We are so excited to have one of Australia's greatest environmental leaders, Bob Brown, join Rising Tide for an online webinar about what it takes to build a national disruptive campaign that has the power to win!
Join us to explore the implications of the US-Australia Force Posture Agreement (FPA) and Initiatives (USFPI’s) and to contribute to the development of a campaign to terminate the FPA. Our Concerns include the increasing militarisation in Australia and the US undermining Australian Sovereignty and setting Australia up as a launch pad for war against China by:
Stationing nuclear…
Another Federal Budget that ignores low-income people, and renters.
Why are JobSeeker and others told, over and over again, that they have to wait for a raise, when there are billions and billions of dollars being spent on the big end of town???
Tax cuts for the rich, subsidies for the fossil fuels industry, tax breaks for property investors, ever-expanding defence spending...…
States are cracking down on peaceful protest and ramping up repression around the world. Australia is not immune. Peaceful protestors are being subjected to anti-democratic, bipartisan anti-protest laws, police brutality, home raids, onerous bail conditions, exorbitant fines and prison. Peaceful protestors are being harassed by police for potentially thinking about protest!
Tens of thousands of people have taken to the streets across Brazil in defence of democracy, amid fears that far-right President Jair Bolsonaro may attempt a coup if he fails to be re-elected in October.
What does AUKUS mean for Australia?
AUKUS is a military pact (Australia, UK, US) increasing the threat of a major US-led war with China.
AUKUS will bring nuclear warships into Australian ports, risking the safety of people and the environment.
Nuclear submarines will divert more than $100 billion of people’s taxes away from public health care, education, social services and the…
A roundtable discussion with Paula Sanchez (Chilean solidarity activist, nursing educator and unionist, Socialist Alliance NSW Senate candidate for the upcoming Federal elections), Dr Ian Ellis-Jones: (journalist for Green Left and author of recent pamphlet ‘Cuba: Revolution Under Attack’), Ben Radford: (Green Left journalist on Honduras and Peru current affairs).
Chair: Federico…
ON-LINE EVENT, STARTS 6:30PM WA TIME (9:30PM AEDST)
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/85094854208
Australian policies imposed on people seeking asylum who arrive by boat are punitive. This includes mandatory and indefinite detention in Australia and/or offshore, for anyone who arrives by boat. For those recognised as a refugee in Australia, it also includes being granted a temporary…
Scott Morrison and the Liberals are fanning the flames of war between the U.S. and China. In September last year Morrison announced the AUKUS Pact- a new military agreement between Australia, the U.S. and the UK which will further militarise the region and see Australia become only the 7th country in the world to acquire nuclear powered submarines.
