Phillip Walker

For the first time in my life, the threat of global war is again spoken of. Remembering the ANZAC's and the victims of war

As a local government councillor, I attend ANZAC Day ceremonies, which are uniquely Australian and New Zealand memorials. While showing respect to fallen soldiers I discuss my own experiences along with the full consequences of war. On Substack.

The rise of end times fascism | Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor The governing ideology of the far right has become a monstrous, supremacist survivalism. Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them

A long, brutally excellent, and deeply disturbing read by Nomi Klein and Astra Taylor.
Elon Musk: “It increasingly appears that humanity is a biological bootloader for digital superintelligence.”

What is dehumanisation? Some want it to replace definitions of antisemitism and Islamophobia Global tensions have put pressure on universities to adopt politicised definitions of antisemitism and Islamophobia. Dehumanisation is a more inclusive alternative.

This makes a lot of sense.

‘Muslim and Palestinian advocacy groups have called for the term dehumanisation to be used by Australian universities, instead of two distinct terms: antisemitism and Islamophobia …. But what is dehumanisation?’

There Goes My Beautiful World I first published this in January 2024, and am posting again because it is still relevant and I am (slowly) working on an update.

A new post to Substack. Written in Jan 2024 but still relevant, on the sad state of our world.
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The Future from the River to the Sea is all a bit Sisyphean My first proper post, with a bio at the end

Head in chopping block: My first Substack post is on a topic relevant to many I know, and I suspect people will find something in it they like and something alienating.
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Life has been hectic and I've finally got a chance to post to Bluesky. So the first one is a nice one - the view from our back verandah about 18 months ago. Central Victoria, Australia.

The Great Driving Right Show by the Zetkin Collective Symbolically, affectively, and materially, the car is a ‘vehicle’ for the far right, channelling apolitical investments in the status quo into reactionary forms of anti-ecological politics. In this co...

One of my favorite reads of 2024 by the @zetkincollective.bsky.social.

“Symbolically, affectively, & materially, the car is a ‘vehicle’ for the far right, channelling apolitical investments in the status quo into reactionary forms of anti-ecological politics.”
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Did it in my 20's. Never regrettes