Arena Magazine issue no. 149, 2017
Contents
Title | Author | PagePg. |
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EDITORIAL | ||
Alison Caddick | 2 | |
LEAD GRAPHIC | ||
Matt Bissett-Johnson | 4 | |
COMMENTARY | ||
AUSTRALIA: WHAT'S IN A NAME? Treaty-cause for optimism and opportunity | Bruce Buchan | 5 |
'Peace Pilgrims' face seven years' jail for protesting Pine Gap's global surveillance capabilities | Felicity Ruby | 8 |
NO MORE FALSE FRIENDS Ritual protest at the G20 in Hamburg | Nicolas Hausdorf | 11 |
THE OCTOPUS IN THE PARKING GARAGE A case for hope-ocrisy at the Ecocity World Summit 2017 | Dan Schulz and Matt Dwyer | 13 |
COMMENT | ||
OUTRAGE | Maria Rae, Anna Thwaites, Neil Maizels, Simon Cooper, Jolynna Sinanan, Melinda Hinkson | 16 |
VISUAL ESSAY | ||
WHO IS KILLING CHICHIGALPA? Death in Nicaragua's canefields | Joshua Mcdonald | 26 |
FEATURES | ||
Why we need to talk about the NDIS | Fiona Macdonald | 22 |
THE BOOK OF MORMON The hit show's breathtaking racism | Russell Marks | 31 |
ANTI-SEMITISM MORAL PANICS Coverage of the Moshe Fuerst assault reveals deep-seated media prejudice | Gavin Lewis | 36 |
ALIGHT ON THE DARK TRIAD Is being a psychopath now regarded as being a winner? | Mark Furlong | 40 |
ARTS AND CULTURE | ||
A PLATYPUS IN NEW YORK CITY Sydney Theatre Company does Chekhov in NYC | Marcus Breen | 44 |
REVIEWS | ||
PASSIONATE DEFIANCE Terence Davies' A Quiet Passion and William Oldroyd's Lady Macbeth | Valerie Krips | 48 |
PALESTINE'S HORIZON Richard Falk's Palestine's Horizon: Toward a Just Peace | Micaela Sahhar | 50 |
COLLECTIVE DECISION MAKING Andy Blunden's The Origins of Collective Decision Making | Maher Mughrabi | 52 |
POETRY | ||
THE LAUNCH CODE: EASY AS PI | Robert DiNapoli | 35 |
STARS | 39 | |
TRUMP SUIT | 54 | |
APPS | Kevin Roberts | 43 |
GEOLOGY 101 | ||
END NOTES ON THE EQUATION | John Gosslee | 47 |
MOMENT OF LIBERATION | ||
CARTOONS | ||
Matt Bissett-Johnson | ||
Michael Leunig | ||
CRYPTIC CROSSWORD | ||
Chris Black |