The world is a very volatile place. Two major invasions have occurred out within two years—a reminder of how deadly and destructive global capitalism is.
From the early days of colonisation to this century’s “War on Terror”, Britain, France and the United States and its allies have terrorised the Middle East and North Africa.
Joel Geier has been a socialist activist in the United States since the civil rights movement in the late 1950s and Berkeley free speech campaign in the 1960s. He has written extensively on American politics, the Democratic Party, economics and imperialism. Joel spoke to Eleanor Morley while in Australia last month about the Biden administration’s attempt to strengthen American empire.
While prices are soaring and millions of people are struggling to make ends meet, the ALP is boasting about a $22 billion budget surplus that it refuses to use to help alleviate the cost-of-living crisis.
As the housing crisis continues to worsen, the Greens have capitulated to the Labor Party, helping it to pass the utterly inadequate Housing Australian Future Fund legislation. They have secured no relief for renters, despite having positioned themselves as “the party of renters”, according to leader Adam Bandt, since last year’s election.
Forty years from now, Australia will have fewer young people, who will be caring for more elderly people while struggling with unaffordable housing and declining living standards. It will frequently be too hot to step outside the house for work, and instead of spending money on services to improve this picture, the government will be forking out for a war with China, real or imagined.