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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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Balls To The White House Ballroom
Sunday, 9 August 2026, 3:19 am | Binoy Kampmark
The ruling against US President Trump is the second one in a week to question his architectural judgment and his megalomaniac tendencies. More >>
Project Panama: Scanning And Book Destruction At Anthropic
Thursday, 6 August 2026, 1:57 pm | Binoy Kampmark
“It appears to be yet another example of AI companies using copyright-protected works to train their language models, without consent & without payment," admitted Thomas Koch, press spokesperson for German Publishers & Booksellers Association. More >>
Stillborn Peace Plans: Israel, Hamas And The Question Of Disarmament
Wednesday, 5 August 2026, 1:23 pm | Binoy Kampmark
The plan should be blocked, and the outline amended by the Peace Council “so that it aligns with the goals of the war and the commitments made to Israel.” Another peace plan, celebrated by its proponents yet doomed to a stillborn reality. More >>
Horse, Anyone? Equine Spotting In The Food Chain
Tuesday, 4 August 2026, 1:09 pm | Binoy Kampmark
The aversion to munching equine flesh by the English is captured well by Charles Dickens in Household Words, his two-penny weekly launched in March 1850. More >>
Football Lucre: The Revolt Against Infantino’s Funding Plans
Sunday, 2 August 2026, 5:12 pm | Binoy Kampmark
Despite the hail of accusations from the vanguard of football associations, smaller member associations hankering for funds could have been swayed by the promised succour. More >>
Managed Extinguishment: Husic, Debating Gaza And The ALP Conference
Thursday, 30 July 2026, 2:22 pm | Binoy Kampmark
Two issues were pertinent: How far Israeli complaints would figure in any adjustments of the ALP platform; and how much progress would be made by delegates wishing to further sharpen the focus on Israel’s conduct. More >>
Execrable Drivel: The US State Department’s Cuba Report
Wednesday, 29 July 2026, 1:46 pm | Binoy Kampmark
The report delves into historical actors and activities with episodic confusion. Instances of violent activity are blended with cultural exchanges. Non sequiturs become bridges; causation is inferred. More >>
Modish Blockades: The Houthis, Trump And Expanding The War
Thursday, 23 July 2026, 2:18 pm | Binoy Kampmark
“Washington’s obsessive focus on Kolang Kouh (Pickaxe Mountain) where no nuclear activity is taking place is nothing more than a fabricated pretext for aggression, destruction and sabotage,” assessed Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail ... More >>
Close That Facility: The 2026 Pine Gap Protests
Tuesday, 21 July 2026, 5:05 pm | Binoy Kampmark
The base periodically attracts its keen and principled protesters, aghast at the base’s role in furnishing targeting data for US and allied drone and missile strikes across the Middle East and Africa. More >>
Manuring The Ground: Trump, China And Stolen Elections
Monday, 20 July 2026, 3:57 pm | Binoy Kampmark
The theme of robbery through ballot interference has become an American staple. For Trump, its mother’s milk, a suitable distraction to his other policy failings. More >>
Acting The Goose: Pauline Hanson’s Tour Of Blighty
Sunday, 19 July 2026, 2:45 pm | Binoy Kampmark
Questions put to Hanson about her funding arrangements regarding her Sicily trip have been coolly rebuffed. In a video posted on social media, the senator declared that the trip had not cost taxpayers a single dollar. More >>
Fearing Justice: Rubio Gets Bolshie About The ICC
Wednesday, 15 July 2026, 3:39 pm | Binoy Kampmark
The Open Society Justice Initiative accurately notes the effect of such sanctions, being “tantamount to a financial death penalty”. More >>
Fee Fantasies And False Openings: Trump’s Hormuz Delusions Continue
Tuesday, 14 July 2026, 2:07 pm | Binoy Kampmark
Trump, ever burdened by an estranged idea of the factual record, took to Truth Social (it tends to be neither), his preferred medium of miscommunication, blustering that, “The Hormuz Strait is OPEN, and will remain OPEN, with or without Iran.” More >>
Rivalries And Anxieties: Reviving The Hejaz Railway
Monday, 13 July 2026, 2:28 pm | Binoy Kampmark
In a June 9 memorandum of understanding signed between Türkiye and Saudi Arabia, a railway line is envisaged between the two countries that will traverse Jordan and Syria and create a strategic logistics artery linking the Gulf states to Europe. More >>
Uranium Diets: Nuclear Energy, Modi And Down Under Toadies
Sunday, 12 July 2026, 3:53 pm | Binoy Kampmark
Modi, despite his salty sectarianism and sketchy record on human rights, has managed to charm his way into many liberal democratic establishments. More >>
Trash Politics With Brio: Count Binface Versus Nigel Farage
Saturday, 11 July 2026, 3:36 pm | Binoy Kampmark
There has been sheer wonderment, anger and amusement at this turn up for the books. More >>
Deferring A Crisis: The Iran-US Ceasefire Cracks
Thursday, 9 July 2026, 2:54 pm | Binoy Kampmark
Iran has continued to target vessels in the strait’s southern corridor, notably those transiting near the Omani coastline. More >>
Demagogue Stunt: Nigel Farage’s By-Election Gambit
Wednesday, 8 July 2026, 2:17 pm | Binoy Kampmark
In such a situation, only suitable levels of disgust and disapproval will prevent Farage’s re-election. Reform voters have become fairly used to seeing their man of the long moment derided and mocked for not abiding by the rules. More >>
World Cup Trump Cards: Infantino, FIFA And The Meddlesome US President
Tuesday, 7 July 2026, 3:24 pm | Binoy Kampmark
The operation involved frantic efforts by US Soccer’s legal team to formally draft and submit an appeal to FIFA, with Giuliani and Lutnick offering the assistance of White House attorneys if needed. More >>
Scrutinising The Unpardonable: The AUKUS Public Inquiry So Far
Sunday, 5 July 2026, 6:26 pm | Binoy Kampmark
With such a list of ailments and threats posed by AUKUS, it is little wonder the creature still lives. More >>
