Jester with Sydney Opera House background and text.
AIM Extra

Ghosts of Albanese

Welcome to Australia I thought today of all days to mark this special occasion on the Australian Independent Media Network (AIMN), we’d celebrate world events from our unique perspective in the southern hemisphere as you […]
Statue of Liberty against a cloudy sky.
AIM Extra

American Sentence

‘Send these the homeless tempest-tost to me’, blind bats to my ‘golden door’,   deaf to the dimming of the light and slaughter from whence they crossed those seas. Miss Liberty hurls her truncheon, shattered […]
Person amidst collapsed buildings and debris.
AIM Extra

Apoplexy

There is no greater sorrow on earth than the loss of one’s native land (Euripides 480-406 BC – ‘Medea’) Mors nobis inimica est   invidia lucem obscurat They spit, they scowl, they squeal and bite […]
Person expressing intense emotion or excitement.
Social Justice

Perpetuating Trauma

There was some good news yesterday. A ceasefire has been called in the Israel/Gaza conflict. It capped off a disturbing week where various issues seemed to be about ongoing inter-generational traumas. Just an ordinary every […]