December 2024

Military mansplaining dispels any nonsensical ideas about “the sanctity of space”

31 December 2024 Noel Wauchope 4

Doncha love mansplaining? It simplifies everything, takes away your worries, and you can now complacently forget about any silly way-out anxieties that you might have had about technological progress. As our military defenders develop advanced […]

Jimmy Carter, Israel and the Apartheid Question

31 December 2024 Dr Binoy Kampmark 6

The late centenarian, Jimmy Carter, occupied a difficult position in the line of imperial magistrates we know as US Presidents. Coming to power in the aftermath of murderous US adventurism in Indochina and the debauching […]

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Number 1 for 2024: New Zealand is under siege by the Atlas Network

30 December 2024 AIMN Editorial 7

The wait is over! Number 1 can at last be revealed. This March article by Lucy Hamilton put New Zealand on AIMN reader’s maps. A worthy winner. Well done, Lucy. Just as the Atlas Network-connected […]

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Greenland Redux: Trump and America’s Continuing Obsession

30 December 2024 Dr Binoy Kampmark 4

History shows that empires acquire territories in various ways. Dynasties link arms through marriage, as the Habsburgs were famous for doing. Territories are pinched by means of arms or stolen through sham contracts and undertakings. […]

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Number 2 for 2024: Israel’s argument at The Hague: We are incapable of Genocide

29 December 2024 AIMN Editorial 13

Dr Binoy also makes his debut in the Top 5, and well-deserved too, with this article from January. Israel’s relationship with the United Nations, international institutions and international law has at times bristled with suspicion and […]

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Working

29 December 2024 AIMN Editorial 3

By James Moore When I was offered the job I was a bit stunned. Summertime employment in the car factories of Michigan was mostly an impossible dream for college students. The work was generally relief […]

Climate Change and Genocide

29 December 2024 Bert Hetebry 9

The average rainfall in the wine growing region of Margaret River in South West Western Australia is around 1,130mm per year with rain recorded around 129 days of the year. In recent years, however, annual […]

Is Peter Dutton A Political Genius Like Trump?

29 December 2024 Rossleigh 12

Peter Dutton’s nuclear plan is the cleverest political ploy since Scott Morrison convinced the party to support net zero by 2050 on the condition that they didn’t have to actually commit to doing anything to […]

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Number 3 for 2024: Gaza

28 December 2024 AIMN Editorial 3

Great to see Keith Davis make his debut in the Top 5, with this topical article on Gaza from January. Is Israel committing genocide in Gaza? Palpably so. But have you bothered for even a […]

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As the Gaza genocide continues, it cannot be a happy 2025

28 December 2024 Noel Wauchope 2

I’m sorry. I can’t rejoice over the New Year and all that stuff. How can we keep pretending – with bells and whistles and fireworks, and worthy preachings from pulpits and parliaments – that it’s […]

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If I were a Gen Zer, Questions Our Leaders Must Answer for a Better Future

28 December 2024 AIMN Editorial 5

By Sue Barrett I don’t know where you were Christmas 2019-2020 when Australia was literally going up in flames and Scomo was in Hawaii and wouldn’t hold a hose. Well. I was on my couch […]

Sinking Mike Pompeo: Tucker Carlson, Assange and Trump

28 December 2024 Dr Binoy Kampmark 0

Mike Pompeo’s role in the first Trump administration as both director of the Central Intelligence Agency and US Secretary of State will be forever associated with the venom and desperation he had in targeting Julian […]

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Number 4 for 2024: Peter Dutton still yet to deny he has shares in Coles!

27 December 2024 AIMN Editorial 2

What’s a Top 5 for the year if a Rossleigh article isn’t in it? Answer: We don’t know, because he’s always in it. He comes in at number 4 with this gem from January on […]

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Convenient generalisations

27 December 2024 Bert Hetebry 6

Generalisations are good, aren’t they? “They (Young people) have exalted notions, because they have not been humbled by life or learned its necessary limitations; moreover, their hopeful disposition makes them think themselves equal to great […]

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Daniel Duggan extradition tests Australia’s sovereignty

27 December 2024 AIMN Editorial 6

By Denis Hay Description Daniel Duggan extradition tests Australia’s sovereignty, legal complexities, and how compassion-driven policies could reshape Australia’s political system. Introduction: Daniel Duggan extradition Australia finds itself grappling with a contentious legal and moral […]

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Month: December 2024