August 2025

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From D.C. to the ballot box: how Trump’s “emergencies” today could quietly tilt the Midterms tomorrow

12 August 2025 Lachlan McKenzie 3

What’s happening in Washington right now is more than a one-off power grab – it’s a test run. Trump’s unprecedented move to seize temporary control of D.C.’s police and deploy the National Guard under a […]

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Slaying and Censoring the Journalists: The Murder of Anas al-Sharif

12 August 2025 Dr Binoy Kampmark 1

“Assassination,” wrote George Bernard Shaw in The Shewing-Up of Blanco Posnet, “is the extreme form of censorship.” Such extremism visited Al Jazeera journalist Anas al-Sharif and his colleagues in Gaza City late on August 10. […]

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Zelensky To Meet With Putin And Offer Alaska In Bid For Peace!

12 August 2025 Rossleigh 2

Ok, ok, it’s a joke, all right! It’s incredible that one has to say that these days, but then, of course, you can never be too sure what’s going to stay a joke. I mean, […]

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A Capital Under Siege – and a Democracy on Notice

12 August 2025 AIMN Editorial 7

By Peter Brown President Trump has stated that the National Guard will be deployed to Washington, D.C., to address what he describes as a critical “crime wave” in the capital. He claims the city has […]

Nationhood and the ‘Pure’ Race (part 5)

12 August 2025 Michael Taylor 5

Conclusion Intellectual fashions in Social Darwinism and eugenics sought to ‘purify’ and secure a white Australia. The Indigenous population (and what was seen as the hordes of Chinese entering the colony from the 1850s) were […]

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Recognising Palestine: the far right reacts

11 August 2025 Roswell 10

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has announced that Australia will recognise Palestine as an independent state – a move that aligns us with most of the world’s nations, international law, and the long-standing global push for […]

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Why die-hard Trump voters are still cheering in 2025

11 August 2025 Michael Taylor 4

Why die-hard Trump voters are still cheering in 2025 – and why their enthusiasm might be misguided When Donald Trump reclaimed the White House as the 47th president in November 2024, his victory sparked jubilation […]

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RBA must cut rates to help people with the least

11 August 2025 AIMN Editorial 0

ACOSS Media Release ACOSS is calling on the Reserve Bank of Australia to cut interest rates tomorrow and over the remainder of this year to prevent rises in unemployment and deliver relief to people with […]

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Are Progressive Strategic Futures Still Possible in a More Militarised Era?

11 August 2025 Denis Bright 5

The Australia-US Military Alliance has become more top-down and White House focused treaty since the second coming of President Trump after the US elections in 2024. The Trump administration has scant understanding of constitutional restraints […]

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Will women in the U.S. lose the right to vote?

11 August 2025 AIMN Editorial 3

Introduction: Echoes of 2016 in 2025 – Why This Warning on Women’s Voting Rights Demands a Second Look When Robyn Dunphy penned “Will women lose the right to vote?” on our old site on November […]

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Nationhood and the ‘Pure’ Race (part 4)

11 August 2025 Michael Taylor 2

The other threat With the discovery of gold in 1851, the influx of Chinese became a major focus as the intensity and institutionalism of racism increased, and this continued to agitate throughout the second half […]

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The LNP’s strategy huddle: a masterclass in political futility

10 August 2025 Roswell 1

Deep in the labyrinth of Parliament House, the LNP opposition huddles, plotting a path back to power. The problem isn’t a shortage of ideas – it’s that none lead anywhere useful. Three factions have emerged, […]

The Texas Template

10 August 2025 AIMN Editorial 4

By James Moore “Texas has a long tradition of expanding democracy, for whites, for landowners, for the wealthy, while systematically excluding everyone else. It’s not a bug in the system; it’s the system itself.” (Gregg […]

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A timeline for a genocide

10 August 2025 AIMN Editorial 2

By Elizabeth Dangerfield A way to understand the unconscionable Introduction Genocide comes in many forms but Oxford Languages defines it as the deliberate killing of a large number of people from a particular nation or ethnic group […]

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What is Social Justice Meaning and Why it Matters

10 August 2025 AIMN Editorial 1

By Denis Hay Description Social justice meaning goes beyond fairness. It is about creating a society where everyone has equal access to opportunities, rights, and resources. The term social justice meaning is about more than […]

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