Do We Have Protest Fatigue?
Rarely have the lyrics of The Internationale seemed at once so apposite and so distant…More
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There's Nowhere To Sleep On Lampedusa
The Italian government’s response to the refugee crisis that has unfolded on the island of…More
How Will The Burqa Ban Be Enforced?
For years now, images of burqa clad woman have been as omnipresent in the media…More
Another Cruel Island
The images are uncannily familiar to anyone who’s followed Australian politics for the past decade.…More
Fukushima From Afar
Journalists are often accused of cynicism and numbness in the face of tragedy. Yet by…More
Is It Time To Intervene?
Western leaders and media have been unanimous in their denunciation of Gaddafi but there’s little…More
Arriverdeci Il Cavaliere?
NM’s polyglot European media correspondent Charles McPhedran has been following media in French, German, Spanish,…More
The View From Elsewhere
Put a German language newspaper article through a translation site and see if what comes…More
I Still Call Austria Home
"Love it or leave it" says a bumper sticker popular with many Australians who found…More
Actually, We're Doing Much Less Than Others
Ever since the failure of the Copenhagen summit, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and his self-proclaimed…More