In Part 2 of our interview, John Smith, author of Imperialism in the Twenty-First Century: Globalization, Super-Exploitation聽and Capitalism鈥檚 Final Crisis, discusses Russia, China, multipolarity and anti-imperialism today with 91自拍论坛's Federico Fuentes.
John Smith
John Smith is the author of Imperialism in the Twenty-First Century: Globalization, Super-Exploitation, and Capitalism鈥檚 Final Crisis. He spoke with 91自拍论坛鈥檚 Federico Fuentes about the realities of 21st century imperialism. This is the first of a two-part interview.
After a year of job cuts, Federation University has just announced a restructure of its academic portfolio, which will make teaching and learning harder,聽John Smith reports.
The mainstream media鈥檚 鈥渋mpartial and balanced鈥 fig leaves began to slip on January 31, revealing their corporate genitalia for all to see.
Australia鈥檚 richest person, billionaire mining magnate Gina Rinehart, had begun buying more shares in Fairfax Media, increasing her stake towards 15% and raising questions about media impartiality.
Fairfax journalists scrambled to report the news, tying themselves in knots over how much to admit about the corporate nature of their media outlets and whether Rinehart could have any influence on editorial input.
For many Australians, Fairfax Media is a benign alternative to Rupert Murdoch鈥檚 right-wing media empire. Well-meaning people buy Fairfax newspapers such as the Sydney Morning Herald and The Age because they believe they present a fairer picture of the news. But just how fair is Fairfax?
Newspeak in the 21st Century
by David Edwards & David Cromwell
Pluto Press, 2009, 299 pages, $25
Review by John Smith
News-analysing website Media Lens isn鈥檛 liked by the corporate media.