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Arena Magazine Issue 133

Contents page for issue #133

Published: 29 Jan 2015

TitleAuthorPage
EDITORIAL
ETHICS AND POLITICS AT CHRISTMAS TIMEAlison Caddick2
LEAD GRAPHIC
BEAUTIFUL TYRES, BELIEVE ME!Neil Maizels4
AGAINST THE CURRENT
WHITLAM AND DEMOCRACYThe impertinence of democratic self-determinationChris Pollard5
TRIUMPH OF THE DELUDED?Pivoting north? Who actually lives there?Chips Mackinolty7
AID IN BURMABurmese reform has contrary effects for Thai border refugeesKaren McGrath10
SETTLER COLONIALISM CLOSURESThe logic behind WA Indigenous community closuresDan Tout12
ESSAY
STORY-TELLINGJustice and recognition in the narratives of those who have sufferedKirsty Sangster14
FEATURES
PROPORTIONALITY LOSTAustralia's new counter-terrorism lawsSpencer Zifcak20
INLAND EMPIREThe Californian exurbs underline the political desert that is AmericaGuy Rundle24
PAVLOV'S KIDSIs junk food advertising conditioning a generation of fat children?Paul Biegler28
REMEMBERING CHILDHOODChildhood as a reflection of ourselvesValerie Krips32
NEW CONFIGURATIONS IN COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTHThe Victorian case offers a window on the rollout of the NDISMark Furlong35
THE TURN TO RELIGIONReligion in the post-poststructuralist break-up of the modern political certaintiesMatthew Sharpe38
ARTS AND CULTURE
SINGING AUSTRALIA INTO BEING: CHARLES HARPURAustralia's first poet, misunderstood and almost forgottenNonie Sharp41
REGULARS - POSTCARD
THE VILLAGES OF HEBEIVillage simplicity, socialist and ancient all at onceRoland Boer46
REVIEWS
MAKING IT LESS WORSEDispatches from the frontline of aid reliefHarold Stone49
ORIGINAL SINJames Boyce's 'Born Bad'Stephen Ames50
LOST IN TRANSLATIONPaul Kingsnorth's 'The Wake'Robert DiNapoli52
SHORT STORY
SAVAGE WOMENWinner of Arena Magazine's award for Best Short Story with a Political Edge, part of Sisters in Crime Scarlet Stiletto AwardsMelanie Myers54
POETRY
SUMMER IN MELBOURNEKevin Hart44
THE CANONKevin Hart45
EDENChris Wallace-Crabbe48
AIRBORNEChris Wallace-Crabbe48
CARTOONS
Matt Bissett-Johnson