Totalitarian Cyber-Creep: Mark Zuckerberg in the Metaverse
Never leave matters of maturity to the Peter Panners of Silicon Valley. At their most benign, they are easily dismissed as potty and keyboard mad. […]
Articles by Dr Binoy Kampmark
The Establishment Panic at Cryptocurrency
When Kingsley Amis encountered the works of D. H. Lawrence, he was left unimpressed by yet another great denouncer and missionary the English send “themselves […]
Electric Car Delusions
Fresh from attending COP26 in Glasgow, Prime Minister Scott Morrison was keen to impress the Australian public that he was willing to make good his […]
Britain’s Two Job Politicians
The role of the parliamentarian, historically, is one of service. The desire to hold two jobs, or more, suggests that such service is severely qualified. […]
Manufactured Cruelties: Belarus, Poland and the Refugee Crisis
Refugee crises are often manufactured by governments. They can be done at the source: war, famine, rapacious institutions. They can also be manufactured by the […]
Gasbagging in Glasgow: COP26 and Phasing Down Coal
Words can provide sharp traps, fettering language and caging definitions. They can also speak to freedom of action and permissiveness. At COP26, that permissiveness was […]
Lying in Public Life: The Scott Morrison Formula
He has some gall. Australia’s Prime Minister Scott Morrison, a person who finds the truth a creature best beaten, shunned and ignored, is now moving […]
FW de Klerk: A Negotiator Before Defeat
Rarely is the pragmatist admired. Be it in policy or politics, such a figure induces suspicion, a concern that principles will have to be subordinated […]
Diplomacy, China and Paul Keating
Former Australian prime ministers tend to be less conspicuous in public life than their counterparts in other countries. Occasionally, they make an appearance at political […]
Blacklisting the Merchants of Spyware
In a modest effort to disrupt the global spyware market, the United States announced last week that four entities had been added to its blacklist. […]
Hypersonic Panic and Competitive Terror
During his eventful time in office, US President Donald Trump took much delight in reflecting about the lethal toys of his country’s military, actual or […]
Lies, Lies and Nuclear Submarines
It looked like something of an ambush, but a coterie of Australian journalists had their man where they wanted him. Between sessions at the G20 […]
Crystal Ball Jurisprudence: The US Appeal Against Assange Opens
It’s time to ready yourself for ghoulishly bad behaviour. Shred your bill of rights or whatever charter of liberties you have handy. Flatulent, dangerous and […]
Congress, Skulduggery and the Assange Case
Is the imperium showing suspicions about its intended quarry? It is hard to believe it, but the US House Intelligence Committee is on a mission […]
Cancelling Cartoonists
On January 7, 2015, the staff of the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo found themselves facing a form of cancel culture before it became fashionable […]