Dr Binoy Kampmark, Author at The Australian Independent Media Network

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Diplomatic Merchandise: Exploiting the issue of Palestinian Recognition

2 August 2025 Dr Binoy Kampmark 5

They have been the playthings of powers for decades, and there is no promise that this will end soon. Empires and powers seem to come and go, yet the plight of the Palestinians remains more […]

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The Paranoia of Officialdom: Age Verification and Using the Internet in Australia

31 July 2025 Dr Binoy Kampmark 6

Australia, in keeping with its penal history, has a long record of paranoid officialdom and paternalistic wowsers. Be it perceived threats to morality, the tendency of the populace to be corrupted, and a general, gnawing […]

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When Israelis Call It Out: Finding Genocide in Gaza

29 July 2025 Dr Binoy Kampmark 0

It’s been almost an article of faith among Israeli officials: the state they represent is incapable of genocide, their actions always spurred by the noblest, necessary motivations of self-defence against satanic enemies who wish genocide […]

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Intentional Policies: Dystopian Killing Fields and Starvation in Gaza

27 July 2025 Dr Binoy Kampmark 0

Starvation as a way of life. Starvation as a way of death. Starvation as policy, justification and vengeance. As the state of Israel hums along frittering, scratching and violating international human rights conventions, the chroniclers […]

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Caught in Belgium: Universal Jurisdiction and the IDF

25 July 2025 Dr Binoy Kampmark 5

Two soldiers find themselves in Belgium attending the Tomorrowland festival in Boom, Belgium. Entertainment beckons. The festival, held near Antwerp, attracts somewhere in the order of 400,000 guests over the course of two weekends. The […]

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How Not to Reform a University: Trump’s Harvard Obsession

24 July 2025 Dr Binoy Kampmark 2

The messy scrap between the Trump administration and Harvard University was always more than a touch bizarre. On June 4, President Donald Trump issued a proclamation claiming that the university was “no longer a trustworthy […]

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Impotent Effusions: The Joint Statement on Gaza

22 July 2025 Dr Binoy Kampmark 11

Impotence takes various forms. Before the daily massacres, incidents of starvation and dispossession of Palestinians taking place in the Gaza Strip with primeval cruelty, international impotence in the face of actions by the Israeli state […]

Propaganda Siren: Silencing the Voice of America

20 July 2025 Dr Binoy Kampmark 3

In March this year, the Trump administration effectively shuttered the Voice of America, a broadcasting vehicle for the selective promotion of US policy and culture for over eight decades. Nearly all of its 1,300 staff […]

Ominous Plans: Making Concentration Camp Gaza

18 July 2025 Dr Binoy Kampmark 3

The odious idea of a camp within a camp. The Gaza Strip, with an even greater concentration of Palestinian civilian life within an ever-shrinking stretch of territory. These are the proposals ventured by the Israeli […]

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K-Defense Day: Pimping for the Arms Dealers

13 July 2025 Dr Binoy Kampmark 5

Militarism is catching on across the countries of advanced economies and beyond. The sly, disingenuous term of “defence” is used in this context, encouraging arms manufacturers, contractors and the entire apparatus of the military-industrial complex […]

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Death by Fungi: Cashing in on Erin Patterson

10 July 2025 Dr Binoy Kampmark 2

She has become a notorious figure of international interest, shamelessly exploited for news cycles, commercial worth and career advancement. After a trial lasting nine weeks, conducted at the Latrobe Valley Law Courts in Morwell, Victoria, […]

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Gunfire Communication with “Zombie Hordes”: The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation and the IDF

8 July 2025 Dr Binoy Kampmark 9

It’s made to order. First, eliminate the aid system after creating circumstances of enormous suffering. Then, kill, starve, vanquish and displace those in need of that aid. Finally: give the pretence of humanity by ensuring […]

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The Fanatic’s Gaze: Louis Theroux and the West Bank Settlers

6 July 2025 Dr Binoy Kampmark 8

He has made it his bread and butter for years: finding society’s kooky representatives, the marginal, the crazed and the touched. But what makes Louis Theroux’s The Settlers troubling is its examination of a seemingly inexorable […]

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An Economy of Genocide: Israel and the Albanese Report

4 July 2025 Dr Binoy Kampmark 3

It makes for stark and dark reading. The report for the UN Human Rights Council titled From economy of occupation to economy of genocide makes mention of “corporate entities” who have been enriched by “the […]

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Trump, Leakers and Journalists: The Assange Precedent and Revisiting the Espionage Act

2 July 2025 Dr Binoy Kampmark 6

When campaigning in 2016, presidential candidate Donald Trump was delighted by leaked, hacked or disclosed material that wound its way to the digital treasure troves of WikiLeaks. The online publisher of government secrets had become […]

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Articles by Dr Binoy Kampmark