February already! Aren’t we off to a flier? And our Federal Government doing so very well “now the adults are in charge” as Guy Rundle reports here. This weeks quote is from him about Minister Christopher Pyne (right): “the one member of parliament who appears to be forever nine years old.”
Our week started in response to News Corporation’s unrelenting push for assimilation of Indigenous Australians with three posts on assimilation. These are all indigenous authored. The first by Kado Muir, Mitch and Peter Watts, examined our Federal Governments newly appointed Indigenous Advisor Council and discusses the nature of the appointments. The second, titled “Warren Mundine: the White Sheep of the Family” is by Gary Foley. The third, also by Gary Foley, focusses on Noel Pearson in which the author argues “it is clear that what Pearson’s ideas are ultimately about is pure and simple assimilationism.” Read that post here
In our seventeenth chapter of Man as Machine Tarquin O’Flaherty uses quotes from Shakespeare’s Hamlet to emphasise his argument. He also, by the by, informs us of the origin of Hansard. Enthralling reading here
Passive Complicity has an ongoing interest in both Education and Equality, and this post brings both together with Luke Mansillo’s “Education, government funded inequality” It is of interest that our Government continues to fund private enterprise education but can find no money to support manufacturing or food processing. (see todays main post for more on inequality in the US)
This week’s Musical Dispatch from the Front was first published on 19 August 2010. Passive Complicity wishes that it was not just as relevant today as it was back then.
Poetry Sunday – “To his coy mistress” by Andrew Marvell – “I think any young lady on reading this poem might be persuaded to the belief that the poet only has the girl’s interest at heart.” writes Poetry Editor, Ira Maine. Make up your own mind after reading the said poem and Ira’s comments here
Good reading, join the conversation.
Cheers
Cecil Poole