War movies have been popular since the early days of motion picture, often as means of propaganda, to stir contemporary emotions, depicting brave warriors of…
Kym Robinson
Category: War, History and Foreign Policy
At the height of the late cold war period, Andrew Cockburn wrote “The Threat”, a book that explored the bear cave of assumed Soviet military…
The revulsion to war is inconsistent for some. The Russian invasion of Ukraine has brought critics of war to the antiwar movement, though they likely…
A moment of choosing not to act can save more lives than lawful action takes “For a brief moment, one man had to decide whether…
“The enemy was nowhere, but everywhere.” Dan Rather, CBS news report, Saigon, 1968. As the world approaches a period of unmanned systems, automation and perhaps…
The Human under the Numbers The story of Anne Frank is tragic. If not for the words that she wrote in her diary, she would…
The Benevolent Fascism of Australia Part 2 As was shown in part one, Australia has had a history of complicated relationships between the governments that…
Australia – Benevolent fascism, the approaching futurePart One. Australia is in the news, the images of police officers imposing themselves on the citizenry has drawn…
“There is no flag large enough to cover the shame of killing innocent people.” Howard Zinn It is hard to imagine that a healthy mind…
“Never believe anything until it’s officially denied.”- Claud Cockburn This year’s ANZAC day has passed in Australia. It is a national religious holiday where many…