Colonial Settler Societies: Common Paths and Historical Trajectories
Domination is the key factor in settler colonialism, establishing an imbalance between the privileged and traditional peoples.
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August 23, 2025
Cultural Diffusion: The Interconnected Progress of Humanity
Cultural diffusion weaves humanity’s shared mosaic of progress.
August 14, 2025
The Limits of Morality: Starving the Children to Attack Your Foe
If a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less, as well as if a promontory were, as well as if a manor of thy friend's or…
July 28, 2025
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.
May 19, 2025
Australian Aborigines / Commonwealth Government / Discrimination/Racism / First Nations/Indigenous / Government / Justice / Law / Neo-Colonialism / Racism / Reconciliation / Stolen Generation / White Australia
The History Wars in Contemporary Australia: A Cultural Struggle Beyond Politics
An inclusive Australian society demands an end of the history wars.
April 2, 2025
Australian Aborigines / Commonwealth Government / Democracy / Discrimination/Racism / First Nations/Indigenous / Government / Law Enforcement / Neo-Colonialism / Racial Discrimination Act / Racism / Rule of Law / White Australia / Xenophobia
#Racism: Time to cease emulating the ostrich
"He was a remarkably effective prime minister for a while. The most difficult time was in 1997 and, to give credit to the government, they tightened the supervision over the…
April 21, 2013
Assimilation / Corporate profit / Corruption / Culture / Discrimination / Discrimination/Racism / Environment / First Nations/Indigenous / Genocide / Genocide by stealth / Human Rights / Law / Mining / Neo-Colonialism / Racism / Reconciliation / Rule of Law
#IdleNoMore – Transnational Indigenous Solidarity
#IdleNoMore is a growing movement of indigenous activism that started with Canada's First Nations taking a stand against a long history of systematic, institutionalized abuse from the Canadian authorities.
January 22, 2013
Accountability / Corporate profit / Corporate responsibility / Corruption / Culture / Environment / First Nations/Indigenous / Genocide / Government / Human Rights / Law / Mining / Neo-Colonialism / Rule of Law / WA government / Yindjibarndi
Another Whistleblower Drops FMG Mining Deal Bombshell
Yindjibarndi Aboriginal Corporation—BULLETIN http://yindjibarndi.org.au/ Wednesday 31 October 2012 No amount of corporate spin, bulldust or threats can save Fortescue Metals Group (FMG) from the continuing revelations of whistleblowers and freedom…
November 1, 2012
Asia-Pacific / Corruption / Globalisation / Human Rights / Indonesia / International Law / Julian Moti / Neo-Colonialism / Pacific Neighbours / Rule of Law / Shared humanity / United Nations / West Papua
A process of truth and judgement
Judgement is our oldest belief, our most habitual holding-true or holding un-true, an assertion or denial, a certainty that something is thus not otherwise, a belief that here we really…
October 9, 2012
Asia-Pacific / Democracy / Equality / Human Rights / Neo-Colonialism / Rule of Law / United Nations / West Papua
Dialogue and spin: genocide on Australia’s doorstep, the West Papuan story
Athenians: For ourselves, we shall not trouble you with specious pretences — either of how we have a right to our empire because we overthrew the Mede [Persians], or are…
October 6, 2012
Asia-Pacific / Culture / Environment / Genocide / Human Rights / Indonesia / Justice / Mining / Neo-Colonialism / Rule of Law / Shared humanity / West Papua
300,000 dead West Papuan’s: a fair price for our golems?
