Free speech after Charlie Hebdo

20 Jan 2015 | In the wake of the Charlie Hebdo, there is renewed support for the notion of untrammelled free ...  

The inhumanity of Manus

19 Jan 2015 | On Manus, there are a 100, 300, 700 men – some of them fathers of children, all of them sons of ...  

Corporate greed, environmental decay and the police state

14 Jan 2015 | Would you be like to live in a police state where untrammelled greed has knowingly destroyed its ...  

Wake up Charlies: Why these world leaders are a threat to you

12 Jan 2015 | The killing of 12 journalists and cartoonists is an atrocity, however marching in solidarity with ...  

Here we Joh Again! Qld Police arrest Newman satiriser for ‘dangerous’ T-shirt

10 Jan 2015 | IA speaks to eyewitnesses, including Senator Claire Moore, to get to the bottom of just what ...  

Calls for unity and understanding as world mourns Charlie Hebdo

9 Jan 2015 | If the Charlie Hebdo atrocity is allowed to feed discrimination and prejudice, it will play ...  

Sri Lanka's murderous Rajapaksa regime fights and bullies for survival

8 Jan 2015 | Sri Lankan tyrant Mahinda Rajapaksa is using violence and intimidation to try to get himself ...  

Neutralising terror: Soft power and the Islamic State

24 Dec 2014 | Islam is not the problem and people who follow Islam are not the problem — Islam is, in fact ...  

So much for Christmas cheer

19 Dec 2014 | Under the Abbott government, Australia is now a cruel, mercenary and pessimistic country. Author ...  

The U.S. tortures ... and an unrepentant Dick Cheney says he'd do it all again

17 Dec 2014 | 'There is an almost criminal gang in the U.S. Government's security agencies, which is not subject ...  

Morrison's Death Row: The new lost generation

5 Dec 2014 | Scott Morrison's temporary protection visa (TPV) legislation, passed by the Senate last night, is ...  

Silencing dissent and the mastery of fear

27 Oct 2014 | The power elite are using well-worn, time honoured methods of silencing reputable sources of ...  

Refugees and people smuggling: What the media refuse to challenge

26 Oct 2014 | It is legal to cross borders without papers for the purposes of seeking asylum, even under Aust ...  

The murderous secrets of Sri Lanka's Rajapaksa regime

25 Oct 2014 | Contributing editor-at-large Tess Lawrence reviews Trevor Grant’s new book SRI LANKA'S SECRETS ...  

James Packer and Sri Lanka: No country for a new casino

23 Oct 2014 | Human rights campaigner and refugee advocate Victoria Martin-Iverson has very publicly challenged ...  

Five reasons terror laws wreck media freedom and democracy

13 Oct 2014 | The Abbott Government’s new security and counter-terrorism laws represent the most concerted ...  

Preachers of hate

10 Oct 2014 | I hope Tony Abbott will forgive me if I’m a little sceptical about the “preachers of hate” ...  

The 'humanitarian' war furphy

10 Oct 2014 | This new rush to war is not an intervention designed to meet humanitarian goals and objectives ...