Arena Magazine 152

EDITORIAL: ME TOO

The notion ‘Me too’ carries the connotations of a certain (cultural) narcissism, and yet, or integral with, a frailty around identity

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Arena Magazine issue no. 152, 2018

Contents

TitleAuthorPagePg.
EDITORIAL
Alison Caddick2
LEAD GRAPHIC
Matt Bissett-Johnson4
COMMENTARY
Why shouldn't local government act on 'Australia Day'
Misha Coleman5
THE PARADISE PAPERS AND THE SOCIAL CONTRACT
The changing face of today's corporate cheats, and why we pay tax
Richard Ogier6
TRYING TO SET UP GETUP?
'Associated entity' or mass social movement?
Amanda Tattersall8
TAKING ACTION
STOPPING ADANI AT BELYANDO CROSSING
A lock-on protest in Queensland's heat
John Brinnand12
VISUAL ESSAY
INCARCERATION, AUTONOMY AND RESISTANCE ON MANUS ISLAND
Behrouz Boochani28
FEATURES
The war the United States cannot allow to end
Jeremy Salt16
AN INVITATION TO ALLEGE
The release of the Lionel Murphy papers conclusively reveals the persecutory nature of the Commission of Inquiry
Jenny Hocking20
FORGET RECOGNITION?
The rejection of the First Nations 'Voice to Parliament' and the limits of recognition
Paul Muldoon25
LOSING ONESELF IN THE MIND AND BODY OF ANOTHER
Sexual minefields and the world of transgender
Jo Taylor Violet33
A NAIL IN THE COFFIN
Participatory capitalism replaces participatory democracy
Bruce Kapferer and Marina Gold37
INTERVIEW
FEMINISM, SOCIALISM AND GENDER
An interview with Alison Caddick and Rhonda Small
Beatrix Campbell44
REVIEWS
GLOBAL ENGAGEMENT OR GLOBAL DISRUPTION?
Andrew Leigh's Choosing Openness
John Hinkson52
KULTUR UND SKANDAL
The controversy over Rolf Peter Sieferle's Finis Germania
Nicolas Hausdorf53
WHY CRY WHEN YOU CAN LAUGH?
Yorgos Lanthimos's The Killing of a Sacred Deer
Anna Thwaites55
WHEN IS AID SUCCESSFUL?
Denis Dragovic's No Dancing, No Dancing
Tom Bamforth57
POETRY
FLAMINGO MAZE PACHINKO
Mitchell Welch11
THE WASP AND THE ORCHID
THE ART AND CRAFT
Kevin Roberts19
DISAPPOINTMENT
Noel King43
DECADES
RETURN
BN Oakman50
THE PRISON
51
CARTOONS
Matt Bissett-Johnson
CRYPTIC CROSSWORD
Chris Black

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