Dr Binoy Kampmark, Author at The Australian Independent Media Network

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Sporting with Steroids: The Enhanced Games Flop in Las Vegas

14 June 2026 Dr Binoy Kampmark 1

Take steroids, boy. You know you want to. That was the unvarnished message for the competitors in Las Vegas for the first all drugged games announced in 2025. Taking place on May 24 in Las […]

Politics

The Elon Musk Cult: Drooling in the SpaceX Bubble

14 June 2026 Dr Binoy Kampmark 3

The fourth estate has taken leave of its senses again, not that much is left for the exercise of those frail faculties. But commentary on Elon Musk’s transformation from multibillionaire tech prat into a trillionaire […]

The FIFA World Cup: Caught on the Visa Snag

11 June 2026 Dr Binoy Kampmark 4

The FIFA Men’s World Cup of 2026 was always going to offer visitors and spectators something different. Shared between three countries – Mexico, Canada and the United States – the latter of the three was […]

Beached Arguments: Pete Hegseth, JD Vance and European Immigration

9 June 2026 Dr Binoy Kampmark 3

Waxworks have nothing to say, but when incarnated in the form of former Fox News anchor and, at a pinch, “personality”, Pete Hegseth proves to be a marvel of sheer stupidity. It’s not that one […]

Politics

Investigating the Foolish: The AUKUS Public Inquiry is Announced

7 June 2026 Dr Binoy Kampmark 10

Of the three countries involved in AUKUS, that most draining, useless and even pernicious of security pacts, Australia has been the only country indifferent, even scoffing, about the need for an inquiry into its merits. […]

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Repetitive Folly: Israel’s Futile War in Lebanon Deepens

4 June 2026 Dr Binoy Kampmark 4

Call it a repeating script, a rusty template, or simply a creaky model to emulate time and again. The structural and homicidal destruction of Gaza undertaken by Israeli forces is now finding full expression in […]

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License to Inflate: The One Nation Surge and Political Astrology

3 June 2026 Dr Binoy Kampmark 4

It sounds like an acute sewerage burst, but as much political commentary rests on the tired cliché, we see the language of liquid velocity apply to parties that suddenly emerge in the polls as portentously […]

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The Hand-Me-Down Alliance: Australia, AUKUS and Op-Shop Submarines

3 June 2026 Dr Binoy Kampmark 8

One can never accuse the Australian political palette of being too demanding, let alone attentive. When it comes to matters of defence, that palette is happy to be deceived, remaining credulous to the notion it […]

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Not Much to See: The Release of the UFO Files

31 May 2026 Dr Binoy Kampmark 9

These are always occasions of anticipation and even celebration for the tinfoil hatters and those keen to spot the internal plot, the thriving fifth column and anything that could risk being seen as ordinary. The […]

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Beyond the Yellow Line: Israel Seizes More of Gaza

30 May 2026 Dr Binoy Kampmark 8

While eyes remain peeled on Israel’s increasingly violent and expanding campaign in Lebanon, the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is proving ever more predatory with the Gaza Strip. With aggrandizing impunity, more territory is […]

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Blood Libels and Sexual Violence: Israel, Palestinian Prisoners and The New York Times

28 May 2026 Dr Binoy Kampmark 2

When the establishment journalism of Nicholas Kristof of that most establishment of papers, The New York Times, draws the ire of a foreign regime, and an unnaturally allied foreign regime at that, a pulse might […]

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Regime Change Through Indictment: Raúl Castro and the BTTR Flights

26 May 2026 Dr Binoy Kampmark 1

Revealing a steely yet erratic contempt of the law, the US Department of Justice is showing, again, how it became the spear carrier for kooky ideas and vengeful projects. No leader is seemingly safe from […]

Acceptable Till it Wasn’t: Itamar Ben-Gvir and the Global Sumud Flotilla

24 May 2026 Dr Binoy Kampmark 11

It has been a sorry though predictable exercise. When he lived up (or down) to expectations of atrocious conduct befitting the proud bigot that he is, Israel’s Minister for National Security had to be seen […]

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White Elephant in Space: The Extortionate Expense of Golden Dome

22 May 2026 Dr Binoy Kampmark 2

A needless, extravagant ballroom. Questionable gifts, not least the 747-200B aircraft from the Qatari government. An inane decision to add a blue protective coating to the Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool in Washington. These events increasingly […]

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Mirrors of Greed: Elon Musk, OpenAI and the Tech Brat Battle

19 May 2026 Dr Binoy Kampmark 3

They are a disagreeable bunch, with disagreeable ideas to match. The querulous brats behind the drive for technological servility and plugged in stupidity were always going to scrap over which dystopian vision they most prefer. […]

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Articles by Dr Binoy Kampmark