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Arena Forum: Questioning Art and Politics

November 22, 2011 – 11:19 am

How might artists respond to the social transformations occurring today? Can artists take on a political agenda without compromising their creativity?

Posted in Cooper's Last | Also tagged Art and politics, Cooper's Last, Cultural production, Picasso | Comments (0)

Reflections on the Current Condition

April 2, 2009 – 1:53 pm

The Arena publications respond to the current crisis. By Geoff Sharp, Nonie Sharp, John Hinkson, Paul James, Alison Caddick, Simon Cooper

Posted in editorial | Also tagged Alison Caddick, Arena Magazine issue 100 April-June 2009, Beyond Left and Right, David McKnight, Dissent, Geoff Sharp, global financial crisis, John Hinkson, Kenneth Davidson, Nonie Sharp, Overland, Paul James, The Monthly, the third way | Comments (0)

Murdoch’s Boyer Lectures

February 2, 2009 – 1:52 pm

Simon Cooper asks why the News Corp chief was given yet another soap box to air his views

Posted in against the current | Also tagged ABC, Arena Magazine issue 99 February-March 2009, BBC, Boyer Lecture, Chris Patten, Fox, Herald Sun, News Corp, Rupert Murdoch, The Australian | Comments (0)

Will Democracy Come to the USA?

October 2, 2001 – 7:48 pm

Simon Cooper: Political dissent, so-called un-Americanism and the erosion of civil liberties in the US

Posted in Arena Magazine Feature, arena magazine features, features | Also tagged 9/11, Afghanistan, anti-globalisation, anti-government groups, arrest powers, big government, civil liberties, Dan Rather, democracy, depoliticisation, Dick Cheney, doubt, foreign policy, George W Bush, infrastructure, intelligence agencies, mainstream media, militia, Operation Enduring Freedom, Operation Infinite Justice, patriotism, political correctness, political dissent, privacy, security, sports, surveillance, terrorism, United States, war, wiretapping, World Trade Centre (WTC) | Comments (0)

Surviving Reality

April 2, 2001 – 9:24 am

Simon Cooper Reality TV is Social Life Minus the Messy Social Aspect

Posted in against the current | Also tagged capitalism, detention centres, entertainment, exploitation, game shows, illegal immigrants, indigenous people, John Morse, managerialism, media, men's movements, reality TV, spectacle, tourism, voyeurism | Comments (0)

After Consumerism: Through a Glass, Darkly

April 2, 2001 – 9:18 am

The market may have a terrible precariousness, but at the same time it is being constantly readjusted and reproduced.

Posted in Arena Magazine Editorial, editorial | Also tagged Boris Frankel, capitalism, consumerism, Guy Rundle, Japan, John Hinkson, Matthew Ryan, refugee | Comments (0)

Camp Humour or Sublime Horror?

December 2, 2000 – 7:04 am

Simon Cooper How Many Holocaust Comedies Do We Really Need?

Posted in against the current | Also tagged Anne Frank, Daniel Libeskind, holocaust, Holocaust comedies, Holocaust films, Holocaust industry, Holocaust trivialisation, Israel, Jakob the Liar, Jerry Lewis, Jewish culture, Life is Beautiful, mediated representations, Nazi Germany, Norman Finkelstein, Palestine, poststructuralist ethics, Rwanda, Stephen Lipman, Timor, Train of Life | Comments (0)

Uncanny Reflection – The Destruction of Chechnya

December 2, 1999 – 6:54 am

NATO’s bombing of Serbian forces and Russia’s action in Chechnya have some chilling similarities writes Simon Cooper

Posted in against the current | Also tagged Al Gore, Asia, Balkans, Bill Clinton, bomb attacks, Boris Yeltsin, Britain, capitalism, Caucasus, Chechen republic, Chechnya, economic sanctions, Europe, financial crisis, fundamentalist Islam, gas, global economy, Grozny, humanitarian aid, Indonesia, information war, international markets, International Monetary Fund (IMF), Islam, kidnapping, Kosovo, loan defaults, Madeline Allbright, media, money-laundering, Muslim, natural resources, North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), oil, oil & gas reserves, Patrick Cockburn, Red Cross, retaliation, Rupert Cornwall, Russia, Serbia, terrorism, Tony Blair, United States, USSR, Vladimir Putin, Zygmunt Bauman | Comments (0)

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