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Sunshine Coast Branch holds AGM

Dec 9, 2024 | cpa.org.au | Graham Holton

The Guardian • Current Issue Sunshine Coast at the Big Pineapple The Sunshine Coast Queensland Branch of the Communist Party of Australia held its Annual General Meeting on Saturday 30 November. It has been a great year for the two-year-old branch. We have attended numerous rallies and protests throughout the year: Pro-Palestine, Abortion Rights, LGBTQ+ and anti-TERF rallies, and Indigenous Rights.
On Cuba: Reflections on 70 Years of Revolution and Struggle

Dec 9, 2024 | cpa.org.au | Noam Chomsky |Vijay Prashad |Graham Holton

The Guardian • Current Issue On Cuba is a great introduction to modern Cuba and the problems it currently faces. Having taught Cuban history at university level, I recommend it highly for those new to Cuba, and for those who keep in touch with current events. Chomsky and Prashad began this book with a taped conversation, which they then edited.
Who are the Syrian Jihadist Rebels?

Dec 9, 2024 | cpa.org.au | Graham Holton

The Guardian • Current Issue Russian soldiers of the International Mine Action Center in Aleppo. Photo: Mil.ru – flickr.com (CC BY 4.0) On 27 November, Jihadists attacked Aleppo, Syria’s second largest city. Hundreds have been killed and the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said Aleppo’s two key public hospitals were full of patients.
COP 29’s – $300 billion insult! - CPA

Dec 9, 2024 | cpa.org.au | Graham Holton

The Guardian • Current Issue The opening ceremony. Photo: President.az (CC BY 4.0) The 29th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 29) was held from 11 to 22 November 2024. Its aim was to meet the Paris Agreement goal of limiting global temperature rise to 1.5 C°, by building consensus on climate finance, transparency and supporting the Less Developed Countries (LDCs) in their transition from fossil fuels.
Xi Jinping opens new port in Peru – US worried - CPA

Dec 2, 2024 | cpa.org.au | Graham Holton

The Guardian • Current Issue Aerial view of Chancay Port in Peru. Photo: COSCO Shipping – China China’s president Xi Jinping, recently attended the inauguration of the US$3.5 billion port of Chancay, 75 km north of Lima, with Peruvian president Dina Boluarte. The project is 60 per cent owned by the China Ocean Shipping Group (Cosco) and 40 per cent owned by Peruvian miner Volcan, a subsidiary of Glencore. The port will be a key hub connecting South America with Asian ports.
What Trump’s extremist cabinet tells us

Nov 25, 2024 | cpa.org.au | Graham Holton

Donald Trump. Credit: open sources President-elect Donald Trump’s new cabinet will begin on 20 January 2025. His selection tells us a lot about what Trump 2.0 will be and will do. He has chosen Marco Rubio as Secretary of State. If the US Senate confirms Senator Rubio, he will be the first Latino to hold the office of US Secretary of State, and will be the fifth in line for the presidency. Rubio has a history of bullying left-wing leaders, who he sees as threat to US national security.
Can Qld block Dutton’s nuclear power stations?

Nov 18, 2024 | cpa.org.au | Graham Holton

Image: Nicolas Raymond – freestock.ca / flickr.com (CC BY 2.0) Opposition Leader Peter Dutton proposes to build either nuclear power plants, or small modular reactors, on retiring coal sites in Queensland, NSW, Victoria, South Australia, and Western Australia. Minister Chris Bowen said the Coalition had provided no costings nor details.
China condemns Japan expansion

Nov 11, 2024 | cpa.org.au | Graham Holton

Photo: Artanisen – Creative Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0) The Chinese Foreign Minister, Mao Ning, has condemned Japan’s unilateral move to increase the size of its continental shelf, in contravention of the United Nations Commission the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS). Japan has expanded its size by 120,000 square kilometres in the Ogasawara Plateau, 1,000 km south-east of Tokyo.
Queensland’s right turn to Alabama

Nov 4, 2024 | cpa.org.au | Graham Holton

The Guardian • Current Issue Comrades at the Sunshine Coast. Years ago, I met US visitor to Queensland who said it was like being in Alabama. The 28 October LNP win has turned the Sunshine State back into Alabama again. The pundits had predicted a landslide to LNP. The early counting looked like a Labor win, but the 2 million prepoll votes pushed the LNP to a win of 50 seats, a clear majority over Labor’s predicted 36 seats. Labor suffered a 10 per cent shift in the rural regions.
Palestinian land for sale in USA and Canada

Nov 3, 2024 | cpa.org.au | Graham Holton

Protest against the illegal sale of stolen Palestinian land, New York, July 2024. Photo: workers.org / Brenda Ryan Palestinian properties, seized in East Jerusalem, the West Bank and Gaza, are being soldacross the USA and Canada, in contravention of international laws.