Findings of Torture: The UN Rapporteur and Julian Assange
Another crude and sad chapter, yet more evidence of a system’s vengeance against its challengers. Julian Assange, like they dying Roman emperor Vespasian, may be […]
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A compulsive matter: Mandatory voting and its discontents
The session is on Radio National, Australia’s effort at highbrow airings on the wireless. And, to be fair, it often does not disappoint. But on […]
A cast of characters: The Monarchy (part 3)
By Dr George Venturini On 6 February 2012 Elizabeth II addressed her subjects: “In this special year, as I dedicate myself anew to your service, […]
Authoritarian Spirits: Congress, the Espionage Act and punishing Wikileaks
The time was 1917, and for anyone keen to impress us about any liberal feelings on the part of President Woodrow Wilson, the following should […]
A cast of characters: The Monarchy (part 2)
By Dr George Venturini The wedding of Prince Harry and Ms. Meghan Markle is another example of stage-managed event, from the announcement of their engagement […]
The Espionage Act and Julian Assange: The US Justice Department Expands Its Case
It seemed flimsy from the start, but the US Department of Justice is keen to get their man. What has certainly transpired of late is […]
Why Progressives Must Evolve
By Callen Sorensen Karklis Several years ago I resigned from the ALP. I was heavily involved in the party running local branches in Bowman and […]
Monsanto, Scientific Deception and Cancer
Money may not be able to buy the purest love, but it can buy the best, life-ending cancer. For Monsanto, giant of rule and misrule […]
A cast of characters: The Monarchy (part 1)
By Dr George Venturini A cast of characters: The Monarchy Most Australians ‘believe’ that Queen Elizabeth II is a figure head with virtually no political […]
Challenging Orthodoxies: Alabama’s Anti-Abortion Laws
It seems like a grand ploy of massive distraction. On the surface, the move by Alabama to place the most onerous restrictions on the granting […]
The Victory of Small Visions: Scott Morrison Retains Government
Australian politics since the 1990s has been marked by a dedicated loathing of the “vision thing”. For those keen to see policies lasting beyond the […]
A cast of characters: John Kerr (part 2)
By Dr George Venturini As already noted, the Australian Constitution makes no mention of the prime minister, of ministers, of the Cabinet, or political parties. […]
Fantasies of Humanity: The Christchurch Pledge and a Regulated Internet
It had to come. A massacre, broadcast in real time and then shared with viral automatism; the inevitable shock, and the counter from the authorities. […]
Modern Merchants of Death: The NSO Group, Spyware and Human Rights
Arms manufacturers of old, and many of the current stable, did not care much where their products went. The profit incentive often came before the […]
A cast of characters: John Kerr (part 1)
By Dr George Venturini 1. A cast of characters John Robert Kerr John Robert Kerr was born in 1914 in Balmain, then a working-class […]