A century of deceit: Towards a new understanding of the colonisation of Palestine
Political and media commentary on the Hamas killings of October 2023 have been preoccupied with claims that these were not only the worst terrorists but that their actions were without precedent.
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27 September 2025
Is history repeating itself?
As the fallout from the Charlie Kirk assassination metabolised into a mass movement, a few voices raised a very unfortunate parallel – the assassination of Horst Wessel.
21 September 2025
Death of the Holocaust Industry
The genocide in Gaza has exposed the weaponisation of the Holocaust as a vehicle not to prevent genocide, but to perpetuate it, not to examine the past, but to manipulate the present.
12 September 2025
Rupert Murdoch’s greatest scoop
On Wednesday 25 February 1976, The Australian published a sensational front page story headlined Iraq promises $US500,000 to pay Labor’s debts/Whitlam in secret Arab election deal.
10 September 2025
The ABC is inventing China's war history
When interviewing a guest, journalists are free to ask whatever questions they want. But they can’t have their own facts.
27 August 2025
Don't mention the war's end
Only the very alert readers of Australian media have discovered this is the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II, and more importantly, the defeat of fascism. There is the odd whisper, a low key event in Townsville, a fleeting acknowledgement and little else.
25 August 2025
Yet another example of cultural vandalism by Thai military forces
As part of a Cambodian parliamentary observation team, I visited the border village of Anseh in Choam Ksan district in Preah Vihear province on July 30.
18 August 2025
1975: The Whitlam dismissal’s smoking gun
The dismissal of the Whitlam Government by Governor-General John Kerr on 11/11/1975 still rankles at the heart of Australian democracy.
9 August 2025
From Hiroshima to Gaza: Eighty years of failing to contain violence
Note from the editor: For months Refaat Ibrahim has been writing for P&I from the centre of Gaza in unimaginable conditions. Today I add the note he sent with the piece, so you can see the sacrifice he makes every day.
5 August 2025
The rise of totalitarianism – 12 similarities between 1930s Germany and 2020s America - Part 2
The parallels between today’s America and the Germany of a century ago are profound – and are becoming more relevant with each passing day. Sadly, what was considered inconceivable a few years ago has now become a possibility: the development of a totalitarian state in America. Adrian Lipscomb continues from Part 1 of this series.
4 August 2025
The rise of totalitarianism – 12 similarities between 1930s Germany and 2020s America - Part 1
The parallels between today’s America and the Germany of a century ago are profound – and are becoming more relevant with each passing day. Sadly, what was considered inconceivable a few years ago has now become a possibility: the development of a totalitarian state in America.
2 July 2025
Five books the Bible could do without
When ancient scriptures continue to shape modern ideology and policy, especially where harm is done, it becomes necessary to ask: do all parts of the Bible deserve to be treated as sacred?
10 June 2025
Weaponising the Department of Justice: echoes of the Star Chamber
Instead of acting as a guardian of the law, the Justice Department will use judicial power to pursue political vendettas and silence dissent.
