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Autocracy, American-Style

Governmental bodies in the U.S. aren’t meant to be owned by those who lead them.  They aren’t possessions to be disposed of according to the will and inclination of the governors, writes Michael Brenner.

Gough, Rupert and the London Job

Rupert Murdoch certainly believed that he had played a major part in the 1972 Australian election result and that something was due to him, writes John Menadue.

WATCH: Ukraine — Causes & Solutions

Jake Lynch, chair, Department of Peace and Conflict Studies (DPACS), University of Sydney in a discussion at Politics in the Pub on the origins of the Ukraine conflict and a way out of it.

WATCH: Waters Joins Assange Rally at DOJ

Fresh off his spectacular show in Washington on Tuesday, the famed musician Roger Waters addressed a rally for the imprisoned WikiLeaks publisher outside the Department of Justice on Wednesday.

Is Nuclear Winter Coming?

Six scientists, including Carl Sagan, who proved nuclear war would produce “nuclear winter” were at first dismissed by the establishment. On Saturday they will receive an award as the world is the closest to nuclear war since 1962.