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Author: Bakchos

This author has written 967 articles
The Moral Imperative of Leadership: Anthony Albanese and the Crisis in Gaza Amid Media and Lobbying Pressures
Commonwealth Government / Government / Human Rights / Shared humanity

The Moral Imperative of Leadership: Anthony Albanese and the Crisis in Gaza Amid Media and Lobbying Pressures

Albanese's Labor Government has a commanding hold on Government with a mandate the uphold human rights in Palestine.

0 Comments
May 30, 2025
The Sorrow and the Pity: Marcel Ophuls’ Cinematic Challenge to French Postwar Identity
Accountability / Modern art / Shared humanity / Uncategorized

The Sorrow and the Pity: Marcel Ophuls’ Cinematic Challenge to French Postwar Identity

Challenged to face the unpleasant underbelly of conservative French society during the Vichy era, Le Chagrin et la Pitié inspired reflection in French society.

0 Comments
May 29, 2025
Potential War Crimes Committed by Israel in Gaza Since October 7, 2023
Accountability / Genocide / Government / Human Rights / International Law / United Nations

Potential War Crimes Committed by Israel in Gaza Since October 7, 2023

Attacks on Gaza conducted with impunity enable the ongoing breach of international law and human rights conventions.

0 Comments
May 28, 2025
Palestinian Poetry as Cultural Preservation and Resistance: Voices of Defiance and Their Persecution
Culture / Human Rights / Shared humanity

Palestinian Poetry as Cultural Preservation and Resistance: Voices of Defiance and Their Persecution

The indelible identity and history infused in Palestinian poetry is an act of expression of resistance that transcends conventional forms of conflict.

8 Comments
May 27, 2025
Literature, Poetry and Empathy: A Tapestry of Human Connection Through Crisis
Culture / Education / Shared humanity

Literature, Poetry and Empathy: A Tapestry of Human Connection Through Crisis

The importance of literacy is in the sharing of experiences, fostering empathy and understanding between people and cultures.

0 Comments
May 26, 2025
Weaponisation of the “White Genocide” Fallacy in South Africa by a Cynical Trump
Genocide / Government / International Law / Religion

Weaponisation of the “White Genocide” Fallacy in South Africa by a Cynical Trump

The fallacy of "white genocide" is being leveraged by Trump to debase South Africa's ICJ advocacy for Gazans, embedding cynicism into the legal discourse and definition.

0 Comments
May 25, 2025
Eliminating Discrimination: Systemic Racism and Antisemitism in Australia
Discrimination/Racism / Religion

Eliminating Discrimination: Systemic Racism and Antisemitism in Australia

AFP cracking down on antisemitism is important, but so is addressing the ongoing racism experienced by Indigenous people.

0 Comments
May 24, 2025
Zionism and the Suppression of Dissent in Australia
Discrimination/Racism / Domestic Law / Government / Human Rights / International Law / Justice / Law / Racial Discrimination Act

Zionism and the Suppression of Dissent in Australia

Zionist advocacy groups aim to silence criticism and dissent through the legal system, both domestically and internationally.

1 Comment
May 23, 2025
Israel’s Threat to Bomb Iran and the Question of Middle East Stability
Government / International Law / Uncategorized

Israel’s Threat to Bomb Iran and the Question of Middle East Stability

Threatening to bomb Iran will not lead to greater security in the Middle East.

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May 22, 2025
Liberal Party Membership Collapse in NSW: Causes, Consequences and Implications
Accountability / Commonwealth Government / Government / NSW Government / Political theory

Liberal Party Membership Collapse in NSW: Causes, Consequences and Implications

The disintegration of the Liberal-National Coalition did not happen overnight, with the Liberal Party now facing a crisis of existence.

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May 21, 2025
The Faustian Bargain, Mephistopheles’ Philosophy and Zionism
Accountability / Human Rights / International Law / Justice / Shared humanity

The Faustian Bargain, Mephistopheles’ Philosophy and Zionism

Goethe's Faust provides a lesson for the ages.

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May 20, 2025
Historical Context: Palestine Under Ottoman Rule, Britain’s Tripartite Promises and the Subsequent Nakba
Discrimination/Racism / Government / Neo-Colonialism

Historical Context: Palestine Under Ottoman Rule, Britain’s Tripartite Promises and the Subsequent Nakba

A peaceful resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict can only be achieved with the acknowledgement of history, including the Nakba.

0 Comments
May 19, 2025
Guernica and Gaza: Echoes of Destruction, Personal Reckoning, and the Power of Media
Genocide / Government / Human Rights / International Law / Modern art / Shared humanity

Guernica and Gaza: Echoes of Destruction, Personal Reckoning, and the Power of Media

History's lesson: Guernica versus Gaza.

1 Comment
May 18, 2025
Eshu and the Trickster Archetype: From Yoruba Mythology to Historical and Modern Disruptors
Culture / Hypocrisy / Shared humanity

Eshu and the Trickster Archetype: From Yoruba Mythology to Historical and Modern Disruptors

Trump embodies many of The Yoruba god's traits, but is the modern-day trickster as capable of engendering transformation?

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May 17, 2025
Arnhem Land’s Aboriginal Art: Preserving a 50,000-Year UNESCO Treasure
View from the Eiffel Tower. Painting by Indigenous artist Lena Nyadbi, on the roof of the nearby Quai Branly museum.
Art / Australian Aborigines / Culture / First Nations/Indigenous

Arnhem Land’s Aboriginal Art: Preserving a 50,000-Year UNESCO Treasure

The Aboriginal art of Arnhem Land connects culture across time.

