Fellow travellers, as you are probably already well aware the rancid right-wing reaches of the blogopshere are most idignant about this searingly insightful survey conducted by UWA anthropologist Farida Fozdar. This proves beyond any shadow of a doubt what so many of us on the left have long felt: racism, flag waving and car driving are all inextricably linked. And why wouldn't they be? They all spring from that appalling, unquenchable drive in the white male psyche to dominate, rape, exploit...
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Fellow travellers, I'm sure that many of you have witnessed this graphic Youtube clip of a mountain bike rider being hit by an antelope while bicycling through the South African wilderness.

Of course most of those who are indoctrinated with so-called "rational" discourses, and who are not in tune with nature believe that this was some sort of freaky random accident.

But we know better, don't we? Watch it closely. Would that sure-footed, graceful animal make such a clumsy mistake? Of course not...
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Well, fellow travellers, it's not surprising that planet hating reactionaries who lurk in the right-wing reaches of the blogosphere are all howling with laughter at this parody of Petula Clark's "Downtown". It just says sooo much about these nasty Gaia-phobes and what goes on inside their tiny minds.

Well, apart from being a complete misrepresentation of what Bob Brown and the Greens stand for it's also not at all funny.

And I am an expert in these matters, you know! Not only have I written an...
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In response to what were perfectly reasonable observations from myself and fellow traveller Jill Singer about the planet-killing behaviour of eeevil climate change denialists, the appalling Iain Hall has responded with something truly vile. In that offensively arrogant and sanctimonious manner that all conservatives seem to have, he has argued that we on the green left should "name our poison" and either neuter or kill ourselves to "make a real difference to the environment".

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His Holiness the Dalai Lama is now here in Fremantle, and will speak in Perth tomorrow. While his visit to Australia (and previously, the USA) has been met with much love, joy and celebration from the more compassionate among us, hard-hearted right-wingers and conservatives continue to find fault with him.

For example, they really pounced on his admission that he is a Marxist. They despise that compassionate ideology anyway, and also seem to think that being proudly left-wing is someh...
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Sassy sister Cate Blanchett recently, and quite movingly, said of her activism on the issue of climate change: ''I can't look my children in the face if I'm not trying to do something in my small way and to urge other people."

I applaud such courage and conviction. But for me, the sense of urgency is even more immediate. If I were not waging a (peaceful) war against the denialists and alerting the world to their appalling lies then I wouldn't be a able to look Gaia Herself in the face (and I ...
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I am starting to get increasingly annoyed about this campaign against our Tim Flannery, fellow travellers. There's a really concerted effort to make him seem like some sort of opportunist because of his various sponsorship arrangements. Can you believe it? Tim Flannery, cashing in on the climate crisis? That's as absurd as saying that Nelson Mandela advocated terrorism.

Why this has even been allowed to happen is beyond me. Frankly, I think even criticising our Tim should be deemed a crime ag...
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Fellow travellers, why am I not surprised that the appalling Andrew Bolt thinks that our Tim Flannery's latest searing insights into the state of our planet and its potential future are "wild" and (as he said on the radio) "freaky".

But there is nothing unscientific or totalitarian about Professor Flannery's theories. They are clearly logical and undeniably egalitarian. I mean, what could be more fair and equal than a society that does not banish nature and all its teeming life forms as "the o...
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In a nauseating display of triumphalism, the appalling Tim Blair describes an entirely reasonable admission from Tim Flannery in his interview with Andrew Bolt on MTR1377 as if it was some gigantic faux pas that "blows the entire scam wide open".

The offending quote was this:

If we cut emissions today, global temperatures are not likely to drop for about a thousand years.

Far from exposing some kind of scam, it just shows how wise, visionary and far-thinking Professor Flannery is. It also reve...
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Of course appalling right-wingers will be feeling vindicated over last night's episode of 60 Minutes and their story on the "failure" of multiculturalism. But they so hate diversity they would say that, wouldn't they?

And the report by Michael Usher really was a disgrace. It was a truly appalling beatup of a non-problem. Thankfully, the team redeemed themselves with their unflinching portrayal of the terrifyingly cataclysmic risks posed by the damaged Japanese nuclear reactors. Surely journali...
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Fellow travellers, I almost feel guilty about opining on the significance of the earthquake in Japan. I mean, it has only just happened, there has been much destruction of the environment, and the body count is rising rapidly. Humans also have been heavily affected.

But opine I must, and immediately! The reason: vile, opportunistic right-wingers have wasted no time in exploiting this terrible event to further their own anti-green agenda.

Completely. Utterly. Disgraceful.

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It's a given that conservatives are eeevil, hateful bigots who desperately want to hurt the planet. But sometimes they cloak their sinister intentions in "rational" arguments.

Take this appalling screed by Terry McCrann, one of Rupert's rotties, in which he claims the proposed carbon tax is akin to a suicide pledge. While at first blush it may seem like a logical take on Julia Gillard's bold promise and its consequences for our nation, there is much vile prejudice and falsehood at work undern...
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Yesterday, Prime Minister Julia Gillard committed to the introduction of a carbon tax.This brave, visionary pledge to the planet was verballed into a betrayal of the Australian people by the usual conga-line of Gaia-phobic right-wingers.

