Victims of colonialist exploitation for centuries, Haitians need more than temporary aid. Aurélien Mondon on Haiti.
Death in Freeport
21st Century colonialism flourishes in West Papua writes Edmund McWilliam
Reflections on the Current Condition
The Arena publications respond to the current crisis. By Geoff Sharp, Nonie Sharp, John Hinkson, Paul James, Alison Caddick, Simon Cooper
Murdoch’s Boyer Lectures
Simon Cooper asks why the News Corp chief was given yet another soap box to air his views
The Neglected State-builder
Michael Leach on Cuban medical programs in the Pacific.
New Empires, New Anti-Empires
Tom Nairn argues the case for multilateralism
Building Our Own Asteroid
Peter Christoff asks what level of risk we are prepared to accept
The Age of Meta-War
The distancing effects of techno-weaponry and a sanitised global media are the altering the structural basis of modern warfare writes Paul James
Shock Fetish Shoes, Sex and Shock
Michele Willson asks how far can shock advertising go before we become unshockable.
Trepang Opening Night
Lisa Palmer spends a night at the indigenous opera
