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Watching BBC documentary ‘Children of the Tsunami’ is as essential today as it was a year ago. Here is why.

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June 18, 2012 0

‘Extending the perimeter of the fight’… beyond the Fukushima zone.
(literal English translation of Michel Houellebecq’s title “Extension du domaine de la lutte” published in English as ‘Whatever‘)
Last March marked one year since the Fukushima disaster, and as anticipated a year ago the media caravan has passed. Whilst most of the technical reason of the [...]

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Washington’s Back Swan moment?

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March 12, 2011 1

Hollywood and Washington might be having another one of those wonderful serendipitous moments. When the movie script writers capture the political mood better than the spin doctors could ever dream of. This time, the psychological drama between the ‘innocent’ White Swan and the ‘manipulative’ Black Swan might be an unlikely but quite telling metaphor of the ideological shift happening [...]

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      Former Greens leader Bob Brown has joined activists in Sarawak to protest the development of hydroelectric dams which will displace thousands of indigenous people, reports Jenny Denton […]
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    • The Numbers! The Numbers! May 25, 2013
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    • Just Who Is Playing Politics With Treasury? May 25, 2013
      Joe Hockey thinks Treasury's budget figures are 'Wayne Swan’s numbers'. Attacks on public servants are not new but this recent talk about a politicised Treasury is nonsense, writes Ben Eltham […]
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      In Asia, high-speed fibre broadband is seen as an enabler, not an expensive drain on the public purse. Gabrielle Jackson compares the top networks in the region […]
    • How Whitlam Managed The Miners May 25, 2013
      When it comes to resources policy, critics love to liken Gillard's approach to Whitlam's. It's politically effective – but it's wrong, writes Sarah Burnside […]
    • The Fragrant Goodness Of St Kevin May 25, 2013
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      When did the pre-occupation with fact checking arise? When audiences stopped trusting mainstream media. Even expert-sanctioned truths need some scrutiny, writes Jeff Sparrow […]

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    • Rhythms of Construction May 25, 2013
      Almost twenty years ago, Christian de Portzamparc was the first French architect to receive the Pritzker Prize. Today his Atelier, located in Paris, is more dynamic than ever, with ambitious projects like the Cidade das Artes in Rio, or the participation in the Grand Paris project. The following interview shows an architect urbanist whose work is geared towa […]
    • Zomia, Land Without State May 25, 2013
      For two thousand years, according to James Scott, the mountains of Zomia were a place of refuge for the people of Southeast Asia. For the author, this region, as a centre of resistance to the state, holds up a mirror to our destructive and self-confident civilisation. A fascinating and intriguing anarchist history. - Reviews / anarchisme, résistance, democra […]
    • A World Out of Key May 25, 2013
      Although today's world is more interdependent than ever, it is still a jigsaw puzzle of sovereign states. One consequence of globalization is that we have to update our own mental maps, and to understand other people's. In this interview, the diplomat and geographer Michel Foucher explains the world's new geography. - Reviews / géographie, int […]
    • The Multiple Meanings of Revolution May 25, 2013
      Though the age of historic upheavals and major political crises seemed to be over, the word “revolution” has made a recent comeback in Georgia, in the Ukraine and in the “Arab Springs” of 2011. Should we revise the concept of revolution? What, if anything, do these contemporary revolutions have in common? Can they be compared to the great revolutions of the […]
    • From Bombay to Mumbai May 25, 2013
      Gyan Prakash's most recent book takes us on a journey through Bombay's history, focusing on the myths and fables that have shaped how the city is represented. His ambitious project fails, however, to explain Bombay's transition from a cosmopolitan city to one torn apart by ethnic conflict. - Reviews / city, urbanisme […]