I mean, really. Why are they so scrupulous all of a sudden? Remember when Tony Abbott admitted that what he said wasn't always the "gospel truth". That was so ironic because clearly that was one of the few times he actually was being straight up. They were all...
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Fellow travellers, reactionary right-wingers often claim that the mainstream media are completely dominated by liberals, environmentalists and left-wingers. But as is usually the case, the exact opposite is true.

Take this report about the impending demise of the McMansion in Perth due to fluctuations in the property market. The possibility that these immense, carbon-spewing excrescences have finally had their day in this city is seen as a bad thing. Can you believe it?

The piece is full of n...
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Fellow travellers, as international socialists we can all agree that patriotism is an ugly emotion. And it brings out other malignant sentiments, for example the flagrant, insensitive and deeply racist waving of Australian flags (still, revoltingly, including the Union Jack) by drunken revelers at various Australia Day events and gatherings.

Not surprisingly this brutal nationalism often dredges up the vile prejudice of speciesism as well. Take this regular Australia Day horse racing event tha...
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Fellow travellers, I have been informed that one of my blog posts has been mentioned in The Australian's Cut and Paste section. For those of you who don't know, it's a sad little corner of that wretched rag that was accurately dubbed a "daily compendium of schadenfreude and spleen" by Robert Manne.

From my experience in the blogosphere and elsewhere I know what those who read (and write) papers like The Australian think of people who care deeply about humanity, the planet and the future - and ...
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Fellow travellers, a lot of people are saying that this story about Ted Williams, "the homeless man with the golden voice", is wonderfully uplifting; the first big feel good story of 2011.

But it doesn't make me feel good at all, just quite annoyed - and even a little depressed. You see, this upbeat approach relies upon many cultural assumptions that a compassionate and progressive person such as myself finds deeply suspect.

Firstly there is this idea that someone who is homeless is necessaril...
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One thing I always find particularly annoying about right-wingers and conservatives is how oblivious they are to the presence of Gaia. Completely lacking in compassion and sensitivity, they are utterly incapable of feeling Her presence, even though She is all around, above, below and even through them!

Full of fear and hatred, they mock and deride anyone who worships Her. Take this vicious diatribe from the always offensive Tim Blair. In it, he mocks our beloved fellow traveller Tim Flannery f...
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Fellow travellers, here in Perth, Western Australia we have already had some unseasonally hot days. And there are more to come. Next week several days of 40-degree heat are predicted.

Now, how can you still have your doubts about anthropogenic global warming when such a strong trend is in evidence?

But of course the redneck climate change denialists have their doubts, don't they! Because Heathrow has been shut down for days due to the cold, and there have been similar conditions in America, t...
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Fellow travellers, I know that many readers of the Sunday Times would have found this article about a Perth man who helped the irksome Andre Rieu recover from his bedridden state due to chronic and severe dizziness very uplifting.

Frankly, I found it nauseating. So nauseating, in fact, that after purging the soy smoothie I had just imbibed, I was actually struck with severe head-spins and had to have a long lie down myself!

Because of Bill Henshall's advice, Rieu is now back to recording and t...
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Fellow travellers, one thing that I find extremely annoying about appalling right-wing peenie-waving climate change denialists is how they constantly bleat about how there's "no actual evidence" for global warming, and that it's "all just a theory" about what's "going to happen in the future" based on "dodgy computer models".

Yet time and again there is irrefutable evidence of a catastrophically warming planet right before their very eyes! Take this fire in Gooseberry Hill on the outskirts of...
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Well, well, well, isn't this interesting. The scientific community is having conniptions over the discovery of a life form that can live only on arsenic. "Huh? That's just not possible!" they shriek, brandishing their yellowing old biology textbooks. "It's against all the rules of nature!"

Well, it is possible. And they'll just have to accept it. But it's obviously going to take a while. Old thought habits die hard, after all - particularly when they have been inculcated into the scientific c...
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Fellow travellers I am sure that you are all as deeply appalled by recent developments regarding Labor's ban on nuclear power as I am. It looks like Julia may actually allow a debate about whether they should allow it. This is horribly, terrifyingly irrational, fellow travellers!

And this argument that if they can debate gay marriage, then they should also be allowed to debate nuclear power is highly specious (as well as speciesist). I mean, gay marriage is an extremely important issue that i...
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Fellow travellers, I am deeply disturbed by the election result in Victoria. The Liberals seem to have won! And as Bob Brown said it was also the Liberal Party's fault that the Greens didn't win a seat. We would have had several now if not for Ted Baillieu's appallingly unprincipled decision.

Of course, evil capitalists and nature rapers will be rubbing their clammy hands with glee. It's a truly distressing outcome for human and non-human Victorians, as well as for the environment globally.

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The appalling Kyle Sandilands has declared war on beloved Sydney Lord Mayor Clover Moore, claiming that she is trying to destroy the city's nightlife with her anti-capitalist policies. Note the various forms of hate speech in his on air rant about Ms Moore.

