The Weasel Word Terrorism
Politics is a language game: in any given context, who gets what, when and how invariably...
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01
September
2014
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Violence and the Censor
With the outbreak of uncivil wars on a regional scale, in central Africa, the Arab-speaking world...
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10
August
2014
John Keane
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Murong
During several decades of contact with writers trapped in stressed and strained political circumstances, I can’t...
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13
July
2014
General
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Operation Sovereign Borders
There’s a time-tested ‘law’ in the history of modern self-government: when a bounded nation-state democracy prosecutes...
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05
July
2014
An interview with Agnes Gruda, ‘La démocratie écorchée [Democracy Tormented]’, La Presse (Montréal)
La statue du président irakien Saddam Hussein a été déboulonnée par l'armée américaine le 9 avril...
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28
June
2014
General
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Antarctica: Notes on the Fate of Sovereignty
[caption id="attachment_8881" align="alignnone" width="800"] Image: Fumarole near the base of Mount Erebus, Ross Island, Antarctica nexttriptourism.com[/caption] The...
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24
June
2014
John Keane
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Tiananmen #25 anniversary – John Keane on Triple J
Photo: Thousands of citizens attended the candlelight vigil at Victoria Park commemorating the 24th anniversary of June...
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17
June
2014
Tiananmen Anniversary Is More Dangerous – John Keane
June 4 (Bloomberg) –- The University of Sydney Professor of Politics John Keane discusses the 1989...
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04
June
2014
Why remember the past? The case of Tiananmen
3 June, 2014 Most people know from daily experience that memories are vital for their sense of...
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03
June
2014
General
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Concentration Camps and Democracy
Manus Island camp Refugee Action Coalition The following commentary on the Abbott government’s policy of forcibly preventing people...
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29
April
2014