September 16 2019, Canberra Food Coop, 5.30pm (soup) for 6:00pm start. Competition with China is fast becoming an organising principle of U.S. economic, foreign and security policies. The new “digital iron curtain” that will separate the globe into U.S. and Chinese technological zones runs through Australia, which has banned Chinese telco giant Huawei from supplying… [Read more] An Evening with Clinton Fernandes
Don't Iraq Iran
Preparing to oppose war on Iran
During Talisman Sabre in Rockhampton, as the US and Australian military arrived for the exercises, I asked a soldier, “What are you thinking about war on Iran?” They squirmed. “Not something I’m thinking about, ma’am,” they said. They lied. Australia has committed a frigate, a reconnaissance plane and 200 troops to support the USA in… [Read more] Preparing to oppose war on Iran
US, Iran, and war without end
By ANDY PAINE, 27 June 2019 Those of us who have lived most of our lives against the backdrop of disastrous US wars in the Middle East and Central Asia maybe harboured some hope that the defeat of Islamic State in October would lead to a bit of a break on that front. Experience has… [Read more] US, Iran, and war without end
