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Articles by Damien Freeman
Not Quite Armageddon. Yet.
Ballistic missiles have heightened the risk of the Ukraine war sparking an even larger conflict. So far sober heads have prevailed Dec 06 2024 5 mins The cost of living will surely dominate next year’s election, but Labor’s bid to stifle school choice will not be far behind Dec 05 2024 4 mins There was bipartisan support for constitutional recognition in 2007, and yet in 2023 it was utterly rejected. Why?
An Obituary for Settlement Politics
I enjoyed the Voice losers’ stunned silence.
No, Dutton's government-intervention plan is not illiberal
This article is an instalment of Where to for real Liberals?, a series on the future of the Liberal Party under Peter Dutton. The ideology of liberalism argues that political problems should always be solved in a way that maximises the liberty or freedom of the individual.
The Perfect Trifecta
Over the last month, three apparently unrelated events have demonstrated that art featuring female nudity will get noticed regardless of its aesthetic bona fides or authorship. It does not matter if it comes from a prankster who stages ambush interviews for social-media consumption, a feminist whose earnest work is displayed in museums, or an OnlyFans model hijacking a public interactive installation.
Political Polarisation in Australia
Editor’s Note The following piece is an excerpt from Damien Freeman’s forthcoming book, The End of Settlement: Why the 2023 Referendum Failed. Freeman’s book is about the history of “settlement politics” in Australia. He defines settlement politics as a situation in which political opponents come to an agreement on some issues, through compromise, while continuing to disagree on others.
The Problem with Utopias
As progressive politics takes another step towards dominance across the west, there has been yet another resurgence of utopianism. The French Revolution is invoked in the Autonomous Zone of Seattle; there is talk once again of abolishing police forces and prisons; and of having a self-sustaining, global green economy.
The Digital Mirror of Narcissus
Some people might be surprised to learn that I have just published a book entitled Technology is Not the Problem. After all, I regularly point out problems with technology in our asymmetric world, where a few companies or organisations collect data about us all, aggregate and analyse that data and use it for their own purposes.
Left is Not Woke: An Interview with Susan Neiman
“This book couldn’t wait, it was too urgent and necessary,” the American-German philosopher Susan Neiman tells me in her hotel in Ghent. She is doing a tour across Europe to launch her latest book Left is Not Woke. Neiman was born and raised in Atlanta, but has spent most of her adult life in Germany, where she’s the Director of the Einstein Forum in Potsdam.
The Loneliness of the ‘Bridge Man’ Generation
I thought to myself that there are many Chinese who also want freedom and democracy. But where are you? Where can I find you? If we meet on the street, how can we recognize each other? ~“Kathy”, a Chinese student in London It’s been a month since the Sitong Bridge Protest, and while many people within China have never heard of the “Bridge Man,” there are already signs of the popular revolution he wanted. The country’s Zero-COVID policy is approaching a breaking point.
Statements from the Soul by Shireen Morris, Damien Freeman
Shireen Morris is a lawyer and constitutional reform fellow at the Cape York Institute and a researcher at Monash University. More about Shireen Morris Damien Freeman is principal policy advisor at the PM Glynn Institute, a public policy think-tank at the Australian Catholic University. Along with Julian Leeser, Freeman co-founded Uphold & Recognise. He is the author of several books. More about Damien Freeman is a timely collection of essays’ —Nick Mattiske,
Robert Kennedy, Improbable Liberal Hero
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