The Convulsed Republic: The Shooting of Donald Trump
As a nation, the United States, as if we did not already know, is convulsed. Paranoid and divided, giddy with conspiracy and deranged by a […]
Articles by Dr Binoy Kampmark
“We Love you, Joe, but…”: Hollywood’s Advice to President Biden
There is something to be said about ignoring actors. They assume roles, quite literally, camouflage themselves in scripts where personalities are created, and behave accordingly. […]
Terminating Partnerships: The UK Ends the Rwanda Solution
The dishonour board is long. Advisors from Australia, account chasing electoral strategists, former Australian cabinet ministers happy to draw earnings in British pounds. British Conservative […]
Trendy Appointments: Australia’s Special Antisemitism Envoy
Was there any need for this? Australia’s Albanese government, harried by the conservative opposition for going soft on pro-Palestinian protests and the war in Gaza […]
In Westminster at Last: The Threat of Nigel Farage
“This is the inflection point,” warned Nigel Farage last month as he assumed the reins of power at the incarnated Reform UK party, standard bearer […]
Massacre at the Ballot: The Punishing of the Tories
Few would have staked their political fortune, let alone any other sort of reward, on a return of the British Conservatives on July 4. The […]
The US Supreme Court Outs the Imperial Presidency
The US Supreme Court has much to answer for. In the genius of republican government, it operates as overseer and balancer to the executive and […]
Assange’s Return to Australia: The Resentment of the Hacks
Julian Assange of WikiLeaks fame is now back in the country of his birth, having endured conditions of captivity ranging from cramped digs in London’s Ecuadorian […]
Hunted Biden: The First Presidential Debate Disaster
It was cruel. Sinister cruel. While Donald Trump was always going to relish the chance to be not only economical with the truth but simply […]
DINA: Pinochet’s Directorate for Murder and Torture
“There are three sources of power in Chile: Pinochet, God and DINA.” Chilean intelligence officer, remarks to a US military attaché, 1974. Decree 521 of […]
Victory for the Disposables: The Sentencing of the Hindujas
In his seminal work on modern slavery, Kevin Bales does away with certain, antiquated concepts. In its insidious, older form, one focused on the concept […]
Assange’s Release: Exposing the Craven Media Stable
The WikiLeaks project was always going to put various noses out of joint in the journalistic profession. Soaked and blighted by sloth, easily bought, perennially […]
The Release of Julian Assange: Plea Deals and Dark Legacies
One of the longest sagas of political persecution is coming to its terminus. That is, if you believe in final chapters. Nothing about the fate […]
Quixotic Regulation: Australia’s eSafety Commissioner Capitulates
It was given top billing, a near absurd show intended to rope in content on a global social media platform, thereby denying all outside Australia […]
Fractious Arenas: Netanyahu Dissolves the War Cabinet
You could almost sense the smacking of lips, accompanied by the rubbing of hands. The departure of Benny Gantz from the Israeli war cabinet, which […]