A note on abstract thought
Australians seem to have largely lost the ability for abstract thought. The reasons for this are many with consumerism, and the media being two significant factors (I’d also probably add an increased comfortability and a relatively stable country).
It is because of this that people like John Howard can get away […]

The Age has today reported that a group called the Network of Concerned Farmers have taken matters into their own hands with regards to the secret trials of GM canola being under taken by Bayer CropScience.
The Network of Concerned Farmers have charted a plane to fly over western Victoria and have photographed six different farms […]

Many of you may have noticed what would, at first glance, appear to be a bit of crass commercialism.
However this is not the case. I am encouraging everyone to download a free copy of Firefox and for them to use it as their web browser. Because a) it is simply the best web […]

I’ve mentioned industrial relations before. It seems to be an issue that receives little attention when it is really quite alarming – in fact the Howard government’s reforms which almost completely strip workers of their rights seems to be taken as a given. Two items in today’s news illustrate this.
Firstly, the Democrats publicly […]

I think Vandana Shiva’s criticism of GM foods is perhaps the most convincing. There is obviously still a lot of debate about the effects that these food crops will have on biodiversity and the interaction with surrounding environments.
However the premise of these crops (or seeds more specifically) presumes that monocultures are superior. Shiva […]

Sometimes the most obvious things can seem like a revelation.
A few posts ago I said I was a collectivist. What a lie. Surely talk of a collectivist/individualist dichotomy is an modernist, anti-revolutionary dualism. The enemy itself.
What an absurd proposition, that you can’t concern yourself with the welfare of an entire ecosystem and […]

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The Age today reported on BRW’s Young Rich List.
Yes, the definition of “young” is a little odd and many of the members of the list are hardly surprising (John of “Crazy John”, Nicole Kidman, Lleyton Hewitt, Kylie and so on) but what rang alarm bells to me was that numbers 3 and 7 were Child-care […]

I think from here on in my activist motto will be: ‘All I’ve ever asked for is free beer’.

I have a new thesis topic:
“A failure of engagement: why social and environmental movements are slowing the revolution”
The argument remains the same but the topic is now reflective of what I have to say. Not sure about the word “slowing” - sounds a bit pussy to me.