Assoc Prof. of Philosophy at the University of New South Wales. Writes about economic sanctions, human rights, neoliberalism, international law.
Jessica Whyte
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Andreesen: Elon killed postmodernism.
Elon: Grok finds objective truth by aggregating posts.
This is an excellent piece and I think it’s true that we are witnessing the death of the myth of peaceful economic sanctions. But this raises the question of what kind of politics is adequate to the death of liberal mythology and the stark revelation of the violent underside of liberal ‘peace’.
“This stalemate suits Israel perfectly.” A great piece by Michelle Burgis-Kasthala on Israel’s consolidation of its control of Gaza under cover of a ‘peace plan’ that offers no peace and licenses israel’s seizure and destruction of Palestinian land.
“One person willing to keep acting as if there is no alternative is Carney himself. Indeed, Carney treats the policy tenets of neoliberalism as a truth that we can simply live.” @richardjoyce.bsky.social on the limits of Carney’s call to live ‘in truth’.
CORRECTION: Israel plans major settlement push across occupied West Bank reut.rs/4uZ5Fsr
We will delete a post that referenced Israel’s latest settlement push as being seen by many as illegal; Israel’s settlements in the occupied West Bank are deemed illegal under international law
'A top Sydney academic used AI to write an opinion piece that urged students to “do the work” and not cut corners by using such technology, with the Sydney Morning Herald removing the “unacceptable” piece from its website.' 1/3
New report based on interviews with those sanctioned for their work with the ICC—including individuals in The Hague who now can’t book flights or hotels, and a Palestinian human rights organisation whose website and social media accounts were shut down.
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counter-argument: elon deepened postmodernism
Jessica Whyte
It wouldn’t be an Israeli ceasefire if Israel wasn’t constantly violating it. Netanyahu orders the IDF to seize most of Gaza www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...?
Israel's hardline finance minister announced on Wednesday a major expansion by more than 2,000 homes of three Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank that Palestinians hope will be part of a fu...
Most of Trump's current tariffs are only temporary, expiring in July. Last night we got more details of how the USTR is planning to replace them.
The Trump administration is accusing 54 economies of failing to ban imports made with forced labour...
Jessica Whyte
Sydney Morning Herald removes piece by Cath Ellis, despite Western Sydney University saying her use of AI was ‘appropriate’
I hope teachers at all levels will request a desk copy or an examination copy of our new graphic novel *The Black Schooner*, to be published next week, June 9, by Beacon Press. Follow the link below.
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At Davos, Mark Carney called on countries to abandon the fiction of the rules-based order.
Yet as @richardjoyce.bsky.social argues, all political systems require acting "as if" their premises are true. The real question is which fictions we choose to live by, and which we’re willing to remake.
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Today, @jbentonheath.bsky.social argues that, on the high seas, we may be witnessing the death of one of the liberal order’s central myths: that sanctions are peaceful alternatives to war.
For much of the past century, international lawyers have sought to drive a wedge between “economic” matters and the use of military force. Recent events in the Caribbean and the Strait of Hormuz…
Two million Palestinians are being squeezed into a smaller pocket of Gaza as Israel prepares for a longer-term occupation.
At the World Economic Forum in Davos, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney was widely lauded for declaring the rules-based international order effectively dead and urging middle powers to build "
