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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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Infectious Conspiracies: Donald Trump, Coronavirus And Reality
Tuesday, 6 October 2020, 6:47 pm | Binoy Kampmark
One measure of success in politics is the degree enemies imitate you, even if done insincerely and without flattery. Insincere imitation has become the preserve of a whole panoply of Donald Trump’s critics stretching from the money, corporate ... More >>
Lunar Lunacy: Competition, Conflict And Mining The Moon
Monday, 5 October 2020, 2:19 pm | Binoy Kampmark
The discussion about mining the Moon resembles that of previous conquests: the division of territory; the grabbing of resources; language of theft and plunder. All of this is given the gloss of manifest destiny and human experiment. Such language is also ... More >>
Assange 18th Day At The Old Bailey: Abuse Of Power, Breaching Attorney-Client Privilege, Adjournment
Friday, 2 October 2020, 4:38 pm | Binoy Kampmark
October 1, 2020. Central Criminal Court, London. The Old Bailey has been the venue for a trial that should never have taken place. But during the course of these extradition proceedings against Julian Assange, the WikiLeaks founder accused by the US Department ... More >>
Assange’s 17th Day At The Old Bailey: Embassy Espionage, Contemplated Poisoning, Proposed Kidnapping
Friday, 2 October 2020, 5:21 am | Binoy Kampmark
September 30. Central Criminal Court, London. Today will be remembered as a grand expose. It was a direct, pointed accusation at the intentions of the US imperium which long for the scalp of the WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. For WikiLeaks, ... More >>
Special Administrative Measures, Unreliable Assurances And Espionage
Wednesday, 30 September 2020, 3:56 pm | Binoy Kampmark
Julian Assange’s defence team spent the day going over, reemphasising and sharpening the focus on what awaited their client should he, with the blessing of Her Majesty’s Government, make his way to the United States. Not only will he confront 17 charges ... More >>
Assange’s Fifteenth Day At The Old Bailey: Solitary Confinement And Parlous Health Care
Wednesday, 30 September 2020, 5:56 am | Binoy Kampmark
September 28. Central Criminal Court, London. Throughout the sham process formally known as the Julian Assange extradition trial, prosecutors representing the United States have been adamant: the carceral conditions awaiting him in freedom’s land ... More >>
Assange’s Fourteenth Day At The Old Bailey: Elections, Cracking Passwords And Failures Of Proof
Sunday, 27 September 2020, 5:55 pm | Binoy Kampmark
September 25. Central Criminal Court, London. On this Friday, the Assange trial moved into the rarefied realm of computer hacking and the less than rarefied world of when final arguments will be made. The WikiLeaks publisher is confronting the ... More >>
Dean Jones: Life Of A Cricketing Entertainer
Sunday, 27 September 2020, 5:53 pm | Binoy Kampmark
He was very much one of those cricketers who made the pulse race, a figure for the advocates of a faster variant of the game. Nothing of the solid blocker in the man, though he could, if needed, linger at the crease. Australia’s Dean Jones sported ... More >>
Assange’s Thirteenth Day At The Old Bailey: Mental Health, Managed Risk And Publication Chronologies
Friday, 25 September 2020, 4:18 pm | Binoy Kampmark
September 24. Central Criminal Court, London. The lion’s share of today’s Old Bailey proceedings in Julian Assange’s extradition trial was spent on battles over mental health and dire risk. The prosecution continued its attempt to minimise the ... More >>
Assange’s Twelfth Day At The Old Bailey: Autism, Suicide And Prisons
Thursday, 24 September 2020, 2:31 pm | Binoy Kampmark
September 23. Central Criminal Court, London. Following the script sheet of the previous day, the non sequitur, pop medical view of the prosecution was again in sharp evidence at the Old Bailey. In an effort to make the road for Julian Assange’s ... More >>
