The English language, Orwell wrote, ‘becomes ugly and inaccurate because our thoughts are foolish, but the slovenliness of our language makes it easier for us to have foolish thoughts.’ There’s been no better exemplar of this in recent history than George W. Bush:...
On 4 June, twenty-five years ago, the Chinese government turned the guns of the People’s Liberation Army on their own people as they protested peacefully in the streets of Beijing. It was a response so gross and ruthless that it left the rest of the world dumbstruck....
With the international community developing deeper economic interests in Myanmar, the Rohingya’s struggle is only going to become tougher. The metaphorical stick has been holstered and foreign direct investment (FDI) in Myanmar is exploding. According to a report by...
In Nineteen Eighty-Four those vaporised – erased from not only the present, but also the past – are designated ‘unpeople.’ As a term, it goes beyond mere dehumanization; it refuses to acknowledge that any trace of that person ever existed. They are without worth, they...
Australia has a shameful history of carrying out and sponsoring genocide and the Abbott Government is continuing this tradition, writes Tim Robertson. History is pliable. And if there’s one mark a nation must surely wish to have expunged from its record, its genocide....
