Arena Magazine issue no. 141, 2016
Contents
| Title | Author | PagePg. |
|---|---|---|
| EDITORIAL | ||
| Alison Caddick | 2 | |
| LEAD GRAPHIC | ||
| Ian Bracegirdle | 4 | |
| COMMENTARY | ||
TURNBULL'S TAX DILEMMA Debt, incompetence and global volatility | John Hinkson | 5 |
MIGRANT JUSTICE IN SETTLER-COLONIAL AUSTRALIA Refugee and asylum-seeker rights and Aboriginal sovereignty | Sam Levnad | 7 |
REFUGEE CRISIS IN EUROPE Civilisational clash or the necessity of reconciliation? | Richard Ogier | 8 |
MORNING IN AMERICA AFRESH? What are Bernie Sanders' chances? | Guy Rundle | 10 |
| DISCUSSION: THE TRANS DEBATE | ||
SPEAKING COMPASSIONATELY | Henry von Doussa | 13 |
REFUSING A FIXED IDENTITY | Julie Peters | 13 |
MASS-MEDIA PANICS | Gavin Lewis | 14 |
THE CATEGORY 'WOMAN' | Alison Caddick | 15 |
| FEATURES | ||
TIME FOR TREATY Questioning 'settlement': principles for a treaty based on human equality | Tony McAvoy | 16 |
ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS FOR A TREATY Constitutional change is key to a strong treaty | Alastair Nicholson | 20 |
OUR GOLDEN AGE OF CORRUPTION Neoliberalism and the politics of flight produce endemic corruption | Bruce Buchan | 24 |
DEAD CENTRE The myth of the political 'middle ground' | Richard King | 27 |
THE PROMISSORY NOTE COP 21 and the Paris Climate Agreement | Peter Christoff | 31 |
DONALD TRUMP'S CONSERVATISM Trump's success lies in the politics of the personal | Geoffrey Robinson | 35 |
| ESSAY | ||
TARRING THE TANAMI On the way to Yuendumu | Melinda Hinkson | 38 |
| ARTS AND CULTURE | ||
CRAFTING FUTURES Is technology the only path to postcapitalism? | Kevin Murray | 41 |
| STORY | ||
GUILT Winner of Arena Magazine's award for Best Short Story with a Political Edge, as part of Sisters in Crime's Scarlet Stiletto Awards | Kylie Fox | 48 |
| REGULARS | ||
COMMON TOUCH: GUILT AS RESTRAINT OF TRADE Without a brake, where will the shift to amorality end? | Mark Furlong | 12 |
COOPER'S LAST: ACADEMIC HOAXES AND THE 'IDEAS BOOM' Anti-intellectualism and technocratic innovation | Simon Cooper | 54 |
| REVIEWS | ||
CROSSING NORTH-SOUTH BORDERS Coloniality, migration and academic life | Raewyn Connell | 44 |
WHICH WOMEN? Women's role in making cities | Meave Noonan | 45 |
THE FALL OF THE OTTOMANS A complex history of a diverse empire's demise | Stephen Pascoe | 46 |
| POETRY | ||
MIDDLE EAST CONFERENCE | Kirsty Sangster | 19 |
EUROPE AND ALMONDS | Peter Murphy | 23 |
THE LAST EUROPEAN | Barry Hill | 43 |
A SILLY THING | Edith Speers | 53 |
| CARTOON | ||
| Matt Bissett-Johnson | ||