The Forces Against Us By James Reed

A great article by P. Benwell at the Monarchist League, Liberty Newsletter, January 2023, asking the probing question: how has all the Leftist agendas since the 1960s been able to be rolled through? And, not only that but this is just the beginning, with the voice referendum set to give Leftist lawyers and globalist elites a field day and getting into law, whatever they want. The short answer is that good men have not given a good fight, but have sat back and let the left win victory after victory, until the institutions, like the universities have become corrupted. Now it becomes more difficult than ever to overcome this. As Churchill said: “If you will not fight for right when you can easily win without bloodshed; if you will not fight when your victory is sure and not too costly; you may come to the moment when you will have to fight with all the odds against you and only a precarious chance of survival. There may even be a worse case. You may have to fight when there is no hope of victory, because it is better to perish than to live as slaves.”

https://www.monarchist.org.au/liberty_newsletter_jan_2023#the-forces

“The images on the cover of this issue raise the question, how did we transform from a family-orientated, freedom-loving, pacifist nation honouring God, Queen and Country to the rabble we saw last year throwing fake blood over portraits and desecrating murals of our late beloved Queen and burning the Australian flag that so many of our courageous soldiers died under?

Where is the recognition of those brave original settlers, many of whom were forced to come here in chains, who toiled hard to create the beginnings of one of the greatest nations on earth. And what about the early explorers, the pioneers, the inventors and the statesman, most of whom now lie forgotten? Is the antics of a rabble now freely allowed to burn the flag, the result of their hard work, their brilliance and their endeavours?

We now have the seditious rejection led by members of the Federal Parliament not just of our sovereign King, not only of our colonial history but everything that has made Australia a united, independent and free nation where all are equal under the Crown.

The forces arrayed against us are formidable indeed but there is still time to fight back. These political forces are intent on dismantling the Crown and the Australian Constitution because together these two ensure that the ultimate rights of the people are safeguarded against the machinations of politicians and big-business.

The duty of the Australian Monarchist League has always been to protect and to defend the Australian Constitution and Crown because without the Crown we have no constitution as it is, whatever academics, politicians and others may say. It is the Crown represented by the King through the Governor-General that ensures our constitutional system of governance is maintained intact. Once the Crown is removed whatever is left is up to the whim of politicians. We freely admit that our constitutional system is not perfect, and the Constitution does need updating, but it has stood the test of time and has held politicians to account since 1901. Any failures in our governance have been due to the machinations of political and other players, not the Constitution itself. …

Australia Day celebrates the nation we have become due to the hard work, perseverance and involvement of all Australians, including those who were here before the arrival of the British. However, this government has already started to dismantle the day that we know and have celebrated for over 200 years.

Local councils may now decide to hold citizenship ceremonies on another day of their choosing. Soon, we anticipate seeing other moves occur which will see Australia Day abolished and a holiday celebrated under some other name probably on another day.

Although it only became a public holiday in 1994, declared so by then Prime Minister Paul Keating, Australia Day has been celebrated as a national day since 1808. Originally commemorating the arrival of the British, it now celebrates what Australia now represents as a free and independent Australian democracy welcoming people from around the world as one united nation under the Crown.

As such, the Australian Monarchist League is celebrating Australia Day in spite of those who wish to abolish it and we invite all those who wish to join in with us or with other organisations that may be organising celebratory activities. Details will be advised to members if there are known activities in their States

We do appreciate that there have been some members disappointed at the lack of events in some States this past year, but we do hope that we will see a renewed vigour in 2023. I would mention, however, that the lack of positive response by most members whenever events have been organised has been very off-putting for organisers and many are not willing to spend their time when faced with such lack of interest by members in their respective States. Even in populous cities like Sydney and Melbourne, trying to get people to come along to something can often be so very difficult, that it can be likened to ‘pulling teeth’ and obviously does make organisers wonder why they bother. We should remember that all organisers and helpers are voluntary.

Even though we may wish there was, there can be no such thing as a ‘free’ event. Hiring a hall or a reception venue costs money as does providing refreshments. Even if both are somehow provided free of charge, there is often insurance and always marketing costs to be accounted for. Many functions that we have to charge for often run without making a profit or even at a loss. We have held events in pubs without charge, but many members refrain from attending even these. It all makes it terribly difficult, but we continue to try.

Having said that, it should be realised that the Australian Monarchist League is not a social organisation. We are a campaign and lobby group now engaged in the political campaign to save our democracy currently guaranteed under the Crown.

There is an old saying that “along with success comes failure” and the Australian Monarchist League is now facing this. We are successful in that our numbers continue to grow but along with our success comes failure of not being able to interact personally with our members. The League has always been more a fraternity of like-minded souls then a formal organisation and we, hopefully, continue to enjoy a community friendship at smaller functions.

However, the task ahead is so serious that we must continue to expand and draw in more people to support the cause. We should never forget that we will only have one chance for if we lose, we will never regain the trenchant and robust democracy established by our founding fathers over 100 years ago and politicians along with their big-business supporters will for ever thereafter rule the roost.

When political parties are sworn into office, their duty is to work for all people regardless of whether they voted for them or not, for they become the government using public/taxpayer resources that the people have entrusted to it. However, this government is intent on following, not necessarily the election mandate on which they won, but Labor Party policy which the people never voted for.

In the 1999 republic referendum equal funding of $7.5 million was provided to the Yes and the No cases to conduct their campaigns. However, in the Voice campaign, the government has made it clear that there will be no such funding for either side. Now, in this they are being unscrupulously clever because it is the government, using your (taxpayer) funds to conduct the Yes case itself. Obviously, the same will apply to the republic referendum which may be held as early as 2025 being the 50th anniversary of the 1975 Dismissal as ‘payback’ time for the constitutional system which thwarted the Whitlam government’s attempt to bypass established borrowing practices and fund government spending using high-interest Arab monies it tried to obtain using unscrupulous black-market type brokers.

I could go on about the need for a formal investigation into existing official borrowings and foreign investments into Australia, but that is for another time and another format.

Baron Acton had written in the 19th century “Liberty is not the power of doing what we like, but the right of being able to do what we ought.” The Australian Monarchist League is fighting to retain that right which we currently enjoy under the Crown.

In June 2022 Matt Thistlethwaite promised us that there would be equal government funding for the Yes and No republic referendum case, and he is probably right because neither the ARM nor AML will probably get anything, but the republicans don’t need funding when they have billionaire backers like James Packer and the like.

We, of course, are reliant solely upon the donations of those who support our endeavours for which we are tremendously grateful, but they can, in no way match the massive contributions made to the republican movement. Somehow, we have to do better as we have to match the multi-million-dollar campaign of the government, due to commence this year, as well as those of the ARM.

In 1597 Shakespeare wrote in his Henry IV. Part II “Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown” and this could well apply to the Australian Monarchist League, for the task ahead is going to be extremely onerous and difficult but we know that if we can get our message across to the people, we will succeed and defeat, for a second time, this attempt to thwart the people’s will and place total and absolute power in the hands of politicians.

As we enter 2023, please consider helping us to do the job we have been tasked with doing. Please consider donating, even a small amount, on a regular basis. Indeed, any donation you make from time to time will greatly help us and not only us, but the future will be tremendously grateful to you.”