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Tony Smith

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Children drumming in Gaza

I cannot even begin to understand how governments can fail to demand a ceasefire in Gaza. They know – absolutely know – that Palestinian children...

30.03.2024 5

Pearls and Irritations

Tony Smith

Phoney secrets and scares about foreign powers

One thing is certain about espionage agencies. They are not averse to creating alarm in order to give the impression they are protecting us from...

14.03.2024 9

Pearls and Irritations

Tony Smith

Submarines then and to come

The multi-billion dollar expenditure on nuclear powered submarines as part of the AUKUS pact has attracted some attention. Perhaps it helps to provide...

02.03.2024 7

Pearls and Irritations

Tony Smith

Submarines, stealth and STEM – stifling any Aukus debate

The Australian government has decided to ignore critics of Aukus in parliament and the community. Rather it has moved to embed the idea of Aukus...

28.02.2024 10

Pearls and Irritations

Tony Smith

A US Doctrine of Vengeance: Who has the right to punish?

The campaign to ‘punish’ enemies of the USA and Israel shows that states which argue from strength have no wish for justice – merely revenge. ...

10.02.2024 7

Pearls and Irritations

Tony Smith

UNRWA until proven innocent

At the height of the British occupation of Ireland and persecution of nationalists, there was a macabre joke which had a ring of undeniable truth:...

29.01.2024 20

Green Left Weekly

Tony Smith

In Usman Khawaja’s boots: Silence is complicity

As usual, conservative commentators have damaged their own feet. They do not have any appreciation of the political stances adopted by people of...

14.12.2023 6

Pearls and Irritations

Tony Smith

Why is it so difficult to speak of peace?

War always brings problems. Even the so-called victors experience these. The world is made poorer in that the next war seems to be much closer and...

04.11.2023 7

Pearls and Irritations

Tony Smith

With echoes of Iraq war, ADF deployed to Middle East

The decision to deploy the Australian Defence Forces to the ‘Middle East’ in the middle of the war in Gaza puts the Albanese Government into the...

26.10.2023 5

Pearls and Irritations

Tony Smith

If you are proud of the Constitution, vote ‘Yes’

In 1996 I was fortunate enough to be involved in the Centenary of the 1895 Bathurst Peoples Constitutional Convention. The 1896 event was a...

28.09.2023 8

Pearls and Irritations

Tony Smith

Constitution is ours, it comes with civic responsibility

07.09.2023 3

The Australian

Tony Smith

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