Juan Campos is a Salvadoran who spent two years in prison and was tortured in the early 1980s. He was rescued by Australia´s special humanitarian program and has lived in Australia ever since. Juan was one of the 15 Australian´s who came to El Salvador to observe the critical Presidential elections. He explains to community radio what these elections mean to Salvadorans, and people like himself.
Without lending support to the recent attacks in the 6 counties of Ireland that remain under British rule (and the attacks, despite clearly wedging Sinn Fein, are counterproductive, and wrong), the wombats have decided to provide a bit of background to the issue, for those that aren't as familiar.
This excellent 2006 film by socialist Ken Loach (embedding disabled, so links only) captures a good deal of the reasons why (apart from the obvious occupation of one's own country) the Irish struggle reached such heights over the last century. Obviously, things are very different in the last few decades (and we could here show, for example, the excellent movie "Bloody Sunday", but that's for a different time).
In response to the recent events in the 6 Occupied Counties of Ireland, the wombats would like to post these three excellent Christy Moore songs.
Ireland unfree may never be at peace, but violence doesn't guarantee freedom. Often, it creates the opposite, especially when indiscriminate and isolated from popular opinion.
In the Bicentenary year of Charles Darwin's birth, a series of events and debates are taking place, celebrating the discovery of evolution, and the revolution in science and knowledge it brought about. Here's renowned naturalist and broadcaster David Attenborough on Darwin's discovery.
Left-wing British MP George Galloway interviews author, activist, and UK SWP member Richard Seymour (of Lenin's Tomb fame) on his (apparently fantabulous) new book, The Liberal Defence of Murder.
