Sep 15, 2022A CRUSHED PETAL: CHILE’S CONSTITUTION BATTERED FOR BATTERIESPablo Neruda referred to Chile as the “largo pétalo de mar y vino y nieve” (a long petal of the sea, wine and snow) but if we are to take a less poetic perspective, we may term Chile as the land of metals and minerals. Gold, silver, copper, zinc, lead…18 min read18 min read
Mar 21, 2022THAT MY KEEN KNIFE SEE NOT THE WOUND IT MAKES (PART I):THAT MY KEEN KNIFE SEE NOT THE WOUND IT MAKES (PART I): SELECTIVE OUTRAGE AND STRUCTURAL POSITIONING IN INTERNATIONAL LAW The history of international law has been the history of imperialism and its current structure is no exception. The U.N. continues to entrench the power of ex-colonial empires and ensures…23 min read23 min read
Feb 9, 2022NOT A JOKING MATTER: MORRISON’S DJOKOVIC DEBACLE AND THE ENCROACHING EXECUTIVE IN AUSTRALIANOT A JOKING MATTER: MORRISON’S DJOKOVIC DEBACLE AND THE ENCROACHING EXECUTIVE IN AUSTRALIA The recent decision Djokovic v Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs [2022] FCAFC 3 was not a decision about public health but a decision about the extraordinary powers of the executive in Australia. The…19 min read19 min read
Sep 21, 2021THE MERCHANT OF MENACE AND ITS MALCONTENTSTHE MERCHANT OF MENACE AND ITS MALCONTENTS: THE DEFENSE INDUSTRY, ITS REVOLVING DOOR AND AN ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE CLAIM TO HALT WEAPONS SALES AND PUT IN MORE PROTECTIONS FOR CULTURAL PROPERTY Calvin Coolidge’s famous quote that the “the chief business of the American people is business” continues to ring raw and…34 min read34 min read
Dec 31, 2020A RUSE BY ANY OTHER NAME: GREENWASHING AND CLASSWASHING IN THE RABID 20sThis year, with its fires, floods and plague and continuing carious conflict throughout the world, was a kaleidoscopic catastrophe. If the opening set the theme for the decade, the 2020s will be more rabid than roaring. Yet while we face existential threats, one may be forgiven for thinking that the…15 min read15 min read
Jun 16, 2020POETRY NOT PRISON: AN END TO BLINDNESS AND BELLICOSITYProtests around the United States and across the world have addressed structural racism and police overfunding. However, we cannot address structural racism without addressing structural economic inequality, which is the root of the reification and delineation of the social construct of “race” (in actuality, there is only one race, the…20 min read20 min read
May 31, 2020THE PATHOGENIC SOCIETY: HOW STRUCTURAL VIOLENCE LED TO THE CURRENT PANDEMIC AND HOW STRUCTURAL CHANGE IS THE PATH FORWARD TO PUBLIC HEALTHUna mattina mi son svegliato E ho trovato l’invasor la canzone partigiana, “Bella Ciao” The year of the rat indeed. A pandemic is plaguing the world. We woke up to a foreign, merciless invader that is infecting many and arrested the rest. We perceive that we are in a crisis…98 min read98 min read
