The curious case of the Pope, gays and women’s wee
The hierarchy of the Catholic Church has recently been strutting its homophobia and misogyny on the catwalk of reaction. Recently I wrote on this site (Religion, marxism and all that jazz) that we on...
View ArticleCharles Darwin and the dethroning of God
Alex Callinicos, writing in Socialist Worker (UK), looks at the political controversies that still surround Charles Darwin, who was born 200 years ago, and founded modern biology with his theory of...
View ArticleCrap corner – their god hates us, but loves deadly bush fires
This is from a recent press release by the US Westboro Baptist Church thanking their god for the bush fires and praying for more deaths. GOD HATES AUSTRALIA. THANK GOD FOR KILLER FIRES & FLOODS,...
View ArticleFather Kennedy shows us how to fight back
There is a battle going on in Brisbane. No, not the phony Queensland election war between the political twins, both vying to show us who is the least incompetent. (By the way, will city people really...
View ArticleRMIT Muslim Prayer Room campaign
The following article on the RMIT Muslim Prayer Room Campaign is by Liam Ward and first appeared in Socialist Alternative. From the campaign’s beginning in early 2008, Socialist Alternative has been...
View ArticleWhy socialists fight for religious freedom
The imperialist carve-up of the Middle East after World War I involved denigration of Islam and contempt for those who practised it. This has been revived as part of the contemporary “war on terror”,...
View ArticleScientology, religion and rationality
According to South Australian senator Nick Xenophon, Scientology is not a religion. It is a criminal organisation. It has, he says, a worldwide ‘pattern of abuse and criminality.’ Based on letters...
View ArticleWhat to make of Mary MacKillop?
The world is going to hell in a global warming handcart. Maybe Mary MacKillop can save us. After all, someone who can cure inoperable cancer 60 years after she has died shouldn’t find getting the...
View ArticleJesus Christ – rebel without a Claus
There is no historical evidence Jesus existed. Certainly he wasn’t born on Christmas Day. By the early 300 ADs the Church – now totally hierarchical to control its adherents and expand its influence...
View ArticleMarx on religion
‘Religious suffering is, at one and the same time, the expression of real suffering and a protest against real suffering. Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless...
View ArticleIslam and the Marxist approach to religion
In light of the Islamophobic rallies on the weekend, and the support socialists give to Muslims in fighting this oppression, Erima Dall looks in depth in Solidarity magazine at Marxism, Islam and...
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Will Scott Morrison really fix homophobic legislation after the Wentworth...
Cartoon by Mark David / @MDavidCartoons PM Morrison has bowed to public pressure, announcing he will address homophobic legislation but the extent to which he delivers remains uncertain, writes John...
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