If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they don’t want to hear. ― George Orwell (Eric Blair) Later this year it’s unlikely you’ll be reading columns like this unless keyboarded outside Indonesia. Ex-pat writers will fear deportation for lese majeste aka ‘subversion’ and ‘against our culture’ while local journalists Continue reading »
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Leaving aside the issue of whether ASIO’s announcement that there is a ‘traitor in our midst’ is simply a ploy to get more funds in this year’s Federal Budget (something you can never rule out) why hasn’t ASIO and other security and law enforcement agencies in this country pursued the two greatest practitioners of so Continue reading »
Pakistan’s election was so thoroughly corrupted that the U.S. should not recognize the coalition claiming to be able to form a government, according to 31 members of Congress.
The post Members of Congress Demand Biden Withhold Recognition of Coalition Claiming Power in Pakistan appeared first on The Intercept.
To understand Trump’s continuing hold over his fans, we have to ask: Why do they find him so funny?
The post Laugh Riot appeared first on The New York Review of Books.
Advance Australia, an ultra right-wing lobby group run by a collective of billionaires, has made the startling claim that Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese, was the actual killer of former US President JFK. ”We have conclusive proof that Albo shot JFK,”... Read More ›
We must speak to people who require assistance and listen to their needs instead of speaking over them. In the case of Australia’s refugee policy, we wasted billions on toxic cruelty when we could have done much better by cooperating internationally and supporting people humanely. One of the “greatest pre-resettlement programs in the world” for Continue reading »
As opposition to AUKUS grows, the nuclear submarine project does not stand up to expert scrutiny. There is no doubt that opposition to the AUKUS agreement is growing within the Australian public. The more people see through the secrecy and obfuscation; the more they learn about the project’s far-reaching implications for them and the nation, Continue reading »
There has been much talk about nations’ and corporations being complicit in the war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide being committed by Israel in the wake of Hamas’ horrific attacks on October 7. Much of this discussion, and in fact action, has been taken in the context of governments approving the export of arms Continue reading »
“Abortion trafficking” bills and a new study of rape-related pregnancy contribute to the “awfulization” of abortion.
The post An Abortion-Seeker Is Not a Victim appeared first on The Intercept.
In a recent interview with Victorian Health Minister, Mary-Anne Thomas, Melbourne ABC presenter, Raf Epstein, led off with a classic “gotcha” question: “I know it’s not your portfolio area, but how many Victorian homes are still without power since last week’s catastrophic storms?” Credit to Thomas’s political smarts (and probably good staff work) she shot Continue reading »