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May 16, 2025
Rule of Law vs Rule of Man: Crackdown on Whistleblowers, Protests and Free Speech
Discrimination / Domestic Law / Government / Human Rights / Racial Discrimination Act / Rule of Law

Rule of Law vs Rule of Man: Crackdown on Whistleblowers, Protests and Free Speech

Australia's crackdown on the dissenting and outspoken voices underscores a concerning trend where the state overrules the rule of law.

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May 15, 2025
Factions Plaguing the Australian Labor Party following its Election Victory
Accountability / Commonwealth Government / Government

Factions Plaguing the Australian Labor Party following its Election Victory

Capitalising on its landslide electoral victory at the 2025 Federal election will require Labor to rise above its factional rivalries.

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May 14, 2025
André Gorz, Ecology and Planetary Boundaries in a Capitalist World
Corporate profit / Corporate responsibility / Environment

André Gorz, Ecology and Planetary Boundaries in a Capitalist World

Capitalism's obsession with growth strains ecological boundaries, necessitating acceptance of and response to desperate ecological needs.

0 Comments
May 14, 2025
The True Essence of Aboriginal Culture: Ceremony, Dreamtime and Symbolism
Australian Aborigines / Culture / First Nations/Indigenous / Shared humanity

The True Essence of Aboriginal Culture: Ceremony, Dreamtime and Symbolism

Aboriginal ceremony and symbolism weaves the past with the present and future.

0 Comments
May 13, 2025
The Shield of Achilles: Perspective and Symbolism of the Divine
Culture / Discrimination/Racism / Shared humanity

The Shield of Achilles: Perspective and Symbolism of the Divine

Hephaestus' brilliance in crafting the Shield of Achilles is in its message of the cost of war versus the benefits of peace.

1 Comment
May 12, 2025
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Publications

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  • RAMSI - the scion of the juggernaut of greed

    Solomon Star
    13 October 2011
  • AFP accused of fabricating evidence, yet again

    Solomon Star (Print only)
    4 October 2011
  • Moti affair

    Solomon Star
    14 September 2011
  • Moti affair

    Fiji Sun
    12 September 2011
  • Moti appeal exposes mixed loyalties and judicial corruption

    Solomon Star
    22 July 2011
  • Moti end game

    FijiSun
    22 July 2011
  • Letters to the editor: Article by Bakchos

    Solomon Star
    20 July 2011
  • Co-operate or else! AFP thuggery for a white Australia

    Solomon Star
    24 June 2011
  • The strange case of Bill Johnson, a study in neo-colonial hypocrisy

    Solomon Star
    17 June 2011
  • Neo-colonialism in the Torres Strait

    Solomon Star
    14 June 2011
  • Moti and other affairs

    Solomon Star
    9 June 2011
  • Comment: Excellent Read

    Fiji Sun
    7 June 2011

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  4. Friends in The AFP and a Malicious Prosecution (16,876)
  5. Pig Feast: West Papua, Indonesia and Colonialism in Our Time (16,121)

Recent Posts

  • There Was Only One Tony MundineSeptember 1, 2026
  • Telescreen On The Toll Road: Nineteen Eighty-Four and New South Wales’s New Surveillance PowersAugust 31, 2026
  • Milosevic and Israel: Comparison of International ResponsesAugust 29, 2026
  • Where Have All The Palestinians Gone – And What Would Bring Them Back?August 28, 2026
  • Institutional Unity in the Shielding of Angel MarinaAugust 27, 2026
  • The Permanent Emergency: How Temporary Powers Become Tools of DominationAugust 26, 2026
  • Aeschylus’ Suppliants and Asylum: Moral Obligation and Political DangerAugust 25, 2026
  • Australian Values: Politics, Immigrants and Pauline HansonAugust 24, 2026
  • Eroding Trust: ACT Policing and the Use of Force in the National CapitalAugust 23, 2026
  • Ridge and Fire: “The Aboriginal Mother” and Colonial AustraliaAugust 22, 2026

Recent Comments

  1. Polina on Telescreen On The Toll Road: Nineteen Eighty-Four and New South Wales’s New Surveillance Powers

    Australia is beginning to look more and more like Putin’s Russia every day, beware the dictator lurking in the wings.

  2. Polina on Appointment Without Accountability: Jon White, the ACT DPP and the Long Shadow of a Political Prosecution

    Kelly the amount of corruption and racism that has gone on in the matters around Bakchos and his family is…

  3. Paulo on Appointment Without Accountability: Jon White, the ACT DPP and the Long Shadow of a Political Prosecution

    Wouldn’t it be grand Faceless to have “friends in the AFP” who render you Teflon coated, so no matter what…

  4. Paulo on Telescreen On The Toll Road: Nineteen Eighty-Four and New South Wales’s New Surveillance Powers

    I’m thinking back to your post on the Permanent Emergency. Beware the seemingly benign legislation. https://blakandblack.com/2026/08/26/the-permanent-emergency-how-temporary-powers-become-tools-of-domination/?unapproved=18249&moderation-hash=6d312ab63904585d0218e4ae02a7330f#comment-18249

  5. The Faceless Freedom Fighter on Appointment Without Accountability: Jon White, the ACT DPP and the Long Shadow of a Political Prosecution

    The all important question that remains to be answered is how did Jon White’s DPP managed to prosecute an Indigenous…

  6. The Faceless Freedom Fighter on Appointment Without Accountability: Jon White, the ACT DPP and the Long Shadow of a Political Prosecution

    Bakchos your prosecution was clearly racially and politically motivated, the people in charge of the departments and organisations that led…

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