IPA Review – Summer 2020

This article from the Summer 2020 edition of the IPA Review is written by IPA Adjunct Fellow, Matthew Lesh. An edited version also appeared in The Australian on February 13, 2021, see here. COVID-19 has been a dramatic test of governments across the globe. A once-in-a-century plague descending more or less simultaneously, challenging the ability of states to protect the

This article from the Summer 2020 edition of the IPA Review is written by Melbourne free speech activist, Magnus O’Mallon. Being a virus, Marxism has its strains. Increasingly, the strain of the social justice movement is Maoism. There are those who have called the actions of the ‘protesters’ in recent times the results of young people being angry or bored.

This article from the Summer 2020 edition of the IPA Review is written by IPA Adjunct Fellow, Zachary Gorman. The unique circumstances of the pandemic have seen age-old questions about the rights of the individual and necessary limits on government power thrown into a new and stark relief. Controversies surrounding the American election and allegations of voter fraud have likewise

This article from the Summer 2020 edition of the IPA Review is written by IPA Director of the Foundations of Western Civilisation Program, Bella d’Abrera. In 2010, the Foundations of Western Civilisation Program was established to defend and extend Australians’ understanding of the influential, historical role of the West in establishing many of the freedoms they enjoy today. Education has

This article from the Summer 2020 edition of the IPA Review is written by IPA Director of Research, Daniel Wild. In his famous speech at Mount Rushmore for Fourth of July celebrations this year, President Trump bellowed: “Make no mistake: this left-wing cultural revolution is designed to overthrow the American Revolution.” He was referring to the Black Lives Matter protests

This article from the Summer 2020 edition of the IPA Review is written by German chemistry professor and environmentalist, Fritz Vahrenholt. Sometimes you have to go up in the air to better appreciate the big picture. From the helicopter perspective, many patterns and connections become clearer. This also applies to the climate system: 2,000 years ago, it was warm (Roman

This article from the Summer 2020 edition of the IPA Review is written by former industry lobbyist and pistol enthusiast, Kate Fantinel. Books reviewed: GUN CONTROL: What Australia did, how other countries do it & is any of it sensible? David Leyonhjelm Connor Court, 2020, pp340 GUN CONTROL: What Australia got right (and wrong) Tom Frame UNSW Press, 2019, pp240

This article from the Summer 2020 edition of the IPA Review is written by IPA Research Fellow, Dara Macdonald. Back in 2019, before COVID-19 dominated every news cycle, the front pages of papers were filled with the story of Israel Folau, the star rugby league footballer sacked for sharing an Instagram picture paraphrasing Corinthians. This book, Forgotten Freedom No More,

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This article from the Summer 2020 edition of the IPA Review was written by IPA staff. America is therefore the land of the future, where, in the ages that lie before us, the burden of the World’s History shall reveal itself. Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel To the extent that watching the USA allows us to see what may await us,

This is the editorial from the Summer 2020 edition of the IPA Reviewby Editor of the IPA Review, Scott Hargreaves. A Table of Contents can viewed here. IPA Members receive a print edition and online versions of articles are progressively released in the months following publication. To join/subscribe see here. What just happened? Donald Trump is the most consequential US