We live in capitalism. Its power seems inescapable. So did the divine right of kings. Any human power can be resisted and changed by human beings. Resistance and change often begin in art, and very often in our art, the art of words.

I am often accused of being too emotional when reporting on politics - but I would rather have a human emotional response than pretend this is just 'reshaping US policy in the Middle East'. It's ethnic cleansing and the end of the rule of law. And the Australian government has said nothing

It's only a few short years since an Australian espousing explicitly anti semitic beliefs (the same beliefs this newspaper happily published themselves) murdered dozens of worshippers in a mosque.

to the bone