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The Australian Polity’s Descent into the Absurd Is a Sign of Rising Authoritarianism

The Australian Polity’s Descent into the Absurd Is a Sign of Rising Authoritarianism

Two protesters were arrested in Magan-djin-Brisbane on 11 March 2026, for the completely absurd crime of publicly using the just prohibited slogan, “from the river to the sea”. A 33-year-old male is now facing 2 years in prison for using and defining the phrase, during a rally opposing the new law, whilst an 18-year-old woman wearing a shirt emblazoned ...
US Administration Says It’s Bringing on Second Coming of Christ with War on Iran

US Administration Says It’s Bringing on Second Coming of Christ with War on Iran

The US and Israel began their war of aggression on Iran on 28 February 2026, justified on a variety of grounds that don’t add up. But what hasn’t been used as a justification in the media but is definitely influencing key figures in the Trump administration, and in particular, US secretary of war Pete Hegeseth, is that this conflict is about bringing ...
Queensland’s “From the River to the Sea” and “Globalise the Intifada” ban: Free speech vs Antisemitism debate

Queensland’s “From the River to the Sea” and “Globalise the Intifada” ban: Free speech vs Antisemitism debate

Queensland is the latest state to pass Jewish hate speech laws, and 2 people have already been arrested and one of those, Liam Parry, has been charged with the new laws. This […] The post Queensland’s “From the River to the Sea” and “Globalise the Intifada” ban: Free speech vs Antisemitism debate appeared first on Kangaroo Court of Australia.
The regime in Iran and the delusion of moderates

The regime in Iran and the delusion of moderates

Almost three decades ago, the regime in Iran launched a new campaign. Its goal was to fabricate legitimacy and break the isolation resulting from its reign of terror during the first decade after the 1979 revolution. The campaign was a multi-faceted propaganda effort promising political reform, a change in behaviour, economic opportunities, and ...
The ‘Kharg Option’

The ‘Kharg Option’

For decades, the ‘smartest people in the room’ at the State Department and in the legacy media looked down on Donald Trump’s foreign policy as the bluster of a real estate developer. They chuckled at his 1988 interview – recently resurfaced by the London Telegraph – where he suggested that the solution to Iranian aggression was simple: ‘Go in and take ...
What is this thing I’m doing?

What is this thing I’m doing?

In 1990, Morning Glory Zell-Ravenheart, witch and priestess of the neo-pagan group Church of All Worlds, used the term “polyamorous” in an article titled “A Bouquet of Lovers” to describe the relationships practised at the commune where she lived outside of San Francisco. In 2006, she was given due credit
What did I miss?

What did I miss?

Jim Chalmers’ kinder economy has turned a corner and crashed straight into a tree. Inflation expectations are spiking to 5.2 per cent in March. The highest in near three years. As it turns out, Chalmers not only did his thesis on Paul Keating, but he is Paul Keating. The problem for Chalmers isn’t that he hit a tree … it’s that it was actually Chris ...
US Monitors Migrant Crime in Australia and Asks Why Our Jews Aren’t Armed

US Monitors Migrant Crime in Australia and Asks Why Our Jews Aren’t Armed

During a visit to the United States on the week commencing 2 March 2026, Executive Council of Australian Jewry co-chief executive Alex Ryvchin met with US antisemitism envoy Rabbi Yehuda Kaploun, along with other Trump administration officials to discuss the state of Australia’s Jewish community post-Bondi Beach massacre, and a chief concern appeared ...
Chaharshanbe Suri in the Iranian Soul

Chaharshanbe Suri in the Iranian Soul

Chaharshanbe Suri is one of the ancient Iranian festivals, celebrated on the eve of the last Wednesday of the year, beginning at sunset on Tuesday. Its main feature is lighting bonfires and jumping over the flames. This celebration is considered the first of the Nowruz festivities and is held outdoors as a communal event, marked by fire and other ...

