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In its gleeful, backslapping adoption of aukus, Labor has redirected decades of spending away from basic social programmes, funnelling it into the American war furnace instead. newleftreview.org/issues/ii149/a…

A very thoughtful response to my book from Maria Vlachou musingonculture-en.blogspot.com/2024/11/withou…

Economic metrics (salt, pinch) but interesting how this blows apart the idea that the Right are the better economic managers. On the other hand, that Australia basically hands over its mineral wealth to foreign corporations (cf. Norway) shames both parties independentaustralia.net/politics/polit…

Let's hope Hegel's ruse of reason is correct.

A paper on global cultural policy, edited and made to look good thanks to Elena Polivtseva static1.squarespace.com/static/6631061…

Yes, looks set to be a good panel, with Kim Williams from the ABC making an appearance.

transitioning to the other side. same handle ....

For those in Adelaide on Thursday 21st there's a launch of Ben Eltham and my report on Cultural Employment in Australia, with a discussion from the Reset Collective on the future of cultural policy in this country. Ben Eltham Satu Teppo Tully Barnett mailchi.mp/9015c7270833/r…

This is an excellent article damagemag.com/2024/11/18/in-…

Adelaide’s cultural workforce shrank in the past 20 years and many workers earn below-average wages. What’s at stake, say the authors, ‘is not some micro-percentage of state GDP but a foundational pillar of the lives of South Australians’. indailysa.com.au/inreview/comme…

Celebrating 10 years of our Manchester Capitalism series, a series of books which confronts our failing capitalism. Going beyond critiques of neoliberalism, the authors re-frame our current problems and offer solutions about what is to be done: manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/series/manches…

This floats on top of a chaotic short-termism which, if we did not know it already, suggests a serious systemic dysfunction in Australian government and society. thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/immigrati…

Ok, I'd mostly gone but now I'm really gone - to t'other side.

Yesterday’s Hub #StudyVisit at Letteren KU Leuven made things clear: Culture must be recognised not just as an industry, but as a social infrastructure & a public good. 💭 Prof. Justin O’Connor’s discussion with Sneška Quaedvlieg-Mihailović framed culture as the bridge between past, present & future.

Yet again, a government that defines art and culture as a driven of economic growth, then cuts its funding. Break the paradigm. Culture is not an industry but foundational to an equitable society and should be treated as such. equity.org.uk/news/2025/spen…

The roadmap towards a #MinimumIncomeGuarantee was published today by the Scottish Government. I was grateful to have been part of the group which developed it. Too many people are struggling to make ends meet: this is a plan to eradicate #poverty gov.scot/isbn/978183691…

This paper was just made open access. I wrote it just as the new UK Labour government was elected. Some people thought I was being too pessimistic. I'll let you decide. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

This short review came out. The title was not my idea. arena.org.au/sorry-withered…

In face of genocide, and the lawless action of the Israeli PM, an authoritarian proposal from the heart of the liberal establishment. The only glimmer of hope is that the author (as Ben shows) knows nothing of the institutions she is set on de-funding. crikey.com.au/2025/07/11/jil…