From New Dawn 186 (May-June 2021) The role of biopower from the last century onwards represented a shift into forms of ‘disciplinary power’ over people, as I have discussed in previous New Dawn articles.1 The move into industrialisation necessitated a […]
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The Sickness Industry: How Big Pharma Invents Crises & Normalises Dependency
From New Dawn Special Issue Vol 14 No 2 (Apr 2020) The pharmaceutical industry is worth $1 trillion, half of which comes from US-based sales. The alternative health industry, by comparison, is worth just $59bn. Big Pharma bribes doctors, dominates […]
The New Reign of Biopower: The Rise of Control-Biology
From New Dawn 184 (Jan-Feb 2021) It is a tragic fact that humanity has been living amidst a regime of perpetual warfare since known history. From the last 100 years alone, we have seen (amongst many others), two major European […]
Bubbles of Hate: How Social Media Keeps Users Addicted, Alone, & Ill-Informed
From New Dawn Special Issue Vol 14 No 6 (Dec 2020) Internet communication has gone from emails, messaging boards, and chatrooms, to sophisticated, all-pervasive networking. Social media companies build addictiveness into their products. The longer you spend on their sites […]
Secret State Uncovered: The Monitoring of Australia
From New Dawn 177 (Nov-Dec 2019) Australia has ushered in a host of ‘pre-crime’ surveillance measures over the last decade that permit the state to closely monitor society and restrain individuals based on ‘anticipated future harm’ rather than past or […]