From New Dawn 184 (Jan-Feb 2021) It is a tragic fact that humanity has been living amidst a regime of perpetual warfare since known history. From the last 100 years alone, we have seen (amongst many others), two major European […]
Behind the News
Bubbles of Hate: How Social Media Keeps Users Addicted, Alone, & Ill-Informed
From New Dawn Special Issue Vol 14 No 6 (Dec 2020) Internet communication has gone from emails, messaging boards, and chatrooms, to sophisticated, all-pervasive networking. Social media companies build addictiveness into their products. The longer you spend on their sites […]
Secret State Uncovered: The Monitoring of Australia
From New Dawn 177 (Nov-Dec 2019) Australia has ushered in a host of ‘pre-crime’ surveillance measures over the last decade that permit the state to closely monitor society and restrain individuals based on ‘anticipated future harm’ rather than past or […]
Esoteric Symbolism & Memes: Strategies of Control
From New Dawn Special Issue Vol 12 No 3 (June 2018) The world is governed by very different personages from what is imagined by those who are not behind the scenes.– Benjamin Disraeli We like to believe we are rational, in […]
The Post West World: How China & Russia Are Shaping Tomorrow
From New Dawn Special Issue Vol 12 No 1 (Feb 2018) In 1904 the British geographer Halford Mackinder addressed the Royal Geographical Society in London.1 He advanced a geopolitical theory that is now known as the “Heartland Theory.” Mackinder divided […]