Assange’s Eleventh Day At The Old Bailey: Suicide, Hallucinations And Psychological Torture
Wednesday, 23 September 2020, 3:04 pm | Binoy Kampmark
September 22. Central Criminal Court, London. Today, the prosecutors in the Julian Assange case did their show trial predecessors from other legal traditions proud. The ghosts of such figures as Soviet state prosecutor Andrey Vyshinsky, would have ... More >>
Assange’s Tenth Day At The Old Bailey: Bolting Horses, Death Penalties And Plots Of Eviction
Tuesday, 22 September 2020, 6:20 pm | Binoy Kampmark
September 21. Central Criminal Court, London. Today was one of reiteration and expansion. Computer scientist Christian Grothoff of the Bern University of Applied Sciences supplied the relevant chronology on what led to the publication of unredacted US ... More >>
Dangerous Streamlining: Emergencies, Militarisation And Civil Liberties
Monday, 21 September 2020, 12:44 pm | Binoy Kampmark
Be wary of anyone insistent on using the word “streamline” in the context of policy and planning. It suggests a suspicion of sound procedure, due process and keen scrutiny. The streamliner hates accountability, attacks the world of red tape ... More >>
Assange’s Ninth Day At The Old Bailey: Torture Testimonies, Offers Of Pardon And Truth Telling
Sunday, 20 September 2020, 3:25 pm | Binoy Kampmark
September 18. Central Criminal Court, London. The extradition trial of Julian Assange at the Old Bailey moved into a higher gear today. Testimonies spanned the importance of classified information in war journalism, the teasing offer of a pardon for Assange ... More >>
Assange’s Eighth Day At The Old Bailey: Software Redactions, The Iraq Logs And The Extradition Act
Friday, 18 September 2020, 4:08 pm | Binoy Kampmark
September 17. Central Criminal Court, London. The extradition trial of Julian Assange at the Old Bailey struck similar notes to the previous day’s proceedings: the documentary work and practise of WikiLeaks, the method of redactions, and the legacy of exposing ... More >>
Assange’s Seventh Day At The Old Bailey: Diligent Redactions And Avoiding Harm
Thursday, 17 September 2020, 5:44 pm | Binoy Kampmark
September 16, Central Criminal Court, London: Proceedings today at the Old Bailey regarding Julian Assange’s extradition returned to journalistic practice, redaction of source names and that ongoing obsession with alleged harm arising from WikiLeaks ... More >>
Assange’s Sixth Day At The Old Bailey: US Prison Conditions And Politicised Prosecutions
Wednesday, 16 September 2020, 3:15 pm | Binoy Kampmark
Central Criminal Court, London. Today, witnesses appearing in the extradition trial of Julian Assange fleshed out some points touched upon the previous day: the fate awaiting the WikiLeaks publisher in the US prison system, and the political nature ... More >>
Assange’s Fifth Day At The Old Bailey: Supermax Prisons And Special Administrative Measures
Tuesday, 15 September 2020, 4:10 pm | Binoy Kampmark
Having had a coronavirus scare towards the end of last week, necessitating a brief suspension of proceedings for September 11, the extradition proceedings for Julian Assange resumed with Eric Lewis. The chairman of the board of Reprieve, who has cut ... More >>
Rio Tinto Turns Cultural Vandal: The Destruction Of The Juukan Gorge Caves
Monday, 14 September 2020, 4:33 pm | Binoy Kampmark
It was a calamity in cultural terms likened to the destruction of the Buddhist statues of Bamyan and the ancient city of Palmyra. The explosive eradication of two Aboriginal sites in West Australia’s Juukan Gorge in May, said to be 46,000 years old, moved ... More >>
Power Politics And Imperial Gambles: Australia Misses Out To The Taliban
Saturday, 12 September 2020, 4:40 pm | Binoy Kampmark
In grand power politics, there are only national interests, not friendships. This is a point often missed on Australia’s dedicated Americanophiles. Faith is put in such untestable propositions as extended nuclear deterrence. Faith is also unqualified. ... More >>
