Come the Revolution – Alex Mitchell
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Brexit debacle and European Cup humiliation
England out of European Cup and European Union … David Cameron barricaded in No 10 … Tories deflect blame onto Labour’s Jeremy Corbyn … Germany goes multicultural … Great Bores continued … Brexit debacle followed by European Cup humiliation It took a mere three days before England suffered the first backlash from its referendum vote…
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Alex Mitchell’s Weekly Notebook
Shadow boxing of Malcolm Turnbull v Bill Shorten … How Hitler tamed the Catholics before turning on the Jews … Canberra’s new ally: the maniac in Manila … Japan: Empire of the Rising Gun …. Great Bores continued …. Turnbull and Shorten fight phoney election Australia’s federal election is increasingly like a boxing match in…
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Alex Mitchell’s Weekly Notebook
The Yanks are coming … remember the flood of heroin into Kings Cross during the Vietnam War … what can Darwin expect this time around … Europe’s neo-Nazis re-emerge … Great Bores: New series …. Australia is emerging as American war base – why? When Harold Holt’s Coalition government invited American GIs to spend their…
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Alex Mitchell’s Weekly Notebook
Tony Abbott exposed again … Coastal devastation demolishes climate deniers … Watch out for preferences deals … Here comes the Arts Party … Race for UN job gets down and dirty … How Zionists polluted Sydney Peace Prize … and more Climate change smashes coastal NSW It is 12 years since Sydney’s Sun-Herald published a…
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The artist who celebrated the lives of Lenin, Trotsky and Muhammad Ali: DAVID KING 1943-2016
Graphic designer, photographer, collector and writer David King dedicated most of his adult life to celebrating the Russian Revolution of 1917. He produced books, curated exhibitions and organised seminars to present the Bolshevik-led revolution with primary-sourced accuracy and captivating images. While bourgeois art moved inexorably towards commercialism, the cult of celebrity and modish post-modern fantasia,…
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Alex Mitchell’s Weekly Notebook
Election secret: Don’t mention capitalism’s storm clouds … Malcolm Turnbull swings from banker to wanker … Little Englanders praise Abbott and turn against Europe … Israel promotes bouncer to Defence Minister … Rupert Murdoch strikes again … Capitalism is the new dirty word During Bill Clinton’s successful 1992 US presidential race, his principal strategist James…
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Alex Mitchell’s Weekly Notebook
Fine Cotton “patsy” John Gillespie named in Panama Papers … the Kerry Packer connection revealed … ATO should try something new – collecting taxes … dangers for Malcolm Turnbull in marathon campaign … Mystery man in Panama Papers When the Panama Papers scandal was serialised around the world in April, the media in Australia highlighted…
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Alex Mitchell’s Weekly Notebook
Sky TV presenter Peta Credlin rubbishes PM Turnbull … Dumb media fails election coverage test … Murdoch lawyer takes charge at ABC … How Musso was bankrolled by MI5 … Mandela arrested on CIA tip-off … Credlin factor infects election The Federal Election campaign has produced two “zingers”, both delivered by Peta Credlin, Tony Abbott’s…
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Alex Mitchell’s Weekly Notebook
“Panama” Malcolm Turnbull flounders in first week of federal election campaign … Tony Abbott’s political ambitions on heat again … More howlers from George Christiansen, the most obnoxious MP in Canberra … Rupert Murdoch’s Terrorgraph backs “our Albo”… Why UK socialists should vote to remain in EU on June 23 Turnbull’s muddled start Rupert Murdoch’s…
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Alex Mitchell’s Weekly Notebook
Wall Street takeover: Donald Trump becomes the US Republican Party – Tony Abbott believes in life after death – How Clintons and Blairs evade tax – Why Russia is murdering ISIS in Syria The Donald swoops on GOP Donald Trump, a New York real estate developer and former casino owner, this week succeeded in taking…
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