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 built around Jason W.…
Category: Writing
The Paradox of Identity Politics
Originally published on Counterpunch. A recent piece on Voices of the Revolution, ’The Siren Song of Identity Politics,’ properly attempts…
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 between rich and poor,…
Freedom will be won through freedom, or not at all
The presidential campaign of Bernie Sanders has been sold as a political revolution; the hyperbole characteristic of such claims notwithstanding,…
Crisis, collapse and collective survival
According to a NASA-sponsored study released last year, the collapse of the global economy is likely within the next decade…
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 can email cross-bench senators…
Adolf Hitler: A Political Archetype of the Dunning-Kruger Effect
Where textbook examples of propaganda, political manipulation, megalomania and control freakery is concerned, Adolf Hitler, leader of the National Socialist…
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…
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…
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…