The establishment wonk on empire and espionage at The Washington Post, David Ignatius, offers a fairly meaningless assessment in terms of claimed Israeli dominance over Iran and its proxies. After a ...

I want to present five arguments why we should make Anzac less important than it is now and as it looks like becoming in the next four years. I am not talking about Anzac Day (provided it is done with ...

Both Heritage’s president Kevin Roberts’ announcements were made on Steve Bannon’s War Room broadcast, central to the Trumpist movement and its efforts to remake America from every school board and ...

The view has long been held, hardly without question, that the English indeed settled in Australia in 1788. Many Indigenous Australians beg to differ; often quite vociferously around this time of year ...

Mike Parr, Sunset Claws, Part 3: Going Home, ASG, Melbourne, 2023. (Photo: Zan Wimberley) By Frances Goold ‘Schwartz claims her role to be that of a “counterpoint” to that of the museum. “Within ...

Money is perverting the democratic project into an authoritarian one. Every time a fascist-flirting regime is defeated in an election, more column inches and podcast minutes are devoted to the sense ...

Having been released from the constraints of the red in tooth and claw capitalist running dogs by retirement the grumpy one now expresses opinions that would have previously limited his career options ...

Founded by the owners Michael and Carol Taylor on January 2, 2013, The Australian Independent Media Network is a platform for public interest journalists to write and engage in an independent media ...

In the words of that old Great War Marching Song, our Jim Chalmers should be boasting to his adoring hosts that it’s a long way from Logan City to the echelons of global power and influence. If ...

Introduction: The Need for Social Justice Social justice, a term often discussed but less often understood, is about creating a fair society where every individual has equal access to opportunities ...

Born in London, schooled in Sussex and Wales, migrated to Sydney in 1988. Career in mental health, nursing, health care management and education. Currently retired but not brain dead. Occasional ...

Convict uprising at Castle Hill 1804, unknown artist. National Library of Australia I have a confession: When it comes to history I am a total nerd. Today I offer a nerdish contribution of an event ...