Historical
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Erdogan Threatens Greece
“We have only one sentence for Greece: Do not forget Izmir [the city of Smyrna]. Your occupying the [Aegean] islands…
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Gorbachev’s Other Legacy: Normalizing Sino-Soviet Ties
Mikhail Gorbachev’s death last month unleashed numerous commentaries and evaluations of his legacy. Ivan Lidarev The National Interest Predictably, many…
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The Bidjigal man who stood against the invading British for more than a decade
Resistance warrior Pemulwuy waged a successful guerrilla war against the colonists for 12 years Dan Butler NITV SBS How did…
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Why are Turkey and Azerbaijan targeting Armenia and Greece?
Denial of the Genocidal Past Perpetuates Future Threats Uzay Bulut * On September 13, starting at 00:05, the Armenian people…
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Smyrna : Death of a Metaphor
“A world ends when its metaphor has died. An age becomes an age, all else beside, When sensuous poets in…
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The ’90s are over: The republican movement needs a rebrand, and new faces
On issues like climate change, social justice, and economic inequality, younger people tend to be more strongly in favour of…
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Don’t ask me to give the Queen a minute’s silence, ask me for the truth about British colonialism
Νews of the Queen’s death broke on the same day as my cousin’s funeral. Lidia Thorpe The Guardian My cousin,…
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“Land of Aeolia”
Land of Aeolia by Ilias Venezis is inspired by the author’s happy childhood memories from his summers spent at his grandparents’…
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Turkey: Hundreds of churches and monasteries waiting to be ‘saved’
A hundred years after the 1913-23 genocide of Christians by Ottoman Turkey, the last remnants of the cultural and religious…
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Uncle Jack Charles, actor and revered Victorian Aboriginal elder, dies aged 79
Actor, musician and revered Victorian Aboriginal elder Uncle Jack Charles is being mourned as a cheeky, tenacious “father of black…
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Not everyone mourns the queen. For many, she can’t be separated from colonial rule
When she took the throne in 1952, more than a quarter of the world’s population was under British imperial power. Juliana Kim…
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This Week in History: The Asia Minor Catastrophe
It’s the 100th Anniversary of an event described as ‘changing the face of Modern Greece’, the destruction of the Mediterranean…
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What the Queen’s death means for an Australian republic
While the debate should not be about personalities, the monarch’s identity clearly makes a difference. Former prime minister and republican…
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Cyprus’ uneasy relationship with the British monarchy
“We offer our most sincere condolences for the passing of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II,” President Nicos Anastasiades said in…
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Human skin stood up better to the sun before there were sunscreens and parasols – an anthropologist explains why
People love sunshine, but then get hot. Nina G. Jablonski The Conversation Sweat gets in your eyes… Human skin stood…
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Landmark stolen generations class action settles for $50m
More than 1,700 family members and deceased estates of the Northern Territory stolen generations have reached a historic $50.45 million…
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