“Leave Our Bloke Alone”: A Little Mission for Julian Assange
“I think that now it is time that the government I am a part of needs to be standing up and saying to both the […]
Articles by Dr Binoy Kampmark
The Priorities of General Motors: Ditching Holden
It seemed to be a case of grand misrepresentation. Holden cars, those great Australian acquisitions, along with home, lawnmower and nuclear family, gave the impression […]
Corporate Occupations: The UN Business “Black List” and Israel’s Settlements
Mikhail Bakunin, in that charming anarchist tradition, regarded the state as an evil to be done away with. Such collective formations were criminal, oppressive, eviscerating […]
Intelligence Spats: Australia, Britain and Huawei
A note of fraternal tension has been registered between the United Kingdom and Australia. It began with Britain’s decision to permit China’s technology giant Huawei […]
Buying Elections: The Bloomberg Meme Campaign
Interfering, corrupting and altering the views of electors is apparently frowned upon. But it all depends on who that manipulating source is. The Russians might […]
Fashion Fetishism, Surgical Masks and Coronavirus
Entering Singapore’s Changi Airport gives the visitor a glimpse of a mask fetish. Security guards wear it. As do the nurses and the various personnel […]
Disease Diplomacy and the Heavy Hand: China and the Coronavirus Problem
Authoritarian responses, with the gloved heavy hand, will always find its admirers. The reaction by Chinese authorities to the novel coronavirus (now named COVID-19) outbreak […]
Subverting the Blacklist: Kirk Douglas’s Modest Contribution
Leaving aside the content of the spectacular, embellished account that became Spartacus, Kirk Douglas, whose life ticked over into a century and a few years, […]
Failed Prosecutions: Donald Trump Survives the Senate
Never undertake a prosecution unless you have good grounds, and prospects, for a solid conviction. In the case against President Donald Trump, there was never […]
Triumphal Divisions: Trump’s State of the Union Address
In this year of the presidential elections, President Donald J. Trump shows little sign of cowering. It had been some time in coming, but here […]
Muddling Democrats: Chaos in the Iowa Caucus
Whatever the claims by the Democratic pollsters on the ground, the party has all the work to do ahead of selecting a candidate to make […]
Brexit Day
London Parliament Square is the site, muddied by rain, trodden by hundreds who have made it their celebratory space. The Leave Means Leave official website […]
Paranoid Groundings and Technocratic States: Hillary Clinton versus Mark Zuckerberg
It is another one of those contests and disagreements where the contestants should all lose, or at the very least, be subjected to a torturous […]
Trump’s Failed Bullying: Britain accepts 5G Huawei Technology
It is strikingly bullying and bullish. US officials have been less than reserved in their threats about what Britain’s proposed dealings with Huawei over admitting […]
Split Hearings: The Assange Extradition Case Drags On
It is being increasingly larded with heavy twists and turns, a form of state oppression in slow motion, but the Julian Assange extradition case now […]