Extracting mining from our DNA
Boom: the underground history of Australia, from Gold Rush to GFC Review by Charles Roche, November 2013 Boom, is a refreshing tour of the history of mining and it’s impact on, and interaction with, Australia. Refreshing, mainly because Knox manages to discuss mining without being a supplicant observer, a...
Profits of Doom Book Review
Profits of Doom, by Antony Lowenstein Disaster Capitalism and mining Review by Charles Roche Prolific author, blogger and commentator Antony Lowestein has targeted disaster capitalism in his new book, Profits of Doom. It’s an ambitious book seeking to not only build on Noami Klein’s work from the The Shock...