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The article offers information on social movements which have called on decision-makers to consider the ethics of public memorials glorifying people. It discusses the function of these 'misrememberings' which has very little to do with maintaining an accurate record of events and everything to do with solidifying power; and such comparisons imply that the colonization of our lands was beneficent, a process that elevated the status of those impacted and created the peaceful fusion.

The article offers information on the campaigns where people will learn to ignore the instinct for politeness. Topics discussed include about doorknocking which is about pulling people into a conversation they don't really want to have; The Greens' traditional approach to winning over ‘progressive' Labor voters by focusing on the emotionally charged moral touchstones of refugees and Adani.

An essay is presented on the impact of capitalism in the economic and political conditions of Australia. Topics discussed include the impact of terrorism in capitalism, the increase of individualism in society causes problems in the culture and politics in the country, and the impact of gender inequality and discrimination against women and children to the society.

The article offers the author's insights on the two settler colonies Australia and Israel. Topics discussed by the author include why the people of Aboriginal and Torres Island resist colonisation, the need for progressive to understand the reason about the opposition of Palestinian people against the colonisation of their land by Israeli, and the history of the colonisation in Australia and Israel.

The article critiques the horror film "Wolf Creek 2," directed by Greg McLean. Particular focus is given to the politics of the film and how the film depicts the socio-political climate in Australia. It explores the political potency of the Australian character named Mick Taylor, the masculinity personified by the central villain, and the presence of hope in the film.

The article offers the author's insights on the emergence of the new kind of society and the transformation of the democracy in Australia. Topics discussed by the author include the influence of self-rule, self-governance, or the actual participation of citizens in governing the state to the changes in democracy, the weakening of civil rights and some of the fundamental institutions of representative democracy, and the function of mass media in shaping public opinion.

The article presents the author's views on the political condition in Australia as of December 2013, highlighting the political party Australian Labor Party (ALP) and its traditions. He states that public officials and their academic admirers emphasise agency and identity over structure in explaining political life. He adds that Prime Minister Julia Gillard's labourism appeal is a political failure which is evident among ALP voters.

An essay is presented on the insights of activist Noel Pearson on the evils of passive welfare, criticizing the Australian government for giving the Blacks too much welfare money with no strings attached. He tackles the academic influence of Pearson as a scholar of American and Australian political history. He believes on the fact that Pearson is a student of history who has a little understanding of his own and has a complete lack of authenticity in the eyes of Aboriginal people.

The article discusses the administration of Australian prime minister Kevin Rudd. The author notes how Australian attorney general Robert McClelland's proposed revisions to anti-terrorism laws regarding the psychological harm of terrorism reflects Ruddism, an ideology based on the values of the Australian and British Labour parties. He compares British Labour policies regarding crime and social decay to the Rudd administration's policies.

The author examines the Australian economic crises of the 1930s and the 1970s and contrasts them with that of 2009. She analyzes each in terms of class conflict, finding that 21st-century sub-prime mortgages often provided the only means for working class people to access decent housing. She states that political and economic consequences of financial recessions often occur a decade later. She challenges the Australian Left to develop a strategy that works, is popular and changes institutions.

The author evaluates the performance of Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd after fourteen months in office. He sees Rudd as failing to take the opportunity provided by the recession to reorganize the Australian economy away from globalism and laments that the administration has not chosen to do this. The author also examines Rudd's ability to communicate with voters and the likely return of protectionism, and contrasts him with his predecessor, John Howard.

In this article the author explores the implementation of policies designed to mitigate climate change and global warming. The author reflects on market-based policy directives such as caps on carbon emissions. The article suggests the Australian government should be investing in public transportation and renewable energy technologies. Other topics include corporate responsibility, neoliberal globalism, and bilateral trade agreements.

The article explores Australian government restrictions on mass media coverage of the Afghan War. The author reflects on military restrictions and control of journalists in the Gulf War of 1991 and independent media coverage of the Vietnam War. Other topics include intolerance for alternative views, repressive media management, and public support for war.

The article discusses the role of aesthetics in politics, especially in Australia under Prime Minister John Howard, and also Kevin Rudd. Political stagecraft in the era of mass media is discussed, in particular the importance to conservative politics of communicating a state of emergency through the manipulation of symbols and imagery.

The article presents the author's views on what the political left in Australia must do to reverse what he sees as the regression in political culture under the conservative government of Prime Minister John Howard. The Australian Liberal Party under Kevin Rudd is urged to do more than be slightly moderate.

The article discusses the political actions of Australian prime minister John Howard regarding Indigenous relations and sexual abuse. The military application of peacekeeping forces to assist in domestic sexual abuse of children within Indigenous Australian communities in 2007 is criticized, highlighting the more universal nature of abuse and claiming that the non-indigenous sector need not assert involvement.

The article presents the views of the author reflecting on the politics of the Australian Labor Party in regards to Prime Minister elections and the progressive liberal Christian politician Kevin Rudd. An overview of Rudd's political and religious ideology is given, along with a secondary focus on economic policy and goals of reform.

The article presents a profile of the Australian writer Lynne Segal. An overview of Segal's literary career in publishing for academic journals is given, along with a description of her educational and family background. The author discusses the thematic writings of Segal regarding feminism and social justice in Australian politics.

The article offers the author's insights on politics and child abuse in Australia. He mentions Prime Minister Tony Abbott, the incompetence of the Australian Labor Party (ALP), and the country's next federal election. He also cites the evil state of affairs of some members of the federal government including Minister for Communications Malcolm Turnbull, Liberal Party Deputy Leader Julie Bishop, and Social Services Minister Scott Morrison.

The author reflects on the political condition in Australia as of December 2013, highlighting the results of the most recent elections. He states that the election's results revealed a lack of positive enthusiasm for the government's conservative program. He adds that a survey also found that most people expect their financial condition to decline with the new government. He comments that people should speak out to correct what is not right in the society.

The article focuses on the author's insights on the challenges facing the left-wing extremists in Australia. She believes that one of the biggest problems of the Left is that most people do no have confidence that left-wing ideas or actions can actually change anything. She also emphasizes that with the marginalisation of the Left and its magnitude problems, she is pessimistic about the future of the Left.

The article focuses on the author's insights on the challenges facing the left-wing extremists in Australia. She believes that one of the biggest problems facing the Left is the collapse of the Right-Left paradigm in politics. She emphasizes that the significant work of several good people working on the Left ignites optimism in her.

An introduction to the journal is presented in which the editor discusses the emergence of the journal "Overland," the journal's 56 years of struggle and an extraordinary collective contribution to Australian politics and letters.