January 2026

Political poster advocating for Labor Party governance.

Labor Minority Government Can Restore People First Politics

4 January 2026 AIMN Editorial 10

By Denis Hay Description Reforms stall under pressure. A Labor minority government could restore the people-first policy and real accountability. Introduction Many Australians feel that Labor is no longer the political party it once […]

Donald Trump speaking at a press conference.

The Don-roe Doctrine in Action: Trump’s Gangster Intervention in Venezuela

4 January 2026 Dr Binoy Kampmark 14

It has been an accusation long levelled at certain US politicians that their brains might have been softened by a lengthy diet of television, Westerns, and the heroic triumphalism of the prattling cowboy. There was […]

Donald Trump with critical opinion text overlay.

A Domestic-Violence Risk Assessment of President Trump’s America

4 January 2026 Roger Chao 2

This article borrows the structure and plain language of domestic and family violence (DFV) risk assessment as a metaphorical lens for political power. It does not borrow the suffering. Intimate-partner violence is fear, coercion, degradation […]

Rolled international currency bills, various denominations.

The Fiat Casino: How a Made-Up Money System Enables a Game Without Rules, Ethics, or Souls

4 January 2026 Dr Andrew Klein, PhD 3

We are told we live in an economy. This is a lie. We live inside a game – a vast, multi-level simulation where the points are printed out of thin air, the rules are written […]

Trump Bombs Venezuela: How a Neoliberal Resource War Became America’s New Frontier

4 January 2026 David Tyler 18

Bombs Over Caracas: The US Attack on Venezuela and the End of International Law In the early hours of January 3, 2026, the United States bombed Venezuela. Seven explosions tore through Caracas and other major […]

I stand with the people of Venezuela

3 January 2026 Roswell 23

I never imagined I would be writing these words, but here we are: I stand with the people of Venezuela. Not with any particular government or leader, but with a nation that has just been […]

Street with vehicles and tents, crowded scene.

53 International NGOs warn Israel’s recent registration measures will impede critical humanitarian action

3 January 2026 AIMN Editorial 6

Oxfam Australia Media Release International humanitarian organisations operating in the occupied Palestinian territory warn that Israel’s recent registration measures threaten to halt INGO operations at a time when civilians face acute and widespread humanitarian need, […]

Woman speaking on stage with blue background.

The Pro-Israel Propaganda Complex

3 January 2026 AIMN Editorial 12

By Dr Evan Jones Caitlin Johnstone’s customary finger on the Zionist pulse is how I was first exposed to the telling presentation by Sarah Hurwitz to the Jewish Federations of North America General Assembly on […]

Human and robot standing in forest setting.

How robots that learn by touch will turn human skill into a contested form of property

3 January 2026 Roger Chao 3

A human hand rests on a robot’s forearm. Not on the emergency stop, where managers like to pose for photographs, but on the joint itself, steadying, guiding, correcting. The arm yields. It is compliant in […]

Australian and Israeli flags against blue sky.

Unholy Trinity: The Convergence of Evangelical, Neoliberal, and Zionist Power Networks – A Forensic Audit

3 January 2026 Dr Andrew Klein, PhD 6

Preface This report examines the documented convergence of three distinct but now mutually reinforcing ideological systems: American Christian Evangelicalism, Neoliberal Capitalism, and Political Zionism. It traces the financial, political, and theological linkages that have transformed […]

The Month in Room 315: Bondi’s Killers, Davao’s Hotel Curtains, and the Australian Art of Calling a Blind Spot ‘Unavoidable’

3 January 2026 David Tyler 4

There is a peculiar sound Australia makes after a terror attack. It is not grief; grief is human, raw, and unscripted. This is institutional. It is the soft hiss of officialese sliding across the microphone: “no […]

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Month: January 2026