Dr Binoy Kampmark, Author at The Australian Independent Media Network

Wounded Nostalgia: GQ Tips for the Modern Gentleman

16 October 2025 Dr Binoy Kampmark 6

It reads like a lament of wounded nostalgia, cresting on a resigned sigh. “Knowing how to be a gentleman used to be straightforward: There were codes that were passed down, instilled, and strictly enforced. With […]

Worlds Extinguished: Hostage Returns, Central Casting and the Gaza Ceasefire

14 October 2025 Dr Binoy Kampmark 3

Depending on which source you consult, the twenty-point peace plan of President Donald Trump for securing peace in Gaza shows much exultance and extravagant omission. The exultance was initially focused on the return of the […]

From our archives: May His Like Never Be Seen Again

13 October 2025 Dr Binoy Kampmark 15

His type should never be seen again. Born from the dark well of swill and advertising, former Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison was always the apotheosis of politics’ worst tendencies: shallow form, public service for […]

Outsized and Eccentric: The Farce Behind the Nobel Peace Prize

12 October 2025 Dr Binoy Kampmark 6

The fuss about the Nobel Peace Prize has always been excessively outsized to its relevance. Like most prizes, the panel is bound to have its treasure trove of prejudices and eccentricities in reaching any decision. […]

The Factory of Perceptions: Starmer’s Woes and Media Magnification

9 October 2025 Dr Binoy Kampmark 3

Few in history can have achieved so much in a negative sense in so short a time. Instead of gloatingly cresting the wave of success after securing British Labour a resounding, decisive victory in July […]

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Estranged Realities: Israel and the Global Sumud Flotilla

8 October 2025 Dr Binoy Kampmark 5

Showing that cloddishness that we have come to expect from them, Israel’s detention of the activists on the Global Sumud Flotilla (GSF) was a coarse and violent affair. Having been intercepted in international waters on […]

The Shock of the Obvious: Australia’s University Oligarchs

3 October 2025 Dr Binoy Kampmark 3

It’s always comforting to hear politicians reveal wisdoms and novel notions long known to those who vote for them. This tendency endears the dim rascals to you, showing an ignorance that remains, for the most […]

Palestinian Subordination: Donald Trump’s Gaza Peace Plan

2 October 2025 Dr Binoy Kampmark 7

He had moments of discomfort and embarrassment – pressed into calling the Qatari Prime Minister by his host to apologise for striking Doha and made to pay lip service to the prospect of a Palestinian […]

UN General Assembly 80th anniversary celebration.

Elder Abuse in International Relations: Attacking the United Nations at 80

30 September 2025 Dr Binoy Kampmark 3

Elder abuse in the frothy swirl of debates regarding the role of the United Nations is currently modish. The body has, after all, reached the age of 80 years. It has been a life ramshackle, […]

Man delivering speech at UN General Assembly.

Attempts to Delegitimise: Netanyahu at the UN General Assembly

28 September 2025 Dr Binoy Kampmark 4

It takes a lot to make UN delegates walk out from an address to the General Assembly. But this was precisely what Israel’s Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, managed to achieve in his September 26 speech. […]

Protesters holding "Microsoft Powers Genocide" sign.

Violating the Terms of Service: Microsoft, Azure and the IDF

26 September 2025 Dr Binoy Kampmark 2

On August 6, The Guardian reported that “multiple individuals have asserted that the IDF [Israeli Defense Forces] is using Azure for the storage of files of phone calls obtained through broad or mass surveillance of […]

Launching Silent Courier: MI6 Goes WikiLeaks

24 September 2025 Dr Binoy Kampmark 4

There is night and day between an entity such as WikiLeaks, a daring publisher of classified government documents extraordinaire, and the dour, secretive intelligence service of any country. But it seems that, just as the […]

Political leaders with Palestine flags and headline.

Symbolic Declarations: Palestinian Recognition at the UN General Assembly

23 September 2025 Dr Binoy Kampmark 9

“True to the historic commitment of my country to the Middle East, to peace between the Israelis and Palestinians, this is why I declare today, France recognises the state of Palestine.” So stated President Emmanuel […]

Silvertongue’s Demise: Lord Mandelson’s Epstein Problem

20 September 2025 Dr Binoy Kampmark 2

It was so startlingly obvious it seemed to snuff out any comment. Lord Peter Mandelson, otherwise known as the sinister Mr Fixit of New Labour from the Blair years, was an intimate of the late […]

Clear Conclusions: A UN Commission Finds Israel Responsible for Genocide in Gaza

18 September 2025 Dr Binoy Kampmark 9

Yet another blistering addition to the ghoulish accounts of cruelty regarding the ongoing actions of Israel in Gaza made its appearance on September 16. It came in the form of a report by the United […]

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Articles by Dr Binoy Kampmark