Arena Magazine issue no. 151, 2017
Contents
| Title | Author | PagePg. |
|---|---|---|
| EDITORIAL | ||
| Simon Cooper | 2 | |
| LEAD GRAPHIC | ||
INGENUITY AND COOPERATION ON MANUS ISLAND | 4 | |
| STATEMENT | ||
STATEMENT FROM MANUS ISLAND On peaceful resistance | Behrouz Boochani | 5 |
| COMMENTARY | ||
AUSTRALIAN POLITICS, THE CHRISTMAS JIGSAW Progressive political victories have given a broken system new legitimacy, as social power shifts | Guy Rundle | 6 |
MOHAMMED BIN SALMAN AND THE ART OF WAR The Saudi coup, and manoeuvres across the Middle East | Kylie Moore-Gilbert | 8 |
Technology, debt and control in China's Social Credit System | Timothy Erik Ström | 11 |
'AUSTRALIA'S SHAME' CONFIRMED Problems in the NT legal system compounded the suffering of Don Dale's Aboriginal detainees | John B. Lawrence | 14 |
| VISUAL ESSAY | ||
CENTRING TO STILLPOINT The beauty of ceramic vessels and the delight of their creation | Petrus Spronk | 26 |
| FEATURES | ||
TRUMPED IN THE LOOKING-GLASS On the accelerating anticipation of disaster that attaches to the Trump presidency | John Cash | 17 |
THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS AND THE RIGHTS OF PROPERTY How property rights are embedded in Australian political history | Eran Asoulin | 22 |
THE CUCKOO IN THE NEST Thoughts on neoliberalism, revaluations of capital and the emergence of the corporate state, part 1 | Bruce Kapferer and Marina Gold | 31 |
HICCUPS AT THE END OF HISTORY The internal collapse of liberal democracy | Thomas Battersby | 35 |
| ARTS AND CULTURE | ||
HISTORY AND MYTH La Mama and the Pram Factory | Bill Garner | 41 |
| POSTCARD | ||
THE SUMMER OF LOVE, HALF A CENTURY LATER Nostalgia in California, or lessons to be learned? | Stephen Pascoe | 44 |
| REVIEWS | ||
A REMEDY AGAINST FORGETTING Christopher Nolan's Dunkirk | Valerie Krips | 48 |
ART AND REVOLUTION Brunswick Street, by Ann Rittman and Maz Wilson | Grazyna Zajdow | 50 |
BEGUILED BY DETECTORISTS Metal detecting and Life | Neil Maizels | 53 |
| POETRY | ||
MORE SKILLS FOR LIVING | Paul Mitchell | 10 |
THE TINY ROOM | John Gosslee | 25 |
IT'S WHAT I NEED TO SAY | 39 | |
GILLYFLOWER | Kevin Hart | 47 |
| CARTOON | ||
| Matt Bissett-Johnson | ||
| CRYPTIC CROSSWORD | ||
| Chris Black | ||