Welcome to Tariff Land: The Retreat of Free Trade
Free markets? Free trade? The modern economic world has little time for these erroneous, misdirected terms. More evident are the feelings of resentment, prejudice and […]
Articles by Dr Binoy Kampmark
License to Muzzle: Taking Offence at Flag Wavers for Hezbollah
It was done for the Viet Cong in numerous countries during the US involvement in Vietnam. It was done for the African National Congress (ANC). […]
Raw Deals: The Continued Shafting of the Chagossians
It was a spectacular example of a non-event, alloyed by pure symbolism and cynicism. Here was a British government offering – how generous of them […]
Handmaiden to the Establishment: Peter Greste’s Register of Journalists
When established, well fed and fattened, a credible professional tires from the pursuit. One can get complacent, flatulently confident, self-assured. From that summit, the inner […]
Unrealisable Justice: Julian Assange in Strasbourg
It was good to hear that voice again. A voice of provoking interest that pitter patters, feline across a parquet, followed by the usual devastating […]
Presidential Marxism: AKD and the Sri Lankan Elections
Anura Kumara Dissanayake, known with convenient laziness as AKD, became Sri Lanka’s latest president after a runoff count focusing on preferential votes. The very fact […]
The Illusion of a Solution: Killing Hassan Nasrallah
The ongoing Israeli operation against Hezbollah, the Iranian-backed militia group so dominant in Lebanon, is following a standard pattern. Ignore base causes. Ignore context. Target leaders, […]
The Campus Life Killers: Ending Face-to-Face Lectures
The bells are tolling for the demise of the university classroom – at least its physical manifestation. Administrative barbarians are readying their knives and brandishing […]
Project Disharmony: The Murdoch Family in Court
As with most empires in history, the search for successors can be a blighted affair. The children will rarely agree to lines of succession, and […]
Predatory Instincts: The Phoney Pharaoh of Harrods
The sticky slime streaming forth from the memory of the late Mohamed Al–Fayed, who died in August last year at the age of 94, has […]
Failed Machismo: Israel’s Pager Killings
With each ludicrously diabolical move, Israel’s security and military services are proving that they will broaden the conflict ignited when Hamas breached the country’s vaunted […]
Peter Doherty: Public Science Communicator
A lecture series can promise much. But one run out of a corporatised university comes with its own burdens and blemishes. There is the stifling […]
Beyond Irritation: Bali’s Tourism Scourge
Like eager lice on a ripe scalp, tourists have become a much-reviled feature of various economies. While cash and contributions come in their wake, such […]
Childish Fantasies: Age Verification for Social Media Down Under
The Australian government has been in a banning mood of late. In keeping with an old, puritanical tradition, the killjoys and wowsers have seized the […]
Protecting the Merchants of Death: The Police Effort for Land Forces 2024
September 11. Melbourne. The scene: the area between Spencer Street Bridge and the Batman Park–Spencer Street tram stop. Heavily armed police, with glinting face coverings […]