The Result
October 11, 2004Well it’s probably already known by readers that the Liberal party (conservative, U.S. Republican party supporting) won with an increased majority in the Australian federal elections. I’m going to try to avoid the punditry and over analysis typical of many blogs as to why that happened due to support/rejection of a particular policy proposed by…
Leigh’s How To Vote Card
October 8, 2004Given my history of pontifications on this blog and that I am not currently a member of a political party, I may as well offer my analysis of the parties that are standing in my electorate of Curtin in Western Australia for the House of Representatives of federal parliament (which I am eligible to vote…
Greens Polling Well in Pending Australian Elections
October 4, 2004Matching the disgust the British electorate have with both the Tories and New (religious lapdog) Labour in the recent Hartlepool by-election, there is significant rejection of the failed “Laberal” policies in Australia, with party polling showing exceptional support for the Greens.
Military Censorship of Filmmaking
September 28, 2004The mealy-mouthed self-censorship of Hollywood is legendary, particularly the Hayes code preventing anything approaching realistic depictions of a variety of adult behaviour. An entertaining description is provided by experimental filmmaker Kenneth Anger in Hollywood Bablyon. More frightening is the degree of censorship exercised by the U.S. military in controlling the depiction of U.S. military (and…
Adbusters anti-sweatshop shoe & The Take
September 28, 2004The anti-corporate Adbusters group has started an initiative to produce vegan, hemp sneakers which are produced with fair labour conditions. The shoes have a look similar to Converse (which I wear, buying them prior to them going bankrupt and being bought by the sweatshop baron Nike). Each pair purchased buys shares in the fair trading…
Prescott Bush’s Trade with the Nazi’s
September 28, 2004The Guardian has done further digging into declassified documents detailing how Bush’s grandfather Prescott Bush, established the family fortune by trading with the Nazi’s during World War II, resulting in him being charged with trading with the enemy.
Saidad or Baghgon?
September 24, 2004Tom Engelhardt at MotherJones.com makes an excellent, thoughtful comparison of a previous U.S. colonialist adventure and Iraq now. Very well written.
Missile Dick Chicks on Tour
September 16, 2004The Missile Dick Chicks have begun reporting from the road on their tour of Ohio, Tennessee, North Carolina and Washington. Aiming to sing and dance dubya (“W = War!”) back into office with such delightful ditties as “Shop in Name of War” and “These Bombs Were Made For Dropping”, these Patriot missile equipped ladies from…
Law Council of Australia condemns Hicks Trial
September 16, 2004After the release of a damning report by the Law Council of Australia condemning the trial of the Guantanamo Bay detainee David Hicks, the Australian Greens Party called on the two corporate funded parties to pressure the U.S. government to cancel the show trials against Hicks and Mamdouh Habib and return them to Australia for…
Did Allawi Kidnap the Two Simonas?
September 16, 2004Naomi Klein and Jeremy Scahill have an article in the UK Guardian raising questions of who the kidnappers of the two Italian and two Iraqi humanitarians are. They raise several troubling indications that the kidnappers are aligned or directed by the installed interim Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi. Democracy Now! has an interview with Scahill.