Category Archives: against the current

The ‘Devil’ in Haiti

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

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

Elemental Blindness

John Hinkson argues the predictable failure of the new strategy in Iraq

Something Old, Something New

Jennifer Power

Oan Kiak: Women and Independence in Timor-Leste

In the most isolated areas of Timor-Leste, women are providing a powerful counterpoint to the apparent failure of independence, write Anna Trembath and Damian Grenfell

A Perfect Storm of Dots

Animal organ donation is now being advanced as a serious solution to organ shortages, but mixing species in the name of health is like scattering landmines in the name of peace, writes Toshi Knell

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