Two different news stories about US-Australian relations have broken at around the same time, and together they sum up the story of US-Australian relations as a whole. In one we learn that Australia has agreed to manufacture missiles for the United States, and in the other we learn that Washington has told Australia to go suck eggs about its concerns regarding the US persecution of Australian journalist Julian Assange.

Reading by Tim Foley.

Australia Agrees To Build US Missiles; US Dismisses Australian Concerns About Assange

Readings of all Caitlin Johnstone's articles, usually by her co-writer Tim Foley.