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How robots that learn by touch will turn human skill into a contested form of property

3 January 2026 Roger Chao 3

A human hand rests on a robot’s forearm. Not on the emergency stop, where managers like to pose for photographs, but on the joint itself, steadying, guiding, correcting. The arm yields. It is compliant in […]

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Unholy Trinity: The Convergence of Evangelical, Neoliberal, and Zionist Power Networks – A Forensic Audit

3 January 2026 Dr Andrew Klein, PhD 6

Preface This report examines the documented convergence of three distinct but now mutually reinforcing ideological systems: American Christian Evangelicalism, Neoliberal Capitalism, and Political Zionism. It traces the financial, political, and theological linkages that have transformed […]

The Month in Room 315: Bondi’s Killers, Davao’s Hotel Curtains, and the Australian Art of Calling a Blind Spot ‘Unavoidable’

3 January 2026 David Tyler 4

There is a peculiar sound Australia makes after a terror attack. It is not grief; grief is human, raw, and unscripted. This is institutional. It is the soft hiss of officialese sliding across the microphone: “no […]

Politician signing document, Somaliland recognition question.

Secessionist Pantomime: Israel Recognises Somaliland

2 January 2026 Dr Binoy Kampmark 4

For a country so upset about recognition being afforded peoples under their thumb and control, the Israelis have decided to get into the state recognition business with festive aplomb. Africa’s Somaliland presented itself as a […]

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Why Australia Supports US Wars, The Hidden Drivers

2 January 2026 AIMN Editorial 1

By Denis Hay Description Why Australia supports US wars, ICC sanctions, and alliance pressure, see the costs, who benefits, and the peace path. Introduction Why Australia supports US wars is no longer an abstract […]

In 2007/08 we were better prepared for this – in 2020 we weren’t

2 January 2026 Michael Taylor 8

Part 1: I Was a Prophet of Doom – And Recent Cabinet Documents Confirm It I must admit, I felt like a prophet back then. Of doom, unfortunately. I began writing an article on January […]

My hope for 2026 is that America gives peace a chance

2 January 2026 AIMN Editorial 3

By Walt Zlotow My response to the Chicago Tribune (my local paper) request for readers’ hopes for 2026. America should end senseless bombings in Somalia, Nigeria, Yemen, Iran, Iraq, Syria and unidentified others that do […]

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Palestine Before Nationalism: What Was Lost – and Why It Matters Now

2 January 2026 Lachlan McKenzie 16

Before Palestine became a battlefield of competing nationalisms, it was something far less dramatic and far more instructive: a plural society. Muslims, Christians, and Jews lived across the country under the governance of the Ottoman […]

Beleaguered Venezuela

2 January 2026 AIMN Editorial 4

By Walt Zlotow Poor, beleaguered Venezuela, with new pals China and Russia, may be demolishing the two century old US Monroe Doctrine. Over the past several months the US has committed mass murder of unknown […]

From Shared Failure to Heinous Crime

1 January 2026 Lachlan McKenzie 2

Why How We Remember World War I Shapes How We Understand World War II The way societies remember war is never neutral. Memory shapes what is excused, what is repeated, and what is permitted to […]

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“Nothing to See Here”: How Australia’s Terror Watchdogs Missed Bondi – Or Were Told to Look Away

1 January 2026 David Tyler 15

“Nothing to see here.” Not in her own words, but it’s what AFP Commissioner, Krissy Barrett, signals as she blinks in late December sun, at a presser in which she claims that, The “Bondi Killers”, […]

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Farewell to 2025

1 January 2026 AIMN Editorial 11

There’s no point pretending 2025 was a good year. It wasn’t. It was loud, ugly, and exhausting. Truth bent more easily than it should have. Power felt less accountable. Too many leaders mistook cruelty for […]

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A Very Special New Year’s Message to all “Radical Left Scum”

31 December 2025 Roswell 8

Dearest radical left scum, What a holiday glow-up! Thanks to a certain festive bulletin from the highest office in the known universe, we were officially acknowledged in President Trump’s Christmas message: “Merry Christmas to all, […]

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Spyware and Murder: The NSO Group, Governments and Khashoggi

31 December 2025 Dr Binoy Kampmark 1

The efforts to hold the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia accountable for the murder of Saudi dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi in its Istanbul consulate in October 2018 continue. In his complex connubial life, the slain scribbler […]

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Support at Home: What the Sector is Saying About Restorative Care Delays, CHSP Disruption and Referral Confusion

31 December 2025 AIMN Editorial 4

By A Concerned Reader As Australia’s new Support at Home (SaH) program beds in, clinicians, providers, advocacy groups and sector commentators are reporting a growing gap between policy intent and on-the-ground reality. Three issues are emerging […]