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Raw, Rude, and Angry – in the new world of journalism

13 January 2026 Noel Wauchope 8

Amongst the many types of new independent journalism, my favourite is Raw, Rude and Angry, a type that would never have got into conventional “mainstream” media, which keeps up the facade of respectability (even while […]

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Trump derangement syndrome denial

13 January 2026 Roswell 7

Word got back to me – probably via an encrypted Telegram channel run by a guy in a tracksuit who calls himself “Patriot1776” – that some die-hard MAGA trooper (Russian IP address, red hat filter, […]

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Is the U.S. preparing to install another Shah to run Iran as a U.S. puppet?

13 January 2026 AIMN Editorial 5

By Walt Zlotow Nationwide anti-government protests are wracking Iran with over 500 killed and 10,000 detained. The U.S. political establishment is ecstatic about the possibility of regime change of the hated Iranian Islamic government which […]

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Mare Nostrum, Axis Mundi: A Comparative Archaeology of Imperial Collapse in Rome and America

13 January 2026 Dr Andrew Klein, PhD 6

Abstract This article examines the structural, psychological, and historical parallels between the collapse of the Roman Empire and the observable decline of the United States of America. Moving beyond superficial analogy, it employs a comparative […]

The untold story

13 January 2026 Bert Hetebry 8

There is a scene in the old movie, Camelot where King Arthur is frustrated… befuddled may be a better word, as he rails against the futility of controlling women, more specifically, his queen, Guenevere, until […]

Pentagon briefing on escalating Iran tensions.

“Kinetic Strikes and Cotton Socks: How Markets Cheer on the Next War With Iran”

12 January 2026 David Tyler 2

The Markets are Nervous, So Someone Must Pay the Ultimate Price When princes flinch, missiles tend to fly. Another war with Iran is on the horizon. It will be Israel who leads the strike, but […]

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Australia’s Geopolitical Tightrope

12 January 2026 Michael Taylor 10

Australia’s Geopolitical Tightrope: A U.S. Invasion of Greenland and the Impossible Neutrality In the realm of international relations, few scenarios test the bonds of alliance as profoundly as a conflict between friends. Imagine a world […]

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Why Australia is Outsourcing Essential Services

12 January 2026 AIMN Editorial 10

By Denis Hay Description Government outsourcing essential services shifts public money to profit while access and outcomes decline. Introduction Outsourcing essential services has quietly reshaped daily life in Australia. This shift toward outsourcing essential […]

The Tacos of Tegucigalpa

12 January 2026 AIMN Editorial 9

By James Moore “Americans are benevolently ignorant of the rest of the world.” (George Bernard Shaw) Just a few years after Ronald Reagan had become President, an organization of U.S. Hispanic political leaders began pondering […]

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Senate Republicans edging toward War Powers Resolution to curb Trump’s crazed Venezuelan war

12 January 2026 AIMN Editorial 1

By Walt Zlotow In a rare pushback to one of Trump’s many illegal wars, five Senate Republicans joined all 47 Democrats to advance a War Powers Resolution to prevent President Trump from launching another attack […]

The new world of journalism

12 January 2026 Noel Wauchope 10

Journalism is in a mess, and it is changing so fast. Meanwhile the world is changing even faster, and we need good journalism more than ever. The old world of journalism is dead. Long live […]

Some Things Are Too Powerful to Love Up Close

11 January 2026 Lachlan McKenzie 14

Living in Australia teaches you an early lesson about proximity. When you swim in the ocean here, you are almost certainly closer to a shark than you realise. Not because sharks are everywhere in a […]

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The Rape of Venezuela: Trump, Macbeth, Narcissism, and the New American Despotism

11 January 2026 David Tyler 1

“The early hours of January 3, 2026, will be remembered as one of the most shocking nights Venezuelans have experienced in recent history. Many remember the intense red flashes, or how the walls of their […]

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The Rising Tide of Authoritarianism: Why I Refuse to Be Silenced

11 January 2026 AIMN Editorial 25

Jane Caro said authoritarianism ‘thrives on controlling, squashing and censoring ideas it does not like. I refuse to participate in that.’ Here’s why her refusal matters for all of us. By Sue Barrett Authoritarianism is […]

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Candid Imperialism: Trump, Racketeering and Venezuelan Oil

11 January 2026 Dr Binoy Kampmark 2

It usually takes archival digging, the golden gaffe, an ill-considered remark and occasional spells of candour by those in power, to admit that the United States has, in common with other imperial powers, brutal ambitions. […]