GUEST ARTICLE – PROFILES OF POWER: Commercial Warfare
The proliferation of private military companies in Iraq marks a dangerous turn towards outsourcing warfare, reports our chief military correspondent, Dogbert embedded deep in Sydney…
Black Hawk Helicopters Carrying Troops in Iraq credit: Department of Defense
Private military companies are profit seeking non state actors that specialise in hiring private [...]
GUEST ARTICLE BY MARK BURGUNDER: Most people we talk to about our new strawbale home for the first time look at us as if we’re dumb or simple at first and then invariable ask us:
credit: ercwttmn
Why straw bales?
Won’t the straw rot?
What about mice and other pests living in the straw?
Won’t the straw bales catch fire [...]