Come The Revolution

Come the Revolution – Alex Mitchell

  • US bans private jails

    Washington bans future use of private jails … Global security firms lobby Australian politicians to step up prison privatisation … Canberra’s new double act: The Pauline Hanson & James Ashby Show … Festival of Dangerous Ideas featuring John Howard … Great Crashing Bores continued … US ban on privately-owned jails In Washington DC on August…

  • Hillary Clinton’s false feminism

    False choices: the faux feminism of Hillary Rodham Clinton ed Liza Featherstone, Verso, London & New York 2016 No one wants to see a fascistic, racist, misogynist blowhard in the White House – no one, that is, except some dangerous groups of right-wing fanatics, half the Republican Party and some millions of deluded, uneducated (not…

  • How to stop greyhound savagery

    Simple way to end the barbaric culture of greyhound racing … Britain’s UKIP in disintegration … War crimes in Yemen: but don’t mention Australian involvement … Media corrupted in New York and Australia … Festival of Dangerous Ideas – 2 … Great Crashing Bores continued How to stop greyhound savagery There is a simple way…

  • Abbott charms UK Tories

    The Tony Abbott-Rupert Murdoch Show enjoys a ratings surge … Still in denial over the Vietnam war … Memories of dinner parties at the Knightleys’ in Notting Hill … A new series: Festival of Dangerous Ideas … Great Crashing Bores continues … Abbott charms UK Tories Tony Abbott’s visit to London for this week’s Tory…

  • Scientology protected by Oz politicians

    Why Scientology enjoys hidden protection from Oz politicians …Senator Nick Xenophon is the sole exception … how Rupert Murdoch became scientology’s public enemy No 1 … Israel’s nuclear arsenal revealed … Great Crashing Bores continued …. US cult’s dream run in Oz SOUTH Australian Senator Nick Xenophon this week launched “Fair Game – The incredible…

  • NSW by-elections to savage both Nationals and Labor

    TWO by-elections in NSW on November 12 present a critical test for both Premier Mike Baird’s Coalition and the Opposition Labor Party. The Nationals face an uphill battle to retain the regional seat of Orange in western NSW and Labor must hold the “heartland” seat of Wollongong to stake its claim to be the next…

  • The sabotage of Syria’s ceasefire

    The Washington-Moscow peace plan for Syria was deliberately sabotaged … Military chiefs all over the world go “lone wolf” … Rupert Murdoch’s embedded journalism in conflict zone … Truth about Senator Stephen Conroy’s strange exit … Great Crashing Bores continued In Geneva on September 9, Washington and Moscow reached an accord on a Syrian ceasefire…

  • Relocation of Powerhouse Museum enters deep water

    When the NSW government first proposed to transfer the Powerhouse Museum from Ultimo on the fringe of Darling Harbour to Parramatta in western Sydney it was greeted with widespread approval. To many citizens it made perfect sense to elevate public culture in the arts-starved western suburbs. Another point of attraction was the proposed funding arrangement:…

  • How long will Malcolm last?

    How long will Malcolm Turnbull last as prime minister? … Tony Abbott wants his old job back but Liberal MPs aren’t rallying … Australia’s sickening fiasco in Afghanistan … World’s newest nation becomes failed state … When Abbott talked up DIY terrorism … Rupert Murdoch’s slaughter of Fairfax … Great Crashing Bores continued … Prime Minister…

  • Hamilton Hume: Book Review

    Hamilton Hume The Life and Times of Our Greatest Explorer By Robert Macklin Hatchette Australia 2016 A comprehensive biography of the explorer Hamilton Hume is long overdue. His outstanding contribution to Australian history has been scandalously neglected: most versions of 19th century colonial exploration were written by supporters of the pro-British and pro-colonialist ascendancy. Hume’s…

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