Arena Journal

About The latest issue of Arena analyses social and cultural disruptions at home and abroad. We look at the questions posed by migration for settler colonial societies, the future of independent politics in Australia, life in the suburban fringeworlds at the edge of Australian cities, and how bushfire management threatens the future of our forests. Elsewhere we trace the rise of the right in Germany, the problem of digital authoritarianism in Indonesia, and the politics of international law in situations like Gaza. We ask, has the NDIS been a victim of its own success, and can the growing fears around techno-misinformation be addressed beyond the narrow frames of liberal moralism? The culture wars around education and phonics are explored, and there are reviews of new books on the working class, the legacy of Race Matthews on collectivism, and the novels of British-Palestinian author Isabella Hammad. There’s the usual excellent poetry, and we end with the strange but true tale of King Zog.