Binoy Kampmark

Dr. Binoy Kampmark was a Commonwealth Scholar at Selwyn College, Cambridge. He lectures at RMIT University, Melbourne.

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The Acquittal of ‘Foxy Knoxy’

Wednesday, 5 October 2011, 1:49 pm | Binoy Kampmark

The wheels of justice, poorly oiled and laborious, continue to turn in Italy as Amanda Knox, touted to be ‘Foxy Knoxy’, had her murder conviction of December 2009 overturned, along with that of Raffaele Sollecito, a state of affairs that stunned the family ... More >>

Back to Death Commissions: Case of Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri

Monday, 3 October 2011, 2:58 pm | Binoy Kampmark

It seemed like a bright vision. And that was primarily because it did not feature President George W. Bush. But here, the Obama administration has undertaken what it said it would not do – run trials before military commissions it promised it ... More >>

Battling Bollywood: Bangladesh’s Seduction by Celluloid

Wednesday, 28 September 2011, 3:25 pm | Binoy Kampmark

Since 1972, Bangladesh has been firm about the films of the monster that we all know as Bollywood, a beast so prolific it disgorges some thousand films a year. No viewings of Bollywood films have been permitted in Bangladesh’s cinemas – till ... More >>

British Labour, Balls or Balls-up: The Austerity Obsession

Wednesday, 28 September 2011, 10:12 am | Binoy Kampmark

He is not a popular man, a person who reminds the economically worn British about another era: the era of New Labour, where the swagger and self-confidence beamed with an almost reckless indifference. Ed Balls, Britain’s opposition financial ... More >>

The Business with Flags: Copulating under the Southern Cross

Wednesday, 28 September 2011, 10:05 am | Binoy Kampmark

What a bit of silliness. The Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard, and her partner, Tim Matthieson, are being persistently lampooned in merciless fashion in Amanda Bishop’s ABC production At Home with Julia. But wherever one stands on Bishop’s taste, the ... More >>

The Killing of Troy Davis

Monday, 26 September 2011, 5:12 pm | Binoy Kampmark

Troy Davis is dead by the hand of the state. He was passing his years on death row since 1991, when he was convicted for the murder of Savannah policeman Mark MacPhail. More >>

Offshore Processing: Malaysia and Australia’s 'Boat People'

Wednesday, 21 September 2011, 1:01 pm | Binoy Kampmark

The terror of those ‘boat people’ who arrive in Australia is, like other terrors, inscrutable. In a country that is ruinously affluent and stripped by plenty (thanks are due to the compliant earth being gouged out on a daily basis to support a voracious ... More >>

The Triumph of ‘Gucci’ Helle: The Danish Elections

Monday, 19 September 2011, 6:05 pm | Binoy Kampmark

A few American commentators had time to admire the recent electoral process in Denmark. The recent Danish elections concluded with a victory for the coalition of the Social Democrats led by Helle Thorning-Schmidt and other parties of the centre-left. More >>

The Razor of Sovereignty: Palestinian Statehood

Monday, 19 September 2011, 6:02 pm | Binoy Kampmark

This menu card never alters. When the functionaries bring it out the dishes remains stubbornly dreary: Palestinian non-recognition; Palestinian servitude; Israeli control. It is as if the sides, be it the UN, the United States, and Israel, will never accept, ... More >>

Taking the Vatican to the Cleaners: The ICC Lawsuit

Friday, 16 September 2011, 5:26 pm | Binoy Kampmark

The US-based human rights group Centre for Constitutional Rights is filing a suit on behalf of the Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests (SNAP) in the International Criminal Court. More >>

Twitter and Terror: Social Media and Social Chaos

Friday, 16 September 2011, 1:25 pm | Binoy Kampmark

‘Question is how much longer will terrorist put innocent Afghan in harms way?’ It was long time coming, but the social media front has now opened up as a means to wage war in Afghanistan. That message came from @ISAFmedia. The retort from @ABalkhi, ... More >>

Wilders for Oz? Stoking the Fire of Publicity

Wednesday, 14 September 2011, 11:47 am | Binoy Kampmark

He is regarded as toxic, incendiary, a bomb waiting to go off on the political scene. For some in Dutch politics, he already has. Geert Wilders is very much a force in the Netherlands, with his Freedom Party holding the balance of power in parliament. More >>

A Modern Problem: Slavery in Britain

Tuesday, 13 September 2011, 4:13 pm | Binoy Kampmark

It happened in Bedfordshire, and to many residents, was inconceivable. In 2007, Britain marked the 200th anniversary of the abolition of the slave trade, an enterprise that saw enormous wealth and cruelty produced in equal measures. But the vicious converges ... More >>

The Bachmann Record: Running out of Steam

Monday, 12 September 2011, 1:24 pm | Binoy Kampmark

Her website platform makes the case: ‘Restoring Constitutional Conservative Values.’ Publicly, Michele Bachmann (Rep. Minn.) claims that the Soviet Union still exists. More >>

Laughing at Gillard: Amanda Bishop’s 'At Home With Julia'

Friday, 9 September 2011, 1:25 pm | Binoy Kampmark

Is criticism merely prejudice made plausible, as H.L. Mencken claimed? Peter Craven (The Drum, Sep 8) felt an acid review was in order after the screening of the first episode of At Home With Julia on Australian television. ‘There can’t be many ... More >>

Happy Anniversary: Ten Years of the US Security State

Friday, 9 September 2011, 12:04 pm | Binoy Kampmark

Gore Vidal was sharp enough to remind us that President Harry Truman gave the United States the National Security State in response to Cold War fears against the Red Satan. More >>

Villainous and the Reckless:Deadly Flotillas & Palmer Report

Tuesday, 6 September 2011, 4:01 pm | Binoy Kampmark

Politics is, as ever, a game of ducking, weaving and stalling. Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu found himself attempting to do the latter, seeking a delay the release of the UN Palmer Report into the Mavi Marmara affair in May last year. More >>