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We have identified the pattern: a state of never-ending war, from the global stage to the living room. But a war cannot continue without soldiers, without taxpayers, without a populace that accepts it as inevitable. […]

Abstract This article posits that the most resilient and effective human structures are built upon a fundamental, organic triad mirroring the familial unit. Using military organisation as a primary case study, it demonstrates how this […]

By Walt Zlotow   On Rev. Martin Luther King Day I always reflect on the last year of his life he kicked off with his “Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break the Silence” at New York’s […]

In an age where our public square is owned and operated by private corporations, a new form of censorship has emerged. It is not the dramatic, state-ordered banning of a century past, but a quiet, […]

We live in an age of curated calm, a brief and precious breathing space in the long human story. For a generation, the great and terrible scale of war has been, for many, a thing […]

In the heart of Australia, a silent economic powerhouse operates. It is not in the mining pits or the corporate towers, but in the homes, community centres, and natural landscapes where Australians give their time […]

They are not building a civilisation. They are running a concession stand at the edge of a cliff, arguing over the price of peanuts while the ground crumbles beneath them. This is not a metaphor. […]

A recent discussion about Andrew Mountbatten Windsor’s travails elicited the ‘it was just sex’ comment. The idea that a young woman, a girl really, a few years short of adulthood, had been groomed to be […]

We watch as corporations pollute our rivers, exploit their workers, and ravage the environment, all while posting record profits. We lament this “corporate greed” as if it were a force of nature. It is not. […]

Australia has long worn its belief in the “fair go” as a badge of national identity: the idea that everyone, no matter where they started, deserves a decent chance to get ahead. Yet in recent […]

Last December a bunch of friends got together for our yearly Christmas lunch. This time we each put in $20 and sent a nice total to the Fred Hollows Foundation. And we felt good. No […]

The Architecture of Control A silent, interlocking system of control has taken root across the globe, undermining democracy, perpetuating inequality, and jeopardising our planet’s future. This system is not a singular entity but a self-reinforcing […]

By Walt Zlotow When I enjoy Thanksgiving dinner this Thursday, my 81st in a long and peaceful life, I’ll be thankful the world has not stumbled into nuclear war. Don’t remember my first Thanksgiving, November […]

In recent months Victoria has confronted a troubling and deeply consequential challenge: a rise in youth violence. A spate of high-profile incidents, from a violent attack in a Melbourne shopping centre to assaults in suburban […]

The comments on one of my recent articles are a chorus of alarm. “Satan says Digital ID is a good idea!” “Beware the mark of the beast!” Visions of the Terminator and a world where […]