Ongoing protests over Victorian state government lockdowns and vaccine mandates are emerging as fodder for ‘moral…
Category: Writing
Challenging the entrepreneurial discourse around women home-based workers’ empowerment
This article explores dominant entrepreneurship discourse and practice surrounding informal women home-based workers, and their relationship…
Liberal Capitalism is Dead
As the radical historian Rudolf Rocker noted in the years prior to WWII, the promise of…
Crisis-Afflicted Humanity is like an Alzheimer’s Patient Lost in the Forest
A couple of very useful quotes are attributed to Einstein. The first is his definition of…
Christchurch, the White Victim Complex and Savage Capitalism
The Christchurch atrocity is a result of the scapegoating dynamic of savage capitalism, built on a…
Is Politics Getting Worse, Or Are We Getting a Better Handle on How Bad It Has Always Been?
In assessing the present condition of things, the endemic corruption and open hostility on the part…
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…
Crises Worthy and Otherwise: Terror Scare vs. Climate Change
Donald Trump began his first week in office by fulfilling his campaign pledge to declare a…
Historical Nature versus Nature in General: Capitalism in the Web of Life
Have a new academic piece in the latest edition of Capitalism Nature Socialism, a review essay…
The Short Sell: Penalty Rates, Reaganomics and the ‘Jobs Motive’
The recent decision to cut penalty rates in Australia is another step towards widening the gap…