"a new world order is being born...where increasingly authoritarian powers use brute force to subjugate their neighbours and steal their resources ...The question is whether we have the means, willingness & ability to fight back." And whether Australians resist our govt tying us to the US fascists.

Why just Bondi? Why not all incidents of hate in Australia where nothing is done? Muslims have been a massive target for years - there was a whole 'reclaim' movement many of these outspoken on antisemitism people were part of. Incidents of hate against Muslims has risen astronomically since Bondi.

It's my belief (and that of over 500,000 others) that we need a royal commission into the Murdoch media - but that was brushed off. Let the police investigations and court cases happen first. This push for a RC has been the most disgusting display by so many pushing their own agendas.

This is one of the rare occasions I must disagree with you, Dr. Ryan.

Think modern slavery couldn’t happen here…think again. Even our regulators have identified the risk of exploitation under the ‘PALM visa’ which sees Pacific workers bonded and indebted to a single employer…great article and podcast by @mhharrington bsky.social thepoint.com.au/news/260106-...

#Denmark Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen on #Trump and #Greenland: “if the US chooses to attack another #NATO country militarily, then everything stops, including NATO and thus the security that has been established since the end of the Second World War” #Venezuela www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Time for another mass blockade of this genocide enabling site…. theaimn.net/confronting-...

Take it from a Filipino, even if you despise the current rulers of your country, you will live to regret the day the United States comes in to remove them

It gives me no joy to say that the ABC is over. 4Corners, MediaWatch, Are you Listening, Laura Tingle & John Lyons - still very good - but otherwise it’s over. Time to move on #auspol

Ok they’ve done business wankers and sports wankers. Who is next on the Zionist PR train? First responders? Lifeguards? Scouts? Outback truckers? Native animals?

Stop calling it war. These are terrorist attacks being committed by the US government. Every foreign nation should be lining up sanctions.

Bernie Sanders on FB re what anti-semitism is and is not.

As I understand today's discussion, we can stop an ISIS cell by policing the speaker list at writer's festivals and the BA syllabus at Unis. And by "stopping demonstrations." This is madness.

You can throw in more funding, create new laws & establish as many taskforces as you like to tackle antisemitism, but until Israel stops slaughtering innocent Palestinian men, women & children, and stops stealing land, the underlying problem will always remain.

My latest with @ichotiner.bsky.social.

If you are a foreign president who commits crimes overseas, America will come get you, arrest you, and lock you up. But if you are a US president who commits crimes here in the United States, America will give you immunity from prosecution, reelect you, and bribe you with billions of dollars.

But you do …

I think this feels particularly shocking because no matter how much you stretch the law this has absolutely no basis of legality whatsoever. No terrorists, no "threat" requiring anticipatory self defence. Nothing.

I dunno what scares me the most: Trump’s insane criminal warmongering or heads of other nations pretending this is ok. I presume they talked

It’s time for the world to Boycott, Divest and Sanction the U.S Avoid the Olympics, World Cup and other sporting events. There’s no reason to celebrate the 250 birthday of this fallen nation

Got to admit. This is so completely bonkus

Now that it looks like our very poor international oder is cooked completely , i am wondering what’s next? Kidnapping Trump?

Cancer research costs too much but we have the money to run Venezuela

Question: Hey so about boots on the ground: do you envision US Military having a presence in Venezuela Trump: if they're needed to protect the oil, yes I'm furious but also it really is refreshing that he's like "yep it's about the oil"

Eight journalists and social media commentators are sentenced to life imprisonment in Pakistan after being convicted of terrorism-related offences linked to online activity in support of jailed former prime minister Imran Khan.

No war on #Venezuela protests in #Australia. #HandsOffVenezuela #NoWarForOil #auspol

Way past ‘about time’ Unions.

🏆🏆 Wins the Internet 🏆🏆

Dear Western media, Helpful list of words and phrases to use in your reports on the US action: • illegal • attack, bombing, invasion • abduct, abduction, kidnapping • breach of international law Words matter. Facts matter. You're welcome. #USA #Venezuela #journalism

If you think Trump's comments about capturing oil in V aren't sincere because the country has bad, old and inefficient fossil infrastructure, I regret to inform you that all fossil fuel infrastructure is bad, old and inefficient and none of these people actually care about the process or product

Trump’s message to oil companies on Venezuela: ‘’You gotta go in"

It sucks as a critic of international law to mourn its demise.

Saying nothing would have been better.

They can't even wait a day... www.wsj.com/livecoverage...

So, this should finally put to rest any delusions that there are decent people left in the US military who will stand up to illegal orders and protect democracy. The US military is now more likely to kill US citizens rather than help them. They are not our friends.

Our AUKUS partner showing off the shared values Richard Marles loves to talk about

“More than half the gas exported from Australia is given away for free. What little revenue is collected is dwarfed by HECS repayments – but no one expects to see the head of the student union barging into the prime minister’s office to demand a better deal.” satpa.pe/BoUkwzE

This illegal invasion of another country while its citizens sleep is a cynical act of American imperialism. The fact that Venezuela has some of the world’s largest oil reserves makes this feel very familiar. Greens stand against this contempt of international law. www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c5...

Every American should be ashamed of who we are and what we have become as a nation today. We have a long history of military misadventures and even crimes but the attacks we have been conducting on Venezuela are among the most wanton, egregious and least defensible acts we’ve ever conducted.

Our military personnel should reject this nonsense. There is no way they should be following orders of a criminal who is dragging them into a war for no reason. I’m pretty sure this is not congress approved attacks therefore making it illegal.

The bombing of Venezuela is an act of aggression: unprovoked, unjustified and unjustifiable.

Hurry up and do it

Wtf is going on. I take an hour out of doom scrolling to watch something on tv - and here we are in the middle of a very very bad dystopic novel.

Kidnapping the leader of a foreign state without any declaration of war and announcing it via social media is full-on rogue state stuff. From the world’s number one superpower.

Whatever you might think of Maduro, the seizure and kidnapping of a head of state takes us to a very dark place. Vast, arbitrary, extra-legal power, which could be exercised almost anywhere, regardless of the character of the target government.

Stop calling it war. These are terrorist attacks being committed by the US government. Every foreign nation should be lining up sanctions.

Live Updates: Explosions Are Reported in Venezuela’s Capital www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...

The United States is a rogue, criminal and terrorist state. It has no right to abduct leaders of other nations, or to drop bombs whenever or wherever it pleases. It is empowered and enabled by the Western allies who normalise it and do not condemn it.