Dr Binoy Kampmark, Author at The Australian Independent Media Network

Purgatorial Ethics: Sudan, the UAE and Australia’s Arms Trade

27 August 2026 Dr Binoy Kampmark 6

Reprehensible as it is, the arms trade is an exercise of purgatorial ethics pursued by all states keen on having a market for the merchants of death: from the perspective of countries and those who […]

Fagan’s Damning Verdict: Vandalism and Antisemitism Down Under

26 August 2026 Dr Binoy Kampmark 8

The term “antisemitism” is now so commonly used as an accusation as to be placed beyond questioning. This is particularly so in countries claiming some protections for free speech or lawful assembly. Use that term […]

Deprived at Sea: The Tribulations of the USS Abraham Lincoln

25 August 2026 Dr Binoy Kampmark 10

The conflict with Iran continues to deliver its mean shocks to an increasingly doddering US imperium. Depleted munitions, depleted stocks of goodwill and, it would seem, a disruption in resupplying warships operating in the Middle […]

Exonerating Murder: The IDF and the World Central Kitchen Killings

22 August 2026 Dr Binoy Kampmark 7

Being a resident in Gaza has proved lethal not merely for civilians eking out a wretched existence. Mortality rates among journalists, medical staff, and aid workers have been egregiously high since Israel’s military opened its […]

Imperial Nostalgia: Afghanistan After Five Years of Taliban Rule

20 August 2026 Dr Binoy Kampmark 1

The lesson scrawled and etched across the neglected covers of history books (few read them these days) suggests one mighty, consistent rule: Never invade Afghanistan. The history of the country is one of admirably stout […]

Charlatans in Academe: When Jason Arday Went Too Far

19 August 2026 Dr Binoy Kampmark 2

The self-inflicted passing of Jason Arday this month following his resignation from the University of Cambridge is an unsettling yet fitting reminder about what the groves of academe tolerate (or not) regarding its members. Arday’s […]

Colluding with Violence: Aiding Israeli Settlers in the West Bank

18 August 2026 Dr Binoy Kampmark 6

The latest incidents of Israeli settler violence in the villages of Qusra and Kour, located in the northern occupied West Bank, have again caught international attention, reaching the halls of the United Nations with a […]

Wounding Victory: Nigel Farage Beats Count Binface

15 August 2026 Dr Binoy Kampmark 3

It was never really in doubt. The Reform UK leader, Nigel Farage, irritated, bothered, and keen to throw scrutiny off his financial affairs, was returned in the most pointless of by-elections on August 13. His […]

Locking up the Felines: Cat Curfews Down Under

13 August 2026 Dr Binoy Kampmark 15

Nothing inspires confidence in the silliness of the human species than its efforts to understand the workings of others. This, at least, makes an improvement from wanting to biblically subjugate, enslave and eat members of […]

Undiplomatic Melons: Anthony Albanese’s Oafish Bungle

13 August 2026 Dr Binoy Kampmark 15

“Politicians,” the vituperative satirist Auberon Waugh observed, “can forgive almost anything in the way of abuse; they can forgive subversion, revolution, being contradicted, exposed as liars, even ridiculed, but they can never forgive being ignored.” […]