Where its capacity to betray any alleged values is concerned, the Australian Labor Party rarely disappoints.…
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Culture war and conspiracism as election strategy
In this latest Australian election cycle, history repeats itself with increasing intensity as policy debate is…
Liberal Capitalism is Dead
As the radical historian Rudolf Rocker noted in the years prior to WWII, the promise of…
Media Hype, Imaginary Hobgoblins: Malcolm And Peter’s Politics Of Moral Panic
Homelessness? Housing unaffordability? Domestic violence epidemic? Growing income inequality? Climate change? Support for renewables? Nope. Apparently…
Letter to Australian senators re. proposed lifetime ban on asylum seekers entering Australia
(The proposed lifetime ban on asylum seekers entering Australia has passed the lower house. You too…
An Advance Sale of Stolen Goods
August 16, 2013 “Every election is a sort of advance auction sale of stolen goods,” wrote…