The Salvatore Babones Newsletter

Invitation: Melbourne Symposium on Intellectual Freedom in the Academy

Please join me in Melbourne on Tuesday, May 21 for a discussion of academic freedom in Australia and abroad

Apr 8 • 

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The Jew of Melbourne

On the 6-month anniversary of the worst attack on Jews since the Holocaust, I review an important book on the meaning of Israel

Apr 6 • 

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March 2024

January 2024

Will India Go Woke?

In the global ideological battle over “wokeness”, India is the big prize.

Jan 23 • 

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Free speech comes to Australia

And not a moment too soon

Jan 2 • 

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October 2023

Australia's Brexit Moment

The Voice referendum result wasn’t a defeat for Constitutional recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians. It was a defeat for…

Oct 14, 2023 • 

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August 2023

Freedom at Midnight

Long years ago, India made a tryst with destiny. India’s first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru said in 1947 that the time had come for India to redeem…

Aug 14, 2023 • 

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May 2023

Meeting Mr. Modi

Look at the data, not the drama, in weighing up Modi’s India

May 30, 2023 • 

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April 2023

Democracy and the Voice

Why can't indigenous Australians vote for their own Voice to parliament?

Apr 25, 2023 • 

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March 2023

Inside the V-Dem Rankings

Democracy rankings aren't all they're cracked up to be

Mar 1, 2023 • 

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December 2022

Twitter, Trump, and the Modi 'Bhakt'

Understanding the career of a counter-intellectual

Dec 3, 2022 • 

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August 2022

A new role promoting liberal values

I'm thrilled to have the opportunity to lead the China and Free Societies program at Sydney's Centre for Independent Studies

Aug 15, 2022 • 

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