Woman Alleges Australian COVID Quarantine Camp Sentence Was Punishment for Lying to Contact Tracers

An Australian woman who spoke about her recent 14-day mandatory self isolation at the Howard Springs Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) quarantine camp alleges she was told by government officials her sentence was not related to public health, but was punishment for lying to contact tracing staff. … Read More >Woman Alleges Australian COVID Quarantine Camp Sentence Was Punishment for Lying to Contact Tracers

Honduran Democracy, Pete Buttigieg, Utah’s Mormon welfare

When Xiomara Castro won the election in Honduras the other week, it was a repudiation of the 2009 US-backed coup that overthrew her husband, Manuel Zelaya. Naomi Karavani reports on the elections and what they mean for the global left. Castro’s husband had ruled as a centrist democrat. … Read More >Honduran Democracy, Pete Buttigieg, Utah’s Mormon welfare

From the Yeast of the Pharisees (Come the Lies & Crimes of Zionism)

From a reader: ‘Australian writer Greg Maybury in this penetrating essay offers an eye-opening account of the myths woven around Israel and shows the reality of this entity. The narrative is well-suited to the needs of writers, political activists and defenders of human and national rights of the people of Palestine.’ — x Nasir Khan, FB. … Read More >From the Yeast of the Pharisees (Come the Lies & Crimes of Zionism)

Ukraine crisis: Cold War 2 between Russia and US MORE dangerous than Cold War 1! (Prof. Richard Sakwa)

On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Richard Sakwa, professor of Russian and European politics at the University of Kent. He discusses the summit between Putin and Biden over the Ukraine crisis, the unresolved issues at the end of ‘Cold War 1’ that led to ‘Cold War 2’ between the US and Russia, NATO expansion towards Russia’s border … Read More >Ukraine crisis: Cold War 2 between Russia and US MORE dangerous than Cold War 1! (Prof. Richard Sakwa)