The Whale & The Raven Directed by Mirjam Leuze Reviewed by Samaya Borom Hermann Meuter and Janie Wray have interesting jobs. Based in a remote First Nations village in British Columbia Canada, it is their job as whale researchers, to study them in their pristine environment – an environment it appears that is increasingly under threat…
The Fox Hunt: Four strangers, thirteen days, and one man’s amazing journey to safety Mohammed Al Samawi Scribe Publications Mohammed Al Samawi’s The Fox Hunt starts dramatically on March 22, 2015 in Aden, Yemen. Al Samawi is stuck in the bathroom in his new apartment where he’d fled to escape the constant threats on his life during…
Drone | Tonje Hessen Schei Imaging living under the threat of being killed by an unmanned aircraft at any moment. This is the reality of villagers living in Pakistan or Yemen who face extrajudicial killings from the United States, whose use of drones is highly questionable in the continued War on Terror. While the hunt for…
Blood Year: Islamic State and the Failures of the War on Terror | David Kilcullen | Black Inc. As the Islamic State claims responsibility for the recent terrorist attacks in Paris and Belgium, David Kilcullen’s bookBlood Year: Islamic State and the Failures of the War on Terror is essential reading that charts how this terrorist group…
Originally published at Right Now : Human Rights in Australia Book review by Samaya Borom The Coal Face | Penguin Books Australia On 9 February 2014, a fire started at the Hazelwood coal mine and would continue to burn almost unfettered for nearly two months. During this time, the residents of Morwell and the greater…
Street scene in Beijing This article was originally published at G20 Watch Given that the G20 is being billed as the most significant leadership meeting that Australia has ever hosted and will ‘address the global growth challenge in an ambitious and meaningful way” we need to ask where the discussion on human rights is taking place.…
This article was originally published at Election Watch 2013 Whatever happened to …? Credit: Takver, Flickr Both The Wikileaks Party (WLP) and the Pirate Party of Australia (PPAU) failed to win any seats, despite heavy campaigning and a solid groundswell of dedicated volunteers spruiking their respective platforms. So what are some of the theories as…
This article was originally published at Election Watch 2013 The Wikileaks Party vs The Pirate Party As we count down to election day, it’s worth making a comparison of some of the key policies and platform of two parties who, on the face of it, share a similar vision for Australian politics – the Wikileaks Party (WLP)…