The Australian Polity’s Descent into the Absurd Is a Sign of Rising Authoritarianism

The Australian Polity’s Descent into the Absurd Is a Sign of Rising Authoritarianism
Two protesters were arrested in Magan-djin-Brisbane on 11 March 2026, for the completely absurd crime of publicly using the just prohibited slogan, “from the river to the sea”. A 33-year-old male is now facing 2 years in prison for using and defining the phrase, during a rally opposing the new law, whilst an 18-year-old woman wearing a shirt emblazoned ...

US Administration Says It’s Bringing on Second Coming of Christ with War on Iran

US Administration Says It’s Bringing on Second Coming of Christ with War on Iran
The US and Israel began their war of aggression on Iran on 28 February 2026, justified on a variety of grounds that don’t add up. But what hasn’t been used as a justification in the media but is definitely influencing key figures in the Trump administration, and in particular, US secretary of war Pete Hegeseth, is that this conflict is about bringing ...

Queensland’s “From the River to the Sea” and “Globalise the Intifada” ban: Free speech vs Antisemitism debate

Queensland’s “From the River to the Sea” and “Globalise the Intifada” ban: Free speech vs Antisemitism debate
Queensland is the latest state to pass Jewish hate speech laws, and 2 people have already been arrested and one of those, Liam Parry, has been charged with the new laws. This […] The post Queensland’s “From the River to the Sea” and “Globalise the Intifada” ban: Free speech vs Antisemitism debate appeared first on Kangaroo Court of Australia.

The regime in Iran and the delusion of moderates

The regime in Iran and the delusion of moderates
Almost three decades ago, the regime in Iran launched a new campaign. Its goal was to fabricate legitimacy and break the isolation resulting from its reign of terror during the first decade after the 1979 revolution. The campaign was a multi-faceted propaganda effort promising political reform, a change in behaviour, economic opportunities, and ...

The ‘Kharg Option’

The ‘Kharg Option’
For decades, the ‘smartest people in the room’ at the State Department and in the legacy media looked down on Donald Trump’s foreign policy as the bluster of a real estate developer. They chuckled at his 1988 interview – recently resurfaced by the London Telegraph – where he suggested that the solution to Iranian aggression was simple: ‘Go in and take ...

What is this thing I’m doing?

What is this thing I’m doing?
In 1990, Morning Glory Zell-Ravenheart, witch and priestess of the neo-pagan group Church of All Worlds, used the term “polyamorous” in an article titled “A Bouquet of Lovers” to describe the relationships practised at the commune where she lived outside of San Francisco. In 2006, she was given due credit

What did I miss?

What did I miss?
Jim Chalmers’ kinder economy has turned a corner and crashed straight into a tree. Inflation expectations are spiking to 5.2 per cent in March. The highest in near three years. As it turns out, Chalmers not only did his thesis on Paul Keating, but he is Paul Keating. The problem for Chalmers isn’t that he hit a tree … it’s that it was actually Chris ...

US Monitors Migrant Crime in Australia and Asks Why Our Jews Aren’t Armed

US Monitors Migrant Crime in Australia and Asks Why Our Jews Aren’t Armed
During a visit to the United States on the week commencing 2 March 2026, Executive Council of Australian Jewry co-chief executive Alex Ryvchin met with US antisemitism envoy Rabbi Yehuda Kaploun, along with other Trump administration officials to discuss the state of Australia’s Jewish community post-Bondi Beach massacre, and a chief concern appeared ...

Chaharshanbe Suri in the Iranian Soul

Chaharshanbe Suri in the Iranian Soul
Chaharshanbe Suri is one of the ancient Iranian festivals, celebrated on the eve of the last Wednesday of the year, beginning at sunset on Tuesday. Its main feature is lighting bonfires and jumping over the flames. This celebration is considered the first of the Nowruz festivities and is held outdoors as a communal event, marked by fire and other ...