Sydney: city of mystery, city of marvels. Sydney: its foreshores once teeming with Gadigal; now a captive city pregnant with memories, enveloped by memories of a Gadigal Atlantis. The traditional…
May 24, 2012
Asia-Pacific / Culture / Discrimination/Racism / Environment / Equality / Equality of opportunity / Genocide / Human Rights / Indonesia / International Law / Law / Mining / Neo-Colonialism / Rule of Law / Shared humanity / West Papua
Beware there be Jinn in the forests: Indonesia and West Papua, a clash of cultures
Last weekend I took a stroll through the Mesopotamia exhibition at the Melbourne Museum. While reading the commentary attached to a number of the artefacts I realised, in a profound…
May 20, 2012
Arc of instability / Asia-Pacific / Australian Federal Police / Corruption / Discrimination/Racism / Equality / Human Rights / International Law / Julian Moti / Justice / Law Enforcement / Neo-Colonialism / Pacific Neighbours / Racism / Respect / Rule of Law
AFP racism sparks diplomatic row between Australia and Vanuatu
On 2nd May, 2012 the Vanuatu Daily Post reported that Private Secretary in the Prime Minister’s Office Clarence Marae had been arrested at Sydney International Airport by the Australian Federal…
May 10, 2012
Asia-Pacific / Culture / Discrimination/Racism / Equality / Human Rights / Justice / Law / Neo-Colonialism / Racism / Respect / Rule of Law / Shared humanity / West Papua
West Papua and the United Nations
July of 1969 was a big month. Whilst the ‘civilized’ world was focused on the deployment of three men to the moon, Indonesia was finalizing steps to wrest control of…
March 20, 2012
Accountability / Asia-Pacific / Australian Federal Police / Commonwealth Government / Corruption / Discrimination/Racism / Fred Martens / Government / Justice / Law / Law Enforcement / Neo-Colonialism / PNG / Racism / RAMSI / Rule of Law / Solomon Islands
An ‘Ethics Commissioner’ without ethics: welcome to Australia
Yesterday, Thursday I received a phone call from Captain Fred Martens, the man who spent a 1,000 days in jail, having been wrongly convicted of an offence under Australia’s Child…
March 9, 2012
Accountability / Asia-Pacific / Corruption / Genocide / Globalisation / Human Rights / International Law / Law / Mining / Neo-Colonialism / Pacific Neighbours / Respect / Rule of Law / Shared humanity / West Papua
West Papua and the vote of no choice!
These feelings which we Cubans have already acquired will have to be shared by someday. Today it hurts us if a Cuban is hungry, if a Cuban has no doctor,…
February 3, 2012
ACT Government / Asia-Pacific / Commonwealth Government / Culture / Government / Human Rights / Law Enforcement / Neo-Colonialism / Pacific Neighbours / RAMSI / Solomon Islands / United Nations
Operation Helpem Fren
On 18 January 2012 the Solomon Star reported that RAMSI apologist and the former Solomon Islands Finance Minister and Member of Parliament for West New Georgia and Vona Vona, Peter…
January 22, 2012
Arc of instability / Asia-Pacific / Assimilation / Culture / Democracy / Discrimination/Racism / Equality / Equality of opportunity / Genocide / Human Rights / Indonesia / International Law / Neo-Colonialism / Pacific Neighbours / Rule of Law / United Nations / West Papua
Indonesia and Australia the illegitimate states of the Asia Pacific Region
What is self-determination? The notion of self-determination as a universal principle, whether viewed through a political, moral, or legal lens, has been and continues to be imprecise and in dire…
January 2, 2012
Asia-Pacific / Australian Federal Police / Corruption / Discrimination/Racism / Equality / India / Julian Moti / Law Enforcement / Neo-Colonialism / PNG / Racism / RAMSI / Rule of Law / Solomon Islands
Moti one of the many victims of white Australia’s black and white concept of justice
The following is an extract from a news article titled Keelty's rage at Moti manoeuvres which appeared in the Sydney Morning Herald on October12, 2006. Mr Keelty said yesterday he…
December 30, 2011
Accountability / Arc of instability / Asia-Pacific / Corporate profit / Corruption / Democracy / Discrimination/Racism / Equality / Human Rights / Indonesia / International Law / Justice / Neo-Colonialism / Pacific Neighbours / Racism / Rule of Law / Shared humanity / West Papua
The Lombok Treaty: a win for self interest over justice
The current humanitarian crises in West Papua, formally West New Guinea (“WNG”), has at its roots Western colonial greed and paranoia over Soviet influence in the region. WNG was and…
December 19, 2011