our hypocrisy on war crimes makes a rules-based world, one that abides by international law, impossible.The branding of Vladimir Putin as a war criminal by Joe Biden, who lobbied for the Iraq war and staunchly supported the 20 years of carnage in the Middle East, is one more example of the hypocritical ( Read more... )

By Viola Zhou

Tl:dr; This guy is a nationalist moron.

It’s tough guys versus “sissy pants” men.The Chinese actor Wu Jing believes real men should be like Tom Cruise, Sylvester Stallone, and Arnold Schwarzenegger-guys who are tough and buff, with testosterone virtually oozing out of their pores. But when he looked around, he only saw K-pop-style ( Read more... )

By Edna Mohamed

Citizens, activists and politicians say bill which could deprive nationality without notice targets minorities.London, United Kingdom - The UK’s controversial Nationality and Borders bill passed through the House of Commons this week, prompting outrage from citizens, politicians and activists who fear its potentially dangerous ( Read more... )

By Alex McKinnon

If you want to know why a country that regularly catches fire has such disastrous climate policy, start here.The COP26 climate conference in Glasgow is finally underway and one thing is certain: the nation of Australia will show its ass ( Read more... )

By Cindy Carter

A slate of independent candidates for Beijing’s district-level People’s Congress have announced that they are suspending their grassroots campaign due to fears for their personal safety in the wake of police threats and intimidation. The announcement comes just two weeks after the 14 candidates-some of them relatives of civil ( Read more... )

By Caitlin Johnstone

Australia has joined the US and UK in an “enhanced trilateral security partnership” called AUKUS with the unspoken-yet-obvious goal of coordinating escalations against China. Antiwar reports:
President Biden and the leaders of Australia and the UK announced a new military agreement on Wednesday aimed at countering China. The ( Read more... )