On Living in an Accelerating World

Arena Quarterly no.26

Paul James

Jun 2026

Rosa is an intriguing writer who makes you think. He is a critical theorist in the best sense of that tradition.

Planning, Managing and Enjoying Your Own Affordable Housing

Arena Quarterly no.26

Lou Crabtree-Hayes

Jun 2026

Housing cooperatives are an organisational form constituted to own, govern and/or manage physical housing stock, where members of the cooperative live in and manage the housing cooperative together.

EVENT: Artificial Intelligence and Work in a Remade World

Arena Online

7 Aug 2026

Wednesday, 12th August; 6pm for a 6:30pm start; Trades Hall; Tickets are $10*

The High Cost of the Gaslight Industry

Arena Online

Robyn Gulliver

7 Aug 2026

The fossil fuel industry has spent decades teaching us where to look. It fixes our gaze on their profits, dressed up as our cost of living, and on a panic at the petrol bowser, while the real cost is paid somewhere much quieter: in our children’s lungs, one kitchen at a time.

Pauline Conversions? Australian Politics after Farrer

Arena Quarterly no.26

Guy Rundle

Jun 2026

The spectacle of One Nation’s sudden success seems to have stunned many into an almost ritualistic recitative of cod-sociological explanations for right-wing movements.

The Usefulness of Cinema in Times of War

Arena Quarterly no.26

Cristóbal Escobar

Jun 2026

Can film for our present circumstances recreate the conditions of perception so that the ordinary is made strange?

Tertiary Rackets: Deakin.bot v Einstein.ai—the sad finale of this model of higher education?

Arena Quarterly no.26

Pete Chambers

Jun 2026

Has the thru-put model has combined with AI to deliver the final blow to the Australian university? And how did we get here?

The Cost of Hesitation

Arena Quarterly no.26

Ashlee Wilson

Jun 2026

Abortion bans are reshaping medicine, with fatal consequences for women

Turbo-charged Turmoil: An Interview with Clinton Fernandes

Arena Online

Clinton Fernandes, Joe McLaren

10 Jul 2026

A 'rupture' means richer countries – Canada, Western Europe, Japan – being treated like the poorer ones.

Prefiguring Postcapitalist Work

Arena Quarterly no.26

Colin Long

Jun 2026

Practising cooperation in today’s world is a revolutionary act in itself, helping to raise consciousness and confidence, while experimenting with new forms of ownership and control.

From the Archive

Green Pathways to a People’s Future

Arena Quarterly no. 1

Adam Bandt

‘Fire’ may be an appropriate way to think and talk about the climate-change emergency, not just because we are literally dealing with a burning world but also because it does not bring with it the concerns associated with ‘rule by emergency’.

From the Archive

The Tip of the Democracy-Sinking Iceberg

Timothy Erik Ström

There is a curious and seldom-told backstory and parallel story to the high-profile Cambridge Analytica scandal, one that makes the notorious firm seem like the tip of the democracy-sinking iceberg.

The Unraveling of US Power

Arena Quarterly no.26

John Hinkson

Jun 2026

What is distinctive about this world disorder is the degree to which it has occurred as an oscillation between vast contending powers and the narcissism and caprice of a man elevated to the US presidency.

Responding to the Crisis of the Left

Arena Quarterly no.26

Colm Mcnaughton

Jun 2026

Through giving people a taste of what is possible we can overcome the decades of defeat and paralysis that the radical Left has suffered.

Labor’s Nuclear History

Arena Quarterly no.26

Sybilla George

Jun 2026

AUKUS may be paradigm-shifting, normalising the spread of militarised if not weaponised nuclear technologies towards the periphery of the global nuclear order.

The end of Australia’s last free river?

Arena Online

Martin Pritchard

11 Jun 2026

The Martuwarra is still alive: culturally, ecologically and politically, as a site of resistance to the idea that every river must submit to extraction. In an age of climate instability, protecting a free-flowing river is a test of whether we can act with restraint, learn from past damage and share power with those who know a river is more than water moving downhill

Viva Palestino: Israel’s Genocidal War Denounced on the Football Pitch

Arena Online

Antonio Castillo

15 May 2026

Despite Palestine and Chile being over 13,000 kilometres apart, Palestino FC remains vital to the identity of those behind Israel’s extensive walls, thus embodying a unique and peaceful form of resistance.

Predatory politics: From open markets to global chaos

Arena Online

Sofia Skobeleva (Sid Akhmed)

15 May 2026

Predators reject compromise and undermine diplomatic ties, often claiming baseless victories. The unilateral prioritisation of national interest over collective security appears increasingly inadequate in an era defined by global systemic risk.