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Binoy Kampmark
Dr. Binoy Kampmark was a Commonwealth Scholar at Selwyn College, Cambridge. He lectures at RMIT University, Melbourne.
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The Australian Defence Formula: Spend! Spend! Spend!
Friday, 19 April 2024, 12:06 pm | Binoy Kampmark
Not only will Australians be paying a bill up to and above A$368 billion for nuclear powered submarines it does not need; it will also be throwing A$100 billion into the coffers of the military industrial complex over the next decade to combat a needlessly ... More >>
Faulty Assurances: The Judicial Torture Of Assange Continues
Wednesday, 17 April 2024, 3:10 pm | Binoy Kampmark
Only this month, the near comatose US President, Joe Biden, made a casual, castaway remark that his administration was “considering” the request by Australia that the case against Julian Assange be concluded. The WikiLeaks founder has already ... More >>
Flicker Of Hope: Biden’s Throwaway Lines On Assange
Friday, 12 April 2024, 11:46 am | Binoy Kampmark
Walking stiffly, largely distracted, and struggling to focus on the bare essentials, US President Joe Biden was keeping company with his Japanese counterpart, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, when asked the question. It concerned what he was doing regarding ... More >>
Death By Algorithm: Israel’s Ai War In Gaza
Wednesday, 10 April 2024, 1:52 pm | Binoy Kampmark
We are no longer talking about a form of advanced, scientific war waged proportionately and with precision, but a technologically advanced form of mass murder. More >>
Germany, Gaza And The World Court: Broadening The Scope Of Genocide
Tuesday, 9 April 2024, 12:34 pm | Binoy Kampmark
In 2023, 30% of Israel’s military equipment purchases totalling US$326 million came from Berlin. The Scholz government has also been a firm public supporter of Israel’s offensive. More >>
Aukusing For War: The Real Target Is China
Sunday, 7 April 2024, 4:36 pm | Binoy Kampmark
Official statements about the AUKUS security pact between Washington, London and Canberra, rarely mention the target in so many words, except on the gossiping fringes. More >>
Killing Aid Workers: Australia’s Muddled Policy On Israel
Friday, 5 April 2024, 2:58 pm | Binoy Kampmark
Beyond an investigation, mounted and therefore controlled by the Israeli forces themselves, nothing much else can be hoped for. The Albanese approach has been one of copybook warnings and concerns to an ally it clearly fears affronting. More >>
Killing Humanitarians: Israel’s War On Aid Workers In Gaza
Wednesday, 3 April 2024, 6:41 pm | Binoy Kampmark
Responsibility for the killings is unlikely to translate into accountability, let alone any public outing of the individuals involved. This is not to say that such exercises are impossible, even with Israel not being a member of the International ... More >>
The Baltimore Bridge Collapse: Conspiracy As Mother’s Milk
Tuesday, 2 April 2024, 3:25 pm | Binoy Kampmark
The Singaporean-flagged MV Dali container ship lost power on March 26 and collided with the bridge in the early morning, causing the dramatic destruction of the bridge and the deaths of six construction workers who fell into the Patapsco River. More >>
Kategate: From Conspiracy To Contrition Extraction
Tuesday, 2 April 2024, 7:19 am | Binoy Kampmark
Cancer is a stomping bugger of a disease. It seeks the worm-ridden end, a thief finding its way into your body unasked and willingly helping itself. This cellular mass army will, in a most tribal way, make off with your remains chance permitting. ... More >>
Starvation In Gaza: The World Court’s Latest Intervention
Saturday, 30 March 2024, 6:54 pm | Binoy Kampmark
In this, the Court points to the possible, and increasingly plausible nexus, between starvation, famine and deprivation of necessaries as state policies with the intent to injure and kill members of a protected group. More >>
Imperial Fruit: Bananas, Costs And Climate Change
Friday, 29 March 2024, 6:03 pm | Binoy Kampmark
There is good reason then to take a rather withering view of the banana trade. It has become the feature fruit of monstrous monopolies, a brutal currency of exchange. More >>
Distinctions Without Difference: The Security Council On Gaza Passes
Thursday, 28 March 2024, 7:12 am | Binoy Kampmark
The UN Security Council presents one of the great contradictions of power in the international system. More >>
Purgatorial Torments: Assange And The UK High Court
Wednesday, 27 March 2024, 2:53 pm | Binoy Kampmark
What is it about British justice that has a certain rankness to it, notably when it comes to dealing with political charges? The record is not good, and the ongoing sadistic carnival that is the prosecution (and persecution) of Julian Assange continues ... More >>
The AUKUS Cash Cow: Robbing The Australian Taxpayer
Tuesday, 26 March 2024, 11:16 am | Binoy Kampmark
Two British ministers, the UK Foreign Secretary David Cameron and Defence Secretary Grant Shapps, paid a recent visit to Australia recently as part of the AUKMIN (Australia-United Kingdom Ministerial Consultations) talks. It showed, yet again, that Australia’s ... More >>
Julian Assange And The Plea Nibble
Saturday, 23 March 2024, 8:34 pm | Binoy Kampmark
The current process is one of gradual judicial & penal assassination, conducted through prolonged proceedings that continue to assail the publisher’s health even as he is confined to Belmarsh Prison More >>
Censors Celebrated: Misinformation And Disinformation Down Under
Friday, 22 March 2024, 6:03 am | Binoy Kampmark
The proposed bill on assessing, parcelling and dictating information (mis-, dis-, mal-) is a nasty little experiment in censoring communication and discussion. More >>
Complicity In Gaza: Holding US Foreign Policy Legally Accountable
Tuesday, 19 March 2024, 3:01 pm | Binoy Kampmark
On March 15, the next stage of an intriguing legal process seeking to hold the Biden administration accountable for its failure to prevent, as well as being complicit in, alleged acts of genocide taking place in Gaza, was taken. It all stems from a ... More >>
Predictable Outcomes: Australia, The National Security Committee, And Invading Iraq
Tuesday, 19 March 2024, 6:31 am | Binoy Kampmark
The latest documents from the NSC are more sleet than snow. They do confirm that the parliamentary system, more than ever, should be involved in reining in the wild impulses of war makers. More >>
Siding With Spotify: The European Commission Fines Apple
Sunday, 17 March 2024, 8:38 am | Binoy Kampmark
It will come as little surprise that colossal Apple has been favouring its own music streaming service in snuffing and stuffing competitors. The company, it has been alleged, has prevented app developers from informing users of less expensive methods ... More >>
