Author Archives: andrew

Not offended, insulted – laughing

Posted on January 13, 2015 by andrew

By Andrew L. Urban I can claim to have interviewed someone from perhaps the smallest and potentially most vulnerable minority group in contempo Australia: a club footed black dyke. Rachel was a delightful interview subject and anything but a victim. … Continue reading →

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Islam has given birth to monsters – Muslim philosopher

Posted on January 13, 2015 by andrew

In an open letter* to the Muslim world, nothing short of a shattering indictment, French Muslim philosopher Abdennour Bidar writes that Islam has given birth to monsters and needs reform – from within. Excerpts edited by Andrew L. Urban. “Where … Continue reading →

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From dictatorship to democracy – weapons of non-violent revolution

Posted on January 6, 2015 by andrew

By Andrew L. Urban Nobel Peace Prize nominee Gene Sharp has listed 198 ‘weapons’ that can be used in non-violent revolutions. And he’s adamant that they should indeed be considered weapons and that non-violent revolution is not for sissies. Nor … Continue reading →

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“We want Tim Ellis fired” – Tasmania’s anger at DPP

Posted on December 27, 2014 by andrew

By Andrew L. Urban It took just one hour for the first 600 people to register a ‘Like’ on the newly launched facebook page titled ‘We want Tim Ellis fired’ on December 23, 2014, immediately after Ellis was given a … Continue reading →

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Henry Keogh wins appeal – bad science and 20 years later

Posted on December 23, 2014 by andrew

Until 4pm in Adelaide on Friday December 19, 2014, Henry Keogh was a convicted murderer, as he had been for almost 20 years, since his 1995 trial for the murder of his 29 year old fiancée Anna-Jane Cheney. They were … Continue reading →

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Sony hacking & The Interview – ridicule not fear in reply

Posted on December 20, 2014 by andrew

By Andrew L. Urban Faux-horror comedy film studio Troma was the first to respond – correctly – with ridicule to the ghastly attempt at terrorist blackmail by North Korea, after Sony’s new comedy, The Interview, was refused bookings at all … Continue reading →

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Man Haron Monis: the un-bail-iveable happens

Posted on December 18, 2014 by andrew

A lone gunman later identified as Man Haron Monis held 17 hostages at gunpoint in the Lindt café in central Sydney on December 16, 2014; in the end he shot dead two of the hostages before police shot him. Among … Continue reading →

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David Szach: a dying man’s legal rights denied

Posted on December 10, 2014 by andrew

“Bureaucratic madness” is denying a dying man his legal rights to an appeal so he can clear his name of a murder conviction. By Andrew L. Urban. On December 19, 2014, it’ll be 35 years since the day David Szach … Continue reading →

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Hungary: democracy in appearance only

Posted on November 19, 2014 by andrew

By Andrew L. Urban Large protests around the country in recent weeks are the first open signs of public outrage at the shrinkage of democracy in Hungary. Angered by a proposed internet tax and the apparent corruption exposed by the … Continue reading →

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Seek the culprits not convictions

Posted on November 17, 2014 by andrew

Symposium on Miscarriages of Justice, Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia, Nov. 7 & 8, 2014. Andrew L. Urban reports. Pursuing convictions at the expense of catching the actual culprits of serious crimes, grave errors at trial by prosecutors and judges alike, … Continue reading →

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