This is certainly a story that will not make it into
mainstream US media – as the US Establishment doesn't even want such questions
raised about the AUKUS alliance. And if the story emerges in other venues you can be certain that
operatives and 'commentators' will spin the story and make transform these
protestors into 'China stooges' or something along those lines. They might even
find a way to blame Putin for it.
Seriously though, I could not help but have a degree of
appreciation for the nuanced views of these protestors. They rightly sense the
danger in this militaristic move on the part of Canberra (at the behest of
Washington) and rather than just offer a negative response they instead propose
a very different vision for the port, one in which it serves a different kind
of economy, and one more productive and morally sensible than what is produced
by military bases – both culturally and politically.
It was almost refreshing to read about even though it's undoubtedly doomed to fail.
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