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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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Coronavirus Offerings And Job Losses: University Reliance On China Bites
Wednesday, 11 March 2020, 1:12 pm | Binoy Kampmark
It was predicted, warned against and is happening. Universities fattened by the Chinese student market are now in a state of financial shock, cutting losses, trimming courses and doing what over managed institutions do best: remove working productive ... More >>
Crimes In Afghanistan: Fatou Bensouda’s Investigative Mission
Sunday, 8 March 2020, 4:52 pm | Binoy Kampmark
It seemed an unlikely prospect. The International Criminal Court has tended to find itself accused of chasing up the inhumane rogues of Africa rather than those from any other continent. It has also been accused of having an overly burdensome machinery ... More >>
Toilet Paper Blues: Coronavirus And Pandemic Pantries
Thursday, 5 March 2020, 3:12 pm | Binoy Kampmark
Fears of imminent apocalypse tend to be midwives to absurdity. The stockpiling fever that has gripped various populaces in response to the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak has taken various forms. “Pandemic pantries” are becoming the norm, ... More >>
Daring To Kiss: Coronavirus And The Butterfly Effect
Wednesday, 4 March 2020, 12:56 pm | Binoy Kampmark
At some point, it seemed like a slow burner, gathering attention with each press release from the World Health Organisation. When talking about a threat, language is everything. With more cases of COVID-19 being identified, the panic that comes ... More >>
Strong Man Legacies: Burying Mubarak
Tuesday, 3 March 2020, 2:48 pm | Binoy Kampmark
Reviled strongmen of one era are often the celebrated ones of others. Citizens otherwise tormented find that replacements are poor, in some cases even crueller, than the original artefact. Such strongmen also serve as ideal alibis for rehabilitation: ... More >>
The Viral Blame Game: Xenophobia, Attribution And Coronavirus
Sunday, 1 March 2020, 12:37 pm | Binoy Kampmark
Moralising the way diseases and viruses are transferred is a very human, and particularly nasty trait. “We don’t need this kind of riff-raff on our shores,” screamed The New York Times in 1892 in response to Russian Jewish immigrants arriving at Ellis ... More >>
Julian Assange, The Glass Cage And Heaven In A Rage: Day Four Of Extradition Hearings
Friday, 28 February 2020, 3:06 pm | Binoy Kampmark
Julian Assange, the Glass Cage and Heaven in a Rage: Day Four of Extradition Hearings Thursday, February 27, Woolwich Crown Court. The first round of extradition hearings regarding Julian Assange’s case concluded a day early, to recommence on May 18th. ... More >>
Julian Assange, Political Offences And Legal Restraints: Day Three Of Extradition Hearings
Thursday, 27 February 2020, 2:36 pm | Binoy Kampmark
Wednesday, February 26, Woolwich Crown Court. Today, the focus shifted to the protagonist himself and the nature of the US-UK Extradition Treaty of 2003 , a contentious document that shines all too favourably for US citizens. Julian Assange, whose deteriorating ... More >>
Julian Assange Against The Imperium: Day Two Of Extradition Hearings
Wednesday, 26 February 2020, 6:46 pm | Binoy Kampmark
The second day of extradition hearings against Julian Assange and by virtue of that, WikiLeaks, saw Mark Summers QC deliver a formidable serve for the defence at Woolwich Crown Court. “It’s difficult to conceive of a clearer example of an extradition ... More >>
Julian Assange And The Imperium’s Face: Day One Of The Extradition Hearings
Tuesday, 25 February 2020, 5:00 pm | Binoy Kampmark
If we are to believe it, Julian Assange of WikiLeaks, the man behind showing the ugliness of power, is the one responsible for having abused it. It is a running theme in the US case against this Australian publisher, who has been given ... More >>
Mixed Returns For The Huawei Bashing Tour
Monday, 24 February 2020, 3:51 pm | Binoy Kampmark
The US imperium is rattled, so much so it’s letting everyone else know about it. Move over the trade war with its bitchy insistence on redressing imbalances, surpluses and deficits; the next phase of conflict with China is being waged in matters of ... More >>
Viral Losses: Australian Universities, Coronavirus And Greed
Friday, 21 February 2020, 1:18 pm | Binoy Kampmark
There are few things more richly deserved than the punishment of a profligate ruler who finds himself fending off a hungry citizenry. But such matters lie in the realm of government, elections, holding representative office. Universities, notably in ... More >>
Pardoning Julian Assange: Donald Trump, WikiLeaks And The DNC
Thursday, 20 February 2020, 1:54 pm | Binoy Kampmark
The central pillar to Democratic paranoia and vengefulness regarding the loss of Hillary Clinton in 2016 was the link between Russian hacking, the servers of the Democratic National Committee and the release of emails via WikiLeaks. Over ... More >>
“Leave Our Bloke Alone”: A Little Mission For Julian Assange
Wednesday, 19 February 2020, 1:32 pm | Binoy Kampmark
“I think that now it is time that the government I am a part of needs to be standing up and saying to both the UK and the US: ‘enough is enough, leave our bloke alone and let him come home.’” George Christensen, Australian conservative MP, Sydney ... More >>
The Priorities Of General Motors: Ditching Holden
Tuesday, 18 February 2020, 2:11 pm | Binoy Kampmark
It seemed to be a case of grand misrepresentation. Holden cars, those great Australian acquisitions, along with home, lawnmower and nuclear family, gave the impression of indigenous pride, the home brand. It was also resoundingly masculine. But behind ... More >>
Corporate Occupations: The UN Business “Black List” And Israel’s Settlements
Monday, 17 February 2020, 4:10 pm | Binoy Kampmark
Mikhail Bakunin, in that charming anarchist tradition, regarded the state as an evil to be done away with. Such collective formations were criminal, oppressive, eviscerating to the individual. The corporation might be regarded as a similar collective, ... More >>
Intelligence Spats: Australia, Britain And Huawei
Monday, 17 February 2020, 7:36 am | Binoy Kampmark
A note of fraternal tension has been registered between the United Kingdom and Australia. It began with Britain’s decision to permit China’s technology giant Huawei a role in the construction of the country’s 5G network. While the decision is qualified ... More >>
Buying Elections: The Bloomberg Meme Campaign
Saturday, 15 February 2020, 12:50 pm | Binoy Kampmark
Interfering, corrupting and altering the views of electors is apparently frowned upon. But it all depends on who that manipulating source is. The Russians might be condemned for being meddlers of minds in the US electorate, but an American billionaire ... More >>
Fashion Fetishism, Surgical Masks And Coronavirus
Friday, 14 February 2020, 12:20 pm | Binoy Kampmark
Entering Singapore’s Changi Airport gives the visitor a glimpse of a mask fetish. Security guards wear it. As do the nurses and the various personnel who man cameras like anti-aircraft batteries, noting the approaching passenger in transit with due ... More >>
Disease Diplomacy And The Heavy Hand: China And The Coronavirus Problem
Thursday, 13 February 2020, 3:25 pm | Binoy Kampmark
Authoritarian responses, with the gloved heavy hand, will always find its admirers. The reaction by Chinese authorities to the novel coronavirus (now named COVID-19) outbreak has been receiving its fair share of gushing praise from some medical circles. ... More >>
