This weekend, I’ve flown out State-side to visit New Haven where the Global Zero activist conference, Reaching Zero is being held at Yale. Global Zero is an international group that campaigns for the reduction of nuclear weapons to “global zero” — that is, total nuclear disarmament. Earlier this year, the global doomsday clock ticked one [...]
Clay Shirky, a Professor of New Media at New York University, has penned a fascinating article in the Foreign Affairs magazine about the political power of social media and its role in facilitating political change. This article is exceptionally interesting for anyone interested in the role of social media in the real world, and Prof. [...]
There’s been a lot written about the role that Facebook and Twitter has played in the overthrow of the Mubarak regime in Egypt – and also Ben Ali in Tunisia – so I thought I’d add my own thoughts. There are two main things I want to focus on: 1. The power of weak ties [...]
The battle to preserve collective bargaining in America is taking place in Wisconsin, after a Tea Party backed Governor announced budget cuts – not only to pensions and pay – but also to basic human rights. The big risk – and this is why it’s so serious – is that if unions lose in Wisconsin, [...]
The Centre for Policy Development has kindly published my Thinking Point on how we can understand China’s carbon emissions conundrum. Alexander White tackles two issues that seem too hard for our political system to handle: China and climate change. China’s response to climate change has shaped the course of climate negotiations. They were accused of [...]
I’ve only peripherally followed the Wikileaks story, mostly through the nightly reports on the ABC or SBS news, or on News Radio in the mornings. I haven’t read The Age articles about the leaked diplomatic cables, although I’ve read the headlines, and a few blog articles here and there. I’ve seen, for example, Naomi Klein [...]
The latest reports of what could be a massive international incident: Fires were burning out of control and spreading after a South Korean island was hit by dozens of artillery shells fired by North Korea on Tuesday, a witness said. YTN television quoted a witness as saying that many of the North Korean shells had [...]
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