Category: geopolitics

The Afghanistan Debate Oct 2010

As the Australian parliament begins a long-overdue debate about our involvement in Afghanistan, expect to hear a lot of hot air about what a nasty piece of work…

No Illusions #12 – Ewan Saunders, Socialist Alliance #AusVotes Aug 2010

Ewan Saunders is the Socialist Alliance’s Brisbane candidate in the upcoming federal election. I caught up with him recently to talk about socialism, climate change, indigenous communities, and the Socialist…

Australia: The Unlucky Country? Jul 2010

While waiting in the Apple Store Chermside today (waiting, that is, for them to replace the hard drive on my 5 month old 17″ Macbook Pro for the…

Julian Assange at TED July 2010 Jul 2010

Australia’s most impressive media entrepreneur, Julian Assange, explains how Wikileaks works and provides some insight into recent events, in this recent interview with Wired’s Chris Anderson at TED.…

Chomsky: Obama’s Imperialist Policies Jul 2010

More recent Chomksy video. This one has him speaking about the continued imperialist policies of the USA under the Obama administration and the fate of the people in…

Noam Chomsky: US role in Haiti destruction Jul 2010

Brilliant analysis by Noam, as always. We’re lucky to have him. In this video, he describes why the USA and France should be paying REPARATIONS to Haiti, not…

Architect of Mumbai Attacks Worked For DEA May 2010

Remember the Mumbai attacks from 26/11/2008? Apparently, it was allegedly planned by an American-Pakistani man called David Headley (born in Washington DC, raised in Pakistan until age 17,…

No Illusions Podcast 09 – Black Holes & Cannibals Apr 2010

Late last week, Chrissy and I sat down with Hugo Sharp for a cigar and a chat about the latest news in politics, religion, science and philosophy…. oh…

Wikileaks Proves You Can’t Trust The Obama Pentagon Apr 2010

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rXPrfnU3G0&rel=0&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&fs=1] (via Wikileaks, probably the most exciting news operation on the planet at the moment)

Subprime Mortgages Are Being Pumped Again!! Apr 2010

The very financial product that triggered the GFC – subprime mortgages, aka banks making home loans to people who can’t afford them – is apparently the hot new…