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Author: Bakchos

This author has written 1000 articles
The Erosion of the Rule of Law in Australia: Systemic Inequities and Indigenous Legal Challenges
Australian Aborigines / Discrimination/Racism / First Nations/Indigenous / Justice / Law Enforcement / Racism / Rule of Law

The Erosion of the Rule of Law in Australia: Systemic Inequities and Indigenous Legal Challenges

Legal complexity, discretionary enforcement and systemic biases have created an environment where justice is unevenly administered.

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June 13, 2025
Investigation, Prosecution and Universal Jurisdiction: The Legacy of Nuremberg
Accountability / Discrimination/Racism / Human Rights / International Law / Justice / Rule of Law / United Nations

Investigation, Prosecution and Universal Jurisdiction: The Legacy of Nuremberg

Individual responsibility and universal jurisdiction are the positive legacies of Nuremberg upon which justice must continue to stand.

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June 12, 2025
The Influence of Political Thrillers on the Cultural and Political Conditions Leading to Trump
Art / Culture / Political theory

The Influence of Political Thrillers on the Cultural and Political Conditions Leading to Trump

Political thrillers set the stage for someone like Trump. They also offer the means to confront such a character.

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June 10, 2025
The Australian Honours System: A Critique of Political Patronage and Misaligned Recognition
Accountability / ACT Government / Australian Aborigines / Bill of Rights / Corruption / Discrimination / First Nations/Indigenous / Government / Human Rights / Hypocrisy

The Australian Honours System: A Critique of Political Patronage and Misaligned Recognition

Appointment of political figures and public servants to an Australian honour who demonstrate a lack of integrity devalues the awards system.

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June 9, 2025
Meredith Whitten: A Study in Institutional Racism and Systemic Failure
Accountability / ACT Government / Australian Aborigines / Corruption / Discrimination/Racism / First Nations/Indigenous / Former Commissioner / Justice / Racism

Meredith Whitten: A Study in Institutional Racism and Systemic Failure

The actions of this senior ACT public servant underscore the vulnerability of Indigenous people to injustice within the ACT.

8 Comments
June 8, 2025
The Denial of Truth: Mental Prisons in Authoritarian and Free Societies
Accountability / Government / Human Rights / Hypocrisy

The Denial of Truth: Mental Prisons in Authoritarian and Free Societies

Andrei Konchalovsky's "Dear Comrades!" highlights the individual and societal costs of denying reality.

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June 7, 2025
No Words by Malak Mattar: A Monumental Testimony to Gaza’s Genocide
Art / Genocide / Human Rights

No Words by Malak Mattar: A Monumental Testimony to Gaza’s Genocide

Mattar has captures the horror Gaza, urging us all to witness and hear the voies of those who are suffering.

2 Comments
June 6, 2025
Media Influence on Outrage: Greta Thunberg’s Gaza Flotilla Mission and Senator Lindsey Graham’s Attacks
Genocide / Human Rights / Propaganda / Shared humanity

Media Influence on Outrage: Greta Thunberg’s Gaza Flotilla Mission and Senator Lindsey Graham’s Attacks

Deliberate misdirection by media of reader sympathies from positive acts of advocacy to negative expressions of justification perpetuates suffering.

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June 5, 2025
Fighting Evil Without Becoming Evil: Ubuntu and the Good Dream
Accountability / Culture / Respect / Shared humanity

Fighting Evil Without Becoming Evil: Ubuntu and the Good Dream

Realising our highest ideals when striving against evil demands that we hold ourselves attuned to our spiritual, ethical and communal selves.

1 Comment
June 4, 2025
The Role of Cultural Pride in Fostering Mutual Recognition and Respect for Indigenous and Non-Indigenous Australians
Assimilation / Australian Aborigines / First Nations/Indigenous / Government / Human Rights

The Role of Cultural Pride in Fostering Mutual Recognition and Respect for Indigenous and Non-Indigenous Australians

Building a more cohesive and inclusive Australia, requires that we embrace and encourage the cultures of all people.

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June 3, 2025
Exploring Indigenous Perspectives on Whether a Christian Minority Should Dictate Rules in Australia
Australian Aborigines / First Nations/Indigenous / Religion / Shared humanity / Stolen Generation

Exploring Indigenous Perspectives on Whether a Christian Minority Should Dictate Rules in Australia

The Christian minority should not dictate society's rules in a pluralistic nation such as Australia.

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June 2, 2025
The Zionist Lobby’s Lawfare Against Journalists and Academics in Australia: A Threat to Free Speech and Democratic Discourse
Democracy / Domestic Law / Human Rights / Justice

The Zionist Lobby’s Lawfare Against Journalists and Academics in Australia: A Threat to Free Speech and Democratic Discourse

The Australian legal system needs to tackle the tactical lawfare employed by the Zionist lobby that curtails criticism at the expense of free speech.

1 Comment
June 1, 2025
The Moral Imperative of the Gaza Crisis: A Humanist, Talmudic and Islamic Ethical Perspective
Human Rights / Religion / Uncategorized / United Nations

The Moral Imperative of the Gaza Crisis: A Humanist, Talmudic and Islamic Ethical Perspective

A humanist view of the conflict in Gaza.

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May 31, 2025
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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

2 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.

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May 24, 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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Recent Posts

  • Wangarr, Tjukurrpa, Ngurambang: Ceremony as the Law of CountryOctober 6, 2026
  • Welcome to Country: Ancestral Protocol to Civic CeremonyOctober 5, 2026
  • Presumed Guilty at Fourteen: The Case Against 22COctober 4, 2026
  • On Ethics: The Commons We Are Made OfOctober 3, 2026
  • Marina and ACT Treasury: Documents from 2002 to 2005October 2, 2026
  • Tu Pham and the Question She Could Not AnswerOctober 1, 2026
  • Tu Pham’s Prestidigitation, Self-Interest and RacismSeptember 30, 2026
  • Police Powers, Procedures and the Case for TransparencySeptember 29, 2026
  • Australian Federal Police: Sixteen Years of the Same QuestionSeptember 28, 2026
  • Alternative Facts: The Fabric and the FictionSeptember 27, 2026

Recent Comments

  1. Paulo on Baiame – The Creator God and Sky Father

    Thanks for the essay, I didn’t know any of this until I read your post.

  2. Paulo on Welcome to Country: Ancestral Protocol to Civic Ceremony

    When the choice was welcoming strangers passing through country, or fighting, Indigenous Australians would always try to opt for the…

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

    I can vouch for what my friend Bakchos said.

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

    Barak the racism was the main driver behind Bakchos’ prosecution by the Jon White lead ACT DPP. The initial attack…

  5. Jen on Welcome to Country: Ancestral Protocol to Civic Ceremony

    Welcome to Country is a ceremony as old as the land itself.

  6. Bob Coe on Welcome to Country: Ancestral Protocol to Civic Ceremony

    That’s what I understand the history of Welcome To Country to be.

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