Rethinking the Occupy Movement
From Tunis to Oakland, Madrid to Athens and Sydney, an estimated 900 major occupations of public...
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Sydney Writers’ Festival 2012
The internationally renowned democracy expert, Professor John Keane, joined a special Sydney Writers' Festival panel discussion on Thursday...
Read MoreEvery Joke is a Little Revolution
Every joke resembles a tiny revolution, George Orwell once wrote. He had a point. Even when...
Read MoreComing to Terms with the Past: The Puzzling Politics of Memory
Javier Cercas, Spain’s most celebrated contemporary writer, was recently in Sydney, where I had the great...
Read MoreKeeping Politics Honest with Social Media Matters to John Keane
Does keeping politics honest with social media matter to you? Professor John Keane investigates how citizens outflank...
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Pirates Ahoy! A New European Challenge to Party Politics
Pirate Party campaign ‘ship’, Cologne, March 2008 Tobias Walter/flickr Is there life after conventional parliamentary politics? That’s the...
Read MoreMediacracy: Rupert Murdoch’s "Toxic Shadow State"
[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="237"] Keith Rupert Murdoch, 2011 DonkeyHotey/Flickr[/caption] When Rupert Murdoch gives further evidence to the...
Read MoreWhy Democracy (Γιατί δημοκρατία;)
"Why Democracy", a Greek-language publication by Professor John Keane, published by Nefeli Books (Athens, 2012) More info...
Read MoreBob Brown and the Virtue of Humility
[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="237"] Bob Brown at the University of Newcastle, 1986 University of Newcastle Cultural...
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