Skewed Responsibility: Australian War Crimes in Afghanistan
The Inspector-General of the Australian Defence Force Afghanistan Inquiry was always going to make for a gruesome read – and that was only the redacted […]
Articles by Dr Binoy Kampmark
The Yemen Civil War Arms Bonanza
“Making billions from arms exports which fuel the conflict while providing a small fraction of that in aid to Yemen is both immoral and incoherent.” […]
Dim Halos: Suppressing the Cult of Pope John Paul II
As chief conductor of the saint factory, Pope John Paul II was always going to be, in time, canonised. Almost 500 saints were created under […]
Covid Offices and the Religion of Remote Work
Masks can prove liberating. The hidden face affords security. Obnoxious authority breathes better, hiding in comfort. Behind the material, confidence finds a home. While tens […]
A Dedicated Obsession: Washington’s Continuing Iran Sanctions Regime
One dogma that is likely to persist in US foreign policy during a Biden presidency will be the sanctions regime adopted towards Iran. Every messianic […]
Rolling Heads at the Pentagon: Trump as Sacker-in-Chief
A sense of redundancy might encourage calm. The job is done, however well or poorly. The legacy charted. But in the case of President Donald […]
Petitions, Probes and Rupert Murdoch
Australia has given the world two influential and disruptive exports in the field of media. One, currently in London’s Belmarsh Prison, is facing the prospect […]
Viral Optimism: The Pfizer-BioNTech Vaccine
The announcement that Pfizer Inc., along with its collaborative partner BioNTech SE, had come up with a successful vaccine candidate to combat the novel coronavirus […]
Biden’s Victory: What Now Awaits?
Whatever was set to happen on November 3, President Donald J. Trump would not lose. Falling in that establishment firebreak against democracy known as the […]
Fur Trades and Pandemics: Coronavirus and Denmark’s Great Mink Massacre
“The worst case scenario is a new pandemic, starting all over again out of Denmark,” came the words of a grave Kåre Mølbak, director of […]
The US Presidential Election: The View from Outside
It was now the turn of other states to vent about, and at, the United States. The 2020 US presidential elections were coming down to […]
Trump, Blue Mirages and False Polls
The great bard remarks in Henry VI: Part II that all the lawyers ought to be killed. In entertaining this homicidal formula, William Shakespeare had […]
The US Republic, Trump and the Authoritarian Fear Mongering Club
It’s an oxymoron with a long history: American democracy. In referring to the United States, it does not exist. Nor does it take a follower […]
Sawing the Sacred: Felling the Djab Wurrung Directions Tree
“Djab Wurrung women are in an abusive relationship with Victoria’s government.” Sissy Eileen Austin, The Guardian, Sep 14, 2019. It was a penultimate day in […]
Factionalising Antisemitism: The British Labour Party Suspends Jeremy Corbyn
Whatever stance taken by followers of the British Labour Party on the subject of antisemitism within its ranks, the suspension of Jeremy Corbyn must be […]