Boris Johnson and the Deaths of the Hundred Thousand
Not exactly Thermopylae. Not even close. The hundred thousand who have now been taken by COVID-19 in Britain were not determined warriors holding up the […]
AIM Extra
Body of Evidence – Older Survivors and the Law
Over time the Australian Independent Media Network (AIMN) has, amongst many of the other things it does, proven itself to be a sensitive and non-judgemental […]
Seeking the Post-COVID Sunshine Through Inland Rail: Or the Saga of a Country Without Real Plans for the Future
By Denis Bright With its strong mandate at the 2013 national election, the federal LNP sought to reconstruct Australia on neoliberal principles. Resources exports to […]
Three strikes out!
The intention of this post is to examine three areas of concern which have arisen or have persisted in concerning the world at large. They […]
Not Knowing What You Stand For: Deborah Birx and Public Health
Pity the public health official tasked with convincing those beyond convincing that a pandemic crisis is worthy of serious consideration. This is further complicated in […]
Conversations with Ernie Dingo
So here we go again, ‘Strayla Day’. Hype. Flag waving. White people not giving any sort of a real shit. Those born into privilege walking […]
America the Terrible
By Elizabeth Dangerfield America is broken because a whole lot of people are fighting desperately to maintain their delusion that America has been and should […]
Seeking the Post-COVID 19 Sunshine: New Opportunities for Peaceful Foreign Policy Agendas
By Denis Bright Progressive members of Joe Biden’s caucus are ready to implement their change agenda. But how much change is in the latest political […]
Masking Up under Biden: The Perils of Tribalism, Bureaucracy and Lawsuits
One crackling theme streaking through the US elections of 2020 was the issue of mask wearing. Critics initially felt that facemasks were of the too […]
Sunk before Service: Australia’s Disastrous Submarine Project
One only gets into the submarine procurement business to spite government treasurers and economic managers. Efficiency and effectuality are bonus additions, but hardly necessary. Witness […]
Trigger Finger for Armageddon: Trump and the Thermonuclear Monarchy
It is the sort of breezy, skimpy and careless reasoning that is laying the ground for the Biden Republic. A person, kicked off a social […]
What really happened, yes I really was told to ‘rough it’ and miscarry on the side of the road… (part 2)
Continued from Part 1 Meanwhile, still in a hospital bed [in an isolation room] and beside myself with grief, tears still streaming down my face […]
What really happened, yes I really was told to ‘rough it’ and miscarry on the side of the road…
The following story may seem completely unbelievable, but unfortunately every word of it is true. What I’m about to tell you is a complete, full […]
Encircling China and Praising India: The US Strategic Framework for the Indo-Pacific
The feeling from Rory Medcalf of the Australian National University was one of breathless wonder. “The US government,” he wrote in The Strategist, “has just […]
My Story from the Great Plague Isles
By Msunderstood As far as COVID is concerned, Australia is one of the safest places in the world to be. Msunderstood is an Australian vet […]