''I'll get rid of that woman, you watch. Eighty-year-old woman trying to run the town. Go to the retirement village, you old clown,'' Sandilands said on his program.

As well as the obvious sexism, note the appalling ageism in this disturb...
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Fellow travellers, one thing that has perturbed me deeply recently is that more and more people are starting to poke fun at the environmentalist agenda! And I don't just mean appalling peenie-waving conservatives. They've been mocking us for many years now. But since they are so literal-minded and simplistic (unlike we on the left, who are so complex, sophisticated and ironic) their "comedy" and "satire" always falls flat.

No, the thing that really worries me is that now some on the progressiv...
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Fellow travellers, I am not at all surprised that women are deemed to be the greener gender. They are much closer to nature than men, and Gaia is a sassy sister, after all.

They are also more likely to believe in global warming, and that it is a serious problem. This shows that, contrary to so many sexist stereotypes, they are clearly much more rational than men.

But when I say rational, I don't mean the fake male kind of "rationalism". You know, the white coat-wearing, detached, cold, clinica...
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Fellow travellers, I know that a lot of people (even some on the left) are now celebrating the release of those 33 Chilean miners after their "terrible ordeal" under the ground.

Now, I don't want to condemn people outright for feeling a sense of relief. However, I do think it should be remembered that these men aren't simply heroes. After all, they are employees of a massive and hugely profitable mining company and therefore complicit in the rape of Gaia.

Also, anyone who is concerned about ge...
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Fellow tavellers, Gaia does not make mistakes. There really isn't such a thing as a "natural disaster". As we all know, that which is natural is always good. So how can it ever be "disastrous"?

Even when there is a lot of destruction, you can always find a lesson in the rubble. Take this earthquake in New Zealand. Those who do not appreciate and worship nature like we do would not notice the significance of the location of the earthquake's epicentre - just near Christchurch.

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A tornado has struck the northern NSW town of Lennox Head.

Many assume that this event is a random occurrence. But those like myself who are attuned to the will and wisdom of Gaia know that there is a reason for such destruction.

Clearly, She is protesting against the recent growth of the town, and has decided to buckle some of the appallingly opulent seaside erections that now blight the once virgin coast. Certainly, She is peaceful, but there has been far too much provocation of late.

Sea c...
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Fellow travellers, as we all know, Gaia works in mysterious ways, so it is sometimes difficult to discern what She is trying to communicate to us. (Well, actually it's not that difficult for advanced souls like myself and my feisty feline fellow traveller Jocelyn to know. It's just a challenge for you and your friends. But don't worry, when that is the case we are happy to translate for you.)

But sometimes Gaia sends us a message that is completely unequivocal. This volcanic eruption in Icela...
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Fellow travellers, upon reading this article about a lizard that was recently discovered in the Philippines I was deeply appalled. You see, this close relative of the Komodo Dragon actually possesses two penises!

What on (Mother) Earth could Gaia be saying with this! As we all know Nature is kind and loving - the very antithesis of phallocentric patriachalism.

I was tempted to stop reading the article because I found it so disturbing. But bravely I struggled on in the hope that perhaps there m...
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Fellow travellers, Nature has struck another blow for justice against an evil enemy. But sadly, the brave wombat who did Gaia's righteous bidding has been felled with an axe wielded by an appalling white peenie-waver!

The wombat was totally justified in attacking the man, who was clearly violating his territory. (As we all know, wombats have deep spiritual connections with their land.) So the butchery that ensued was doubly appalling.

But of course the media - being so human-centric - always ta...
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Fellow travellers, when is this nation (and the world for that matter!) going to realize that climate change is real, that man is causing it and that the science is in!

Take this terrifying storm in Perth. It was the worst that city has had so far this whole millennium! How could you possibly deny the link?

Of course, appalling peenie-waving Premier Colin Barnett has deemed that it was a "natural" disaster. Talk about blaming the victim! It was as unnatural as a disaster can be, since it simpl...
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Fellow travellers, a lamb has been born with a human face.

Gaia has been sending us messages for a long time. And this has to be one of the clearest yet!

As usual, the "scientific" explanation - that the abnormality has been caused by a vitamin A deficiency - is completely inadequate. Look at the photo. How could that face not be trying to tell us something?

And what is the lesson we must learn? Clearly, that sheep are people too! And that we shouldn't exploit them as we do, stealing their wool ...
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Just recently a clawed snake was discovered in China. Now there has been another serpent-themed warning from Gaia. This time it was a snake with two heads found in Illinois. Significantly, it was in a drawer full of junk.

If that's not a clear condemnation of the appalling wastefulness of Western conspicuous consumption, I don't know what is!

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Fellow travellers, as we all know, Gaia is constantly telling humanity how angry She is with us. Yet, so often we just don't get it. (Well, we get it, of course. But the rest of humanity - that is, The Great Unloofahed - sure don't!)

And here's a perfect example: During a news broadcast in Melbourne, the camera that captures the city skyline projected behind the newsreader was attacked by a seagull. Because of its proximity to the lens, it looked like a giant, monstrous creature.

Gaia's intenti...
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