Senator in the city: Scott Ludlam’s vision
[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="383"] PHOTO: Do cities hold the key to our democratic future? (By Florence...
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Margaret Thatcher: Tales of Power and Vainglory
The most telling tale in Charles Moore’s winsome biography of Margaret Thatcher spotlights the moment of...
Read MorePower and Privacy in the Age of Monitory Democracy
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nkd6_duJHoc[/youtube] In our age of monitory democracy, as Rupert Murdoch is once again learning to his cost,...
Read MoreDalai Lama in Australia
My first moments with His Holiness last week were not quite what I’d expected. In pulled...
Read MoreRemembering Tiananmen: The Future of Chinese Democracy
[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="668"] The army massacre of June 4, 1989, in and around Beijing’s Tiananmen...
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Remembering Tiananmen: Chin Jin, June 4th and the future of Chinese democracy
An earthy citizen of a country led by politicians and journalists bugged by “boat people”, Chin...
Read MoreThe Greening of Democratic Politics
Readers interested in some of the big political ideas and trends of our time may like...
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The Greening of Democracy
This talk aims to provoke discussion about the long-term, ‘deep’ effects of green politics on the...
Read MoreA Short History of Banks and Democracy
[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="742"] A sign in New York in 1913 (click to enlarge). Flickr Commons/The...
Read MoreA Short History of Banks and Democracy
Deutsche Bank headquarters, Frankfurt Heike Rehm/flickr The following draft reflection on the subject of banks and democracy has...
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