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Festival of cowardice: The cancellation of Randa Abdel-Fattah

If the decision to remove a Palestinian author from Adelaide Writers' Week was intended to refl ...  
How Iran’s regime weaponised religion

Behind the language of morality and law, Iran’s theocracy has spent decades protecting abusers ...  
Gaza to Bondi: How appeasement shaped Albanese’s response to antisemitism

A pattern of appeasement, not moral clarity, has shaped the Albanese Government’s response to ...  
Pole-to-Pole with Donald Trump: An Australian guide to the new flat Earth

As Donald Trump redraws the world from ice cap to ice cap, Australia risks discovering that being ...  
Trump’s Venezuela abduction shatters claims of Western moral authority

By kidnapping a foreign leader, the Trump Administration has stripped the West of any credibility ...  
Gangsters, genocide and gagging dissent

As Trump's world domination plans go into overdrive, managing editor Michelle Pini discusses the ...  
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Australia’s ‘national interest’ falters in the face of Trump’s lawlessness

Australia’s leaders proclaim a rules-based international order, but fall conspicuously silent ...  
Prime ministerial loyalty on trial in Australia’s ‘Gaza’ war

The political uproar around antisemitism in Australia this coming year will hinge on what happens ...  
Let’s hope 2026 is way better than last year

Elections this year could continue the drift away from democracy, or reverse it.  
From rules-based order to rule by fear: America’s democratic unravelling

As the Trump Administration weaponises state power against critics, America’s self-image as the ...  
Chris Hedges speaks to IA about Gaza genocide, Bondi and 'blowback'

In this special Indy Eye podcast, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Chris Hedges joins Michelle ...  
What Gaza and Ukraine reveal about a new era of imposed peace

From Gaza to Ukraine, externally designed peace plans are replacing negotiation with compliance ...  
For the fourth consecutive year, Russia weaponises Christmas

For the last three years, Christmas in Ukraine has meant no carols, processions or its celebrated ...  
Top activities for first-time visitors to Turkey (Türkiye)

So you're thinking about visiting Turkey for the first time? Smart choice. This country sits righ ...  
Sri Lanka’s floods trigger one of the worst humanitarian disasters in years as communities call for coordinated global support

Sri Lanka is facing one of its most severe flood events in recent memory, with entire districts ...  
Trump’s decline into open corruption signals the end of America’s authority

While this year saw the demise of the USA as a global leader, next year may reveal its successo ...  
Human tragedy eclipses tourist turmoil amid Vietnam’s deadly floods

A traveller’s close call in flood-ravaged Hoi An reveals how easily visitors can escape — and ...  

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