The martyrdom of Charlie Kirk
Martyrs are used by messianic movements to sanctify violence. To show any mercy or understanding toward the enemy is to betray the martyr and the cause the martyr died defending.
Recent articles in USA
16 September 2025
New ‘thought policing’ bill may let Rubio strip passports from US citizens over political speech
“Marco Rubio has claimed the power to designate people terrorist supporters based solely on what they think and say,” said one free speech advocate.
15 September 2025
Australia needs to diplomatically disengage from our 'dangerous ally'
It seems likely that our prime minister will meet Donald Trump at the United Nations General Assembly later this month.
15 September 2025
Message from the editor
It seemed almost too much to look back to the events of 9/11 in New York, when there is so much killing and grief swirling the globe now.
15 September 2025
The UN turns 80
The most important agenda item for the United Nations General Assembly this month will be the future of Palestine. But Palestinian leaders will be unable to discuss it, because they will be absent.
15 September 2025
US State Dept 'reviewing' foreigner comment on Kirk killing
“The US Government, seeking to punish those who make light of the incident, is a complete betrayal of the First Amendment and spits in the face of the principle of free speech and debate,” said one lawyer.
13 September 2025
Palm Beach, Florida: latitude, 26.7 N – Gaza City: latitude, 31.5 N
In Palm Beach, there lives a man who, when not living in the White House, enjoys the balm of temperate climes. He lives in a mansion, extravagant and luxurious. He wants for nothing.
11 September 2025
Israel and the Palestinians: Just one piece of the American plan
In his P&I article ’The Real death toll in Gaza’ posted on 5 September, John Menadue reminded us that Israel has become a criminal state and Now it is committing genocide.
11 September 2025
The suppression of the Arab voice and the genocide in Gaza
The United States’ unwavering military and political support for Israel is now accepted as the key enabling factor in Israel’s genocide in Gaza.
10 September 2025
Savage American justice
Imagine you are a country faced with drug smuggling by a nearby neighbour. As a government, what might you do about this?
8 September 2025
Trump and the post-American world
Donald Trump’s blatant campaign for a Nobel Peace Prize has a new claim for his resume – his “diplomacy” is contributing to a new world order.
7 September 2025
Health workers in the US are demanding the resignation of Robert Kennedy Jr
When I worked in the US, I visited the Centre for Disease Control on a number of occasions. The faculty members were extraordinarily competent and influential, because of the universal and deserved respect for the CDC.
6 September 2025
Speaking terrorism Part 2: Evading reality, atrocities and self-image
When the study of history, politics, and society is policed by regimes which limit, or even discourage, freedom of speech in general and academic freedom in particular — and the current wars in the Middle East, which attract criticisms of Zionism and the policies of Israel, are a few cases in point — the preconditions for quietism and scholasticide – are established.
