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Tower of babble: Shin Bet gatekeepers talk 27 Aug 2013 | 08:23 am
Being in charge of Shin Bet, the Israeli Security Agency, is a job with an afterlife. For better or worse, decisions are made; accepting the course of history – where there’s no room for ‘what ifs?’–...
New writer? Less than a week before this opportunity ends! 26 Aug 2013 | 05:17 am
The 2013 Overland Victoria University Short Story Prize for New and Emerging Writers closes on midnight, 31 August 2013. If you haven′t submitted, don′t wait until the last minute. This is Australasia...
The border protection-asylum industry 23 Aug 2013 | 03:25 am
The current focus on border protection as a matter of security is a fairly recent development. As Tad Tietze discusses, even during the twentieth century there were periods in which large numbers of p...
‘Something left for them’: the politics of Joe Strummer 22 Aug 2013 | 05:54 am
Joe Strummer died at age fifty in 2002, just as he was on his way to re-establishing himself as a major radical voice in rock’n’roll. The vehicle for his return was his band the Mescaleros, formed aft...
Breakout at the un-OK corral 21 Aug 2013 | 05:10 am
There is a well-established tradition of accusatory writing in this country in which a writer currently or previously associated with the Australian Labor Party explains to her or his readers what is ...
Why politicians hate you 20 Aug 2013 | 05:38 am
Politics has become something of a career move for a self-manufactured professional class. There aren’t a lot of plumbers or factory hands in politics. For the elites who see politics as a good career...
WikiLeaks’ ideology problem 19 Aug 2013 | 11:17 am
It seems like the progressive love affair with WikiLeaks may be coming to an end. On Sunday it was revealed that WikiLeaks had preferenced the fascist Australia First and the Shooters and Fishers part...
Scenes from a mall that doesn’t exist 19 Aug 2013 | 05:17 am
Two stories, this past week. In the first story, the Israeli Defence Forces published a blog post aimed to show that Palestinians in Gaza – far from living in a state of permanent military siege and e...
What I learned from watching 50 films 16 Aug 2013 | 04:56 am
Trends and reflections from the 2013 Melbourne International Film Festival It’s easy for audiences to become conditioned when all we digest are standard genre flicks for eleven months of the year. In...
Occupy Hartee’s: disposable reflections on fast food history 15 Aug 2013 | 05:25 am
Many have heard of the famous McLibel Case, or seen Super Size Me, or heard of stores closed for lack of interest. Less well known is Australia’s first pro-fast-food direct action episode, which was i...
