Even in death some are more ‘important’
It’s been a big week or two for celebrity deaths. There’s been AFL player John McCarthy in Las Vegas, John Gillard, the Prime Minister’s father, in Adelaide, Christopher Stevens, the American...
View ArticleOf police and other deaths
On Friday Detective Inspector Bryson Anderson attended a dispute between neighbours. He was stabbed and died. Two people have been charged with his murder. By all accounts Anderson was a decent man...
View ArticleBoston and West – what is the difference?
After first studiously avoiding the word, 5 days ago US President Barack Obama labelled the Boston bombing an act of terrorism. Maybe it is, but how can he tell? At the Electronic Intifada Ali Abunima...
View ArticleDeaths at work: from cricket pitches to building sites
Australian cricketer Phillip Hughes died at work. He was playing the game he loved at the Sydney Cricket Ground last week. A bouncer hit him in the carotid artery in his neck, killing him. It was a...
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FIFA bribery? What about the 1200 dead migrant workers in Qatar so far?
From Edwin Rios in Mother Jones in an article called This Chart Shows the Staggering Human Cost of Staging a World Cup in Qatar. He says in part: Allegations of bribery have long plagued FIFA,...
View ArticleA narrow miss today on another Malcolm Turnbull approved unsafe building site
The CFMEU shut down this site yesterday. Worksafe allowed it to continue today. Now, the whole thing has collapsed, nearly hitting a lady walking by with her pram, and spewing asbestos dust into the...
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