Illustration by David Levine, published in the 2 May 1974 issue of the New York Review of Books, accompanying Peter Singer’s review of Magee’s Popper book.

(1976) An Examination of Sir Karl Popper’s Political Philosophy with Reference to Popper’s Exposition and Critique of Marxism

University Theses

TABLE OF CONTENTS SYNOPSIS CHAPTER 1: EPISTEMOLOGY AND POLITICS CHAPTER 2: POPPER’S EXAMINATION OF HISTORICISM CHAPTER 3: POPPER’S CRITIQUE OF THE HISTORICIST DOCTRINE OF POLITICS CHAPTER 4: POPPER’S EXPOSITION AND CRITIQUE OF MARXISM CHAPTER 5: WHAT IS LIVING AND WHAT IS DEAD IN POPPER’S POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY BIBLIOGRAPHY   SYNOPSIS This thesis provides a critical exegesis…

(2021) Memoirs of a Cold War Warrior

Political history

This is a lucid and interesting story by Keith Harvey: From university activist in the Democrat Club at Monash University in the early 1970s, gradual attraction to the ideals and works of the National Civic Council (NCC), conversion to Catholicism, marriage, children, recruitment to the anti-communist union cause, union work, including the Victorian Trades Hall Council (VTHC) in 1977-78 (it did not end well), then the Federated Clerks Union (FCU) to retirement, and attraction to the ideals of the Australian Labor Party in coalition with Christians concerned with social justice.

(2021) Israel and the Apartheid Slur

The Middle East

The relentless demonising and delegitimising of Israel continues apace. With so many references in the media, in hard and far-Left publications, on university campuses and in public discourse generally, to Israel’s alleged practice of apartheid, it is timely to evaluate the substance of the claim, assess the origin of the slur, and consider whether there is any merit in the use of the word.