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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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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 >>
Subverting The Blacklist: Kirk Douglas’s Modest Contribution
Wednesday, 12 February 2020, 5:45 am | Binoy Kampmark
Leaving aside the content of the spectacular, embellished account that became Spartacus , Kirk Douglas, whose life ticked over into a century and a few years, left his own distinct mark on US cultural politics. At the very least, he managed to fashion a ... More >>
Failed Prosecutions: Donald Trump Survives the Senate
Saturday, 8 February 2020, 11:59 am | Binoy Kampmark
Never undertake a prosecution unless you have good grounds, and prospects, for a solid conviction. In the case against President Donald Trump, there was never a serious prospect that the Senate would cool sufficiently to give the Democrats the votes ... More >>
Triumphal Divisions: Trump’s State of the Union Address
Thursday, 6 February 2020, 9:18 am | Binoy Kampmark
In this year of the presidential elections, President Donald J. Trump shows little sign of cowering. It had been some time in coming, but here was a businessman talking to a Congress long in the pocket of business, a seemingly seamless order of things ... More >>
Muddling Democrats: Chaos in the Iowa Caucus
Wednesday, 5 February 2020, 8:44 am | Binoy Kampmark
Whatever the claims by the Democratic pollsters on the ground, the party has all the work to do ahead of selecting a candidate to make a fist of it come November. Pity for them, then, that the opening in Iowa proved to be a spectacular shambles, ... More >>
Teflon Lies and Mowing Lawns: The Afghanistan Papers
Tuesday, 4 February 2020, 9:18 am | Binoy Kampmark
Afghanistan is a famous desert for empires, a burial ground which has consumed those in power who thought that extra fortification and trading most might benefit them. It remains a great, and somewhat savage reminder about those who suffer hubris, overconfidence ... More >>
Brexit Day
Sunday, 2 February 2020, 11:14 am | Binoy Kampmark
Parliament Square is the site, muddied by rain, trodden by hundreds who have made it their celebratory space. The Leave Means Leave official website had been busy for weeks, thrilled about January 31 and the fact that that Britain would finally ... More >>
Hillary Clinton versus Mark Zuckerberg
Thursday, 30 January 2020, 11:20 am | Binoy Kampmark
It is another one of those contests and disagreements where the contestants should all loose, or at the very least, be subjected to a torturous stalemate. Hillary Clinton remains the nasty sprinkle on the Democratic Party in the United States, ever hopeful ... More >>
Trump’s Failed Bullying: Britain accepts 5G Huawei Tech
Wednesday, 29 January 2020, 8:47 am | Binoy Kampmark
It is strikingly bullying and bullish. US officials have been less than reserved in their threats about what Britain’s proposed dealings with Huawei over admitting it to its 5G network might entail. Three Republican Senators – Tom Cotton of Arkansas, ... More >>
