Fuelling Hate: The Structural And Cultural Violence Behind The Orlando Massacre
Though it’s easy to focus on a specific calamity, the violence faced by LGBTQI people…More
Author: Liam McLoughlin
Liam McLoughlin
Liam McLoughlin teaches English, politics, and media, and writes a bit. You can find his stuff at Situation Theatre or on Facebook and Twitter. He still can’t decide which quote is more profound: Karl Marx’s “It is not the consciousness of men that determines their existence, but their social existence that determines their consciousness” or Stewart Lee’s “David Cameron and Ed Milliband are about as different as two rats fighting over a courgette that has fallen into a urinal. The main difference being that the David Cameron rat is wearing chinos, in an attempt to win over the youth voter”.
Causing A RUCKUS: The Artists Smashing Stereotypes About Disability
A moment of abuse became a flash of inspiration. Liam McLoughlin reports. Gerard O’Dwyer was…More
Turnbull’s ‘Jobs And Growth’ Mantra Is A Faith, Not A Plan
While other developed economies prepare for the demise of fossil fuels, Australia languishes. Corporate tax…More
The Banality Of Peter Dutton
Behind the risible Minister’s hapless racism is the kind of evil Hannah Arendt once grappled…More
Keep Left: Lessons From The UK And Canada To Help Kick This Mob Out
The contrasting fates of centre-left parties in the UK and Canada are instructive, and can…More
An Open Letter To Malcolm Turnbull And Peter Dutton
As Australia’s refugee policies continue to inflict agony, it’s time for the Prime Minister and…More
The Canadian Plan That Could Help Australia Beat Neoliberalism
With other western democracies starting the challenge the dominating and devastating ideology, it’s time for…More
Soft On Banks, Tough On Terriers: So This Is Turnbull’s Election Plan?
OPINION: Aside from pinching policies from Labor, can the PM pull together a plan to…More
Turnbull’s Major Innovation Has Been Reinventing The Term ‘Innovation’
OPINION: Ever the agile innovator, the PM has now ‘disrupted’ the term innovation itself. From…More
Workers Bad! Banks Good: The Official Top 10 Slogans For Turnbull 2016
Every good election campaign needs a good slogan. And every bad one does as well.…More