Occupy movement has had some success
702 ABC Sydney _ May 17, 2011 The Spanish Indignados movement began a year ago and...
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Every 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...
Read MoreIsrael’s "Fighting Democracy": A Few Things That Need Saying
[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="237"] Günter Grass, at the New York Public Library, June 2007 Flickr[/caption] Günter Grass...
Read MorePrologue to Monitory Democracy in the Era of the New Media Galaxy
John Keane’s prologue to Ramón A. Feenstra, Democracia Monitorizada En La Era De La Nueva Galaxia...
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