The logistics of death and the longterm relationship
I lost my husband, unexpectedly and traumatically, recently. The only way I can make something better of the experience is to pass on suggestions to […]
Articles by Lucy Hamilton
Sado-populism
Every time a fascist-flirting regime is defeated in an election, more column inches and podcast minutes are devoted to the sense that the moral arc […]
Washington Twilight
Exploring Washington DC in late October 2024 was a surreal experience. In New York, Trump was re-enacting the 1939 Nazi rally at Madison Square Gardens. […]
Australian politicians are party to the ugly NatCon movement
Peter Dutton’s campaign to make Palestinian refugees into figures of fear mirrors the provocations to the recent UK Islamophobic riots. These were inspired by politicians […]
The IPA just exploded their argument that the “Atlas Network” is tinfoil hat conspiracy
The Institute of Public Affairs (IPA) has just shown its links to the Atlas Network, the group to which the Heritage Foundation and Project 2025 […]
The Atlas Network and the Council for National Policy: America’s global revolution
Twice in a fortnight, the president of the Heritage Foundation has declared that America is experiencing its second revolution. The revolution would remain bloodless (because […]
Classical Christian Education: the culture wars go to school
The corporate world is afraid of youth demanding change, particularly as rapacious business practices look set to drive us over the climate cliff into a […]
An Albury conference exposes what freedom means on the Right
The Triple Conference took place in Albury in March. Conspiracists and hustlers appeared alongside the well-meaning and self-important to inform a small audience of largely white-haired […]
Dutton’s petrostate and the global far right
It is very difficult to predict the future fortunes of the global populist nativism that has been threatening democratic projects around the world. Far-right parties […]
“Hungary is our Israel”: Tony Abbott and Orbán’s Danube Institute
It was announced in late in 2023 that Tony Abbott was to be a “visiting fellow” for Viktor Orbán’s Danube Institute, a hub of ultra […]
Don’t ignore the flurry of activity by Australia’s radicalising right
The “great patriotic conference in Madrid” has echoes in a flurry of National Conservative (NatCon) activity in Australia. Here too, corporate dollars keep the illiberal […]
The international radical right is built by the corporate dollar
In Australia and around the world, the far right is actively working and meeting, aiming to recreate their nations in a form most of us […]
Chalmers’ babies and Dutton’s migrants: Australia’s population debate
What kind of population does Australia need? Jim Chalmers recently informed us that Australian citizens ought to have more babies. Commentators on various blogs and […]
Corporatocracy
It’s time we reckoned with what it means to become a corporatocracy. Our governments exist to enact the desires of their corporate masters. Some of […]
Neoliberalism dreads an educated electorate
Those with a dedicated interest in maintaining the status quo fear education in the wrong hands. America’s current moment illuminates trends in Australia’s education: from […]