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Peter Doherty: Public Science Communicator
A lecture series can promise much. But one run out of a corporatised university comes with its own burdens and blemishes. There is the stifling sense of brand and name that hovers over proceedings. The logo is everywhere, a permanent reminder about the role of the chief donor, sponsor or name of the individual associated […]
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Empire Fables: How Humans Became Happybaras
Once upon a time a group of Marxist vegan scientists weren’t happy with the way the world was going. They noted that most USians more easily imagined the end of the world than the end of capitalism. They also noted that the capybara, a large rodent found in South America, seemed to get along very […]
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Satisfying Elitists
[E]xposing the constitution for what it really is – a rulebook to protect capitalism for the elites. Written by 55 of the richest white men of early America, and signed by only 39 of them, the constitution is the sacred text of American nationalism. Popular perceptions of it are mired in idolatry, myth, and misinformation […]
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Beyond Irritation: Bali’s Tourism Scourge
Like eager lice on a ripe scalp, tourists have become a much-reviled feature of various economies. While cash and contributions come in their wake, such an industry depletes, drains and pollutes the very site it idealises. International tourism does its bit to bloat global greenhouse gas emissions, with transportation constituting the lion’s share. All this […]
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Can the World Save Palestine from US-Israeli Genocide?
A moment of prayer and meditation at the opening of the UN General Assembly, September 10, 2024 (Photo credit: UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe) On September 18th, the UN General Assembly is scheduled to debate and vote on a resolution calling on Israel to end “its unlawful presence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory” within six months. Given that the […]
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The Violence of Development
A revised version (September 2024) of the open-access e-book Food Dependency and Dispossession: Resisting the New World Order (2022) by Colin Todhunter is now available. A brand-new concluding chapter, “The Violence of Development”, rounds off a book that presents a scathing critique of the global industrial agriculture system and its proponents. The book takes aim […]
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Pandering to the Taxpayers
In every presidential election, office seekers elbow each other to position themselves as favoring tax breaks for the electorate. Kamala Harris raced in quickly with proposals for a tax break for the middle class and a tax deduction of up to $50,000 for new small businesses ─ two debt producing polices. To her credit, the […]
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