A California union’s decision to host a meeting about US policy towards Cuba has prompted a congressional probe and renewed attacks on international solidarity, writes CAMERON HARRISON
Australia’s growing anti-China ties with the US are worrying
The general outlook that sees China as a threat, despite being their most important trading partner, makes any possibility of genuine normalisation difficult, despite the claims of Australia’s politicians, writes VIJAY PRASHAD
The Baltic state is set to reverse its constitutional prohibition on nuclear weapons and foreign bases as part of accelerated Nato war preparations, warns TOM UNTERRAINER
Long-term underfunding and state neglect, while simultaneously probation services have been undermined, have intensified the prison crises, argues SOLOMON HUGHES
Holyrood incompetence has cost jobs and put the future of Clydeside’s Ferguson Marine shipyard into jeopardy. Its future should have been assured, argues KENNY MACASKILL
With the agitated debate now raging in the media about the early release schemes, Prison Officers Association general secretary STEVE GILLAN gives the view of those who work in the sector
The hounding of the late Jason Arday is an all too familiar experience for many black people. ROGER McKENZIE calls for collective action to combat what can feel like personal isolation
ON NOVEMBER 15 2022, during the G20 summit in Bali, Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese told journalists that his country seeks a “stable relationship with China.”
The main reason for this, Albanese said, is because China is “Australia’s largest trading partner. They are worth more than Japan, the US, and the Republic of Korea together combined.” China is Australia’s largest destination for exports, and it is the largest exporter into Australia. This has been the situation since 2009.
When Albanese was asked if China’s President Xi Jinping raised the issue of Australia’s presence in several military pacts against China, Albanese said, issues of strategic rivalry were only discussed in “general comments.” For the past six years, China has largely ignored Australia’s requests for meetings due to its close military alignment with the US.
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