state capture on ‘rules to reality’ podcast
In mid February I spoke to Simon Katterl on the underrated ‘Rules to Reality’ podcast.
21 February 2022
field notes
they lie about everything, all the time
Trying to find your way to clarity through the fog of horror that surrounds the Syrian civil war, you could do worse than start with MSNBC television host Chris Hayes, who took to Twitter in the wake of the US airstrikes on Damascus: “They lie about everything all the time. Everything. Every single thing, big and small. All of it. Constantly.” First published at the Guardian He doesn’t distinguish who he means by “they”, but it hardly matters. US cruise missiles arc across a Middle Eastern capital in order to prevent the use of weapons of mass destruction by an entrenched dictatorship. But this isn’t 2003. Massive anti-war demonstrations are now just a memory. The clarity of purpose with which millions marched against President George W Bush’s illegal assault on
16 April 2018
learning from jabiluka
Like anti-Adani protesters today, those who stood up at Jabiluka were attacked. It’s good to remember that people can prevail.
3 April 2018
nuclear brinkmanship and the doomsday scenario
No matter how bad you think the global nuclear weapons complex is, it is worse than you know. Much worse. Ellsberg knows this because he helped design it.
1 April 2018
an old and dangerous argument
This job is an unforgettable, irreplaceable, exhausting and exhilarating mind-bend. It is also just a job, and it has its limits.
30 March 2018
don’t waste the cambridge analytica scandal
Big, positive changes are possible when scandals put companies like Facebook under the microscope.
23 March 2018
boiling the national security frog
Our authoritarian government has turned up the heat. But we can still fight back: Australia’s accelerating militarisation and erosion of civil liberties must be resisted
15 March 2018
we need to talk about peace again
We’re in an age when ambition is called for. And it just may come in the shape of a 32,000 tonne ocean liner.
2 March 2018
barnaby dunks on himself
The belief that Australians aren’t concerned with the political system betrays a deep disconnection.
30 January 2018
radical technologies
Adam Greenfield’s ‘Radical Technologies’ is an essential guide to the tech revolution
1 November 2017