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Working paper: The colonisation of Indigenous self-determination: Australia and Palestine

CCHS — Sun, 08 Oct 2023 02:22:11 +0000

by Gary Foley and Tim Anderson Both Aboriginal Australia and Palestine have examples of community controlled organization, the creation of self-governance structures compatible with the post-colonial ideal of self-determination. This self-determination can occur even under colonised rule and […]

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Australia: new constitution or the tokenism trap?

CCHS — Mon, 08 Aug 2022 19:42:08 +0000

Tim Anderson The latest proposal to amend Australia’s 19th century, colonial constitution, is to create a ‘voice to parliament’, which would “enable Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to provide advice to the Parliament on policies and projects […]

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Study: Israeli lobby sponsors most overseas junkets for Australian politicians

CCHS — Fri, 29 Jul 2022 11:22:50 +0000

How Apartheid Israel buys silence in Canberra, mostly through AIJAC https://aijac.org.au From APAN. Original post here: https://apan.org.au/learn-more/israeli-junkets/#resources

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Australian Soldier Ben Roberts Smith: Hero or War Criminal?

CCHS — Tue, 05 Oct 2021 09:48:32 +0000

For generations, Australian soldiers have been sent to commit war crimes in multiple wars of aggression against other countries. Yet they are told they are defending Australia. By Tim Anderson. Original post here: https://english.almayadeen.net/articles/analysis/australian-soldier-ben-roberts-smith:-hero-or-war-criminal When the Australian military’s Brereton […]

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Russia: Human Rights Situation in Australia

CCHS — Wed, 18 Aug 2021 09:24:01 +0000

Russian Foreign Affairs has followed the US and China in issuing human rights reports on other countries. The report on Australia is below, as a PDF. It has a focus on indigenous, migrant and children’s rights. The full […]

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Australia Moves Towards an Unprovoked Aggression against Lebanon

CCHS — Thu, 15 Jul 2021 09:14:21 +0000

By Tim Anderson, first post at Al Mayadeen here: https://english.almayadeen.net/articles/opinion/1494367/australia-moves-towards-an-unprovoked-aggression-against-leb Pushed by the Israeli lobby, the Australian government is steadily moving towards an unprovoked aggression against Lebanon, without even an informed public debate. The move will make use […]

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Australian war crimes traditions: the atrocity exhibition, Jeff Sparrow

CCHS — Sat, 09 Jan 2021 01:56:30 +0000

Review article by Jeff Sparrow, full PDF below, original post here: https://overland.org.au/2020/11/the-atrocity-exhibition/

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Echoes of Vietnam: counterinsurgency, ‘warrior hero’ culture, and Australian war crimes in Afghanistan

CCHS — Sat, 09 Jan 2021 01:50:51 +0000

By Mia Martin Hobbs, full PDF below, original post (at Australian Parliament House) here: https://aph.org.au/2020/11/echoes-of-vietnam-counterinsurgency-warrior-hero-culture-and-war-crimes-in-afghanistan/

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Caught in the US-China Thucydides Trap: What are Australia’s options?

CCHS — Wed, 14 Oct 2020 20:24:47 +0000

by Jay Tharappel The rise of China has prompted many US geostrategic thinkers over the past decade to talk about the degree to which another ‘world war’ is inevitable, including most recently Henry Kissinger, who warned that if […]

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Australia’s obligation to actively oppose Israel’s annexation of the West Bank

CCHS — Wed, 01 Jul 2020 02:09:55 +0000

ACIJ publication, full PDF below, original post here: https://acij.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/ACIJ-Policy-Brief-June-2020.pdf

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