Corporate Accountability Research
For the last couple of months I have been helping Corporate Accountability Research prepare a series of 19 reports evaluating non-judicial redress mechanisms for human rights abuses. My graphic design…
Embrace obliteration
I think, therefore I am. I think and act for myself, therefore I am. I think and act for myself in recognising the existence of others with equal capacities as…
Working paper: The Terror Scare: War on Terror Mythology and Moral Panic
https://www.academia.edu/28916965/The_Terror_Scare_War_on_Terror_Mythology_and_Moral_Panic ‘Moral judgment about the historical events with which War on Terror narratives have become associated has become implicit in the mere act of referring to them. As a result…
A Tale from the City
One day, long ago, a man stood where a city would be built and said, out of this city will be built a graveyard for the autonomous creativity of the…
The Yellow Peril: The Chinese Scapegoat on the Goldfields as Ideological Safety Valve
The following text was presented at the Australian History Association annual conference ‘Boom to Bust,’ organized in conjunction with Federation University, in Ballarat, Victoria, in July 2016. I would like…
Silent Majority PSA
We must have oppression or we will have chaos. If you think for yourself the terrorists win. The interests of the privileged and those of the many are more or…
80 Years Ago Today Economic Democracy Became (Briefly) A Thing
This week celebrates the 80th anniversary of the birth of the Spanish Civil War and Revolution, the momentous end to some six to seven decades of radical worker organizing, equal…
Kush Zombies
Originally published online at Counterpunch.org; appeared in the Morning Star (UK) May 31, 2016. Found the byline funny; the original at Counterpunch was ‘A hat tip to old-school hip hop.’
The Trickle Down Myth
Supply side economics are driven by policies favouring the privileged and wealthy as a purported way of stimulating investment and production. As such, they have long been a favourite strategy…