All News
All News
| The Power of Nightmares | ||
| Documentary contrasting the rise of neo conservatism and Al Qaeda. Really important information about the philosophical underpinnings of each. | ||
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| The Century of Self | ||
| A masterpiece of documentary making, the Century of Self shows how the advances in our understanding of human psychology have been used not to liberate us, but to control us. The best documentary anywhere on the internet. | ||
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| Greg Palast - Armed Madhouse | ||
| Video : Greg Palast, writer of the Best Democracy Money Can Buy, talks about Big Oil and his latest book Armed Madhouse. | ||
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| John Doyle - Andrew Olie Media Lecture | ||
| This is a brilliant speech. Says many of the things that need saying in our country at this time, and is tremendously entertaining. Given by Roy of Roy and HG fame, listen to the mp3 if you can. | ||
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| White Australia Policy Still Popular | ||
| Australia has been a racist nation since Cook's men stepped off the boat and shot an aborigine. This is a revealing document. I wonder what the correlation is between people who want refugee boats turned back, people who want less asian immigration, and people who voted in the current Liberal government. | ||
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| Australia Detains Peace Activist | ||
| In what seems a predictable step for our current government, they have detained a US peace activist, lawfully in the country, for a charge which they will tell no one, not even the activist himself, and are deporting him from the country. Wake up Australia, the country you thought existed was sold to corporate interests long ago. | ||
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| They Just Never Meant Very Much To Us | ||
| Fantastic article asking why compassion seems rooted in countries, towns, families, not in the universal experience of life. Must read. | ||
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| Dead Zone | ||
| This is such a brilliant article about the spiritual death of consumptive western society. Printed a few years ago in the New Internationalist magazine, I fear it will be relevant for many more years to come. | ||
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| Brisbane Social Forum | ||
| The Brisbane Social Forum is an inspiring event bringing together activists and community organisations for a weekend of thought and discussion. I am doing the technical stuff for their website (and everything else at the moment) so have a look and tell me your thoughts. | ||
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