Politics
A farce only a monster could love
Though our original site will still be up for another couple of years, it is a horrid thought knowing that it will eventually be gone, and with it, thousands of articles that are a record […]
Satire
This Is Not A Conspiracy Theory… It’s Not Clickbait, Either
“Doublethink means the power of holding two contradictory beliefs in one’s mind simultaneously, and accepting both of them.” (George Orwell, 1984). “I guess it’s worth pointing out the obvious – that the very governors and […]
AIM Extra
Today’s indexation fails to meet needs amid escalating crisis
Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS) Media Release The Federal Government must urgently lift income support payments as cost of living pressures are expected to take centre stage in the next budget and 2025 federal […]
Politics
A year has ended. Another has begun.
In this pivotal moment in our history, the necessity for clear, evidence-based writing has reached unprecedented urgency. The year 2024 has heralded a significant transformation, marked by a disconcerting rise in politically motivated right-wing aggression […]
AIM Extra
Military mansplaining dispels any nonsensical ideas about “the sanctity of space”
Doncha love mansplaining? It simplifies everything, takes away your worries, and you can now complacently forget about any silly way-out anxieties that you might have had about technological progress. As our military defenders develop advanced […]
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Jimmy Carter, Israel and the Apartheid Question
The late centenarian, Jimmy Carter, occupied a difficult position in the line of imperial magistrates we know as US Presidents. Coming to power in the aftermath of murderous US adventurism in Indochina and the debauching […]
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Number 1 for 2024: New Zealand is under siege by the Atlas Network
The wait is over! Number 1 can at last be revealed. This March article by Lucy Hamilton put New Zealand on AIMN reader’s maps. A worthy winner. Well done, Lucy. Just as the Atlas Network-connected […]
Politics
Greenland Redux: Trump and America’s Continuing Obsession
History shows that empires acquire territories in various ways. Dynasties link arms through marriage, as the Habsburgs were famous for doing. Territories are pinched by means of arms or stolen through sham contracts and undertakings. […]
Social Justice
Number 2 for 2024: Israel’s argument at The Hague: We are incapable of Genocide
Dr Binoy also makes his debut in the Top 5, and well-deserved too, with this article from January. Israel’s relationship with the United Nations, international institutions and international law has at times bristled with suspicion and […]
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