Melmac PoliticsAustralia, we need to have an urgent chat about surveillance technology and the race for marginal…We live in a time where often it’s only a handful of seats that can win an election, instead of election campaigns focusing on ideas and…·18 min read·Apr 30, 2018----
Melmac PoliticsAustralian Super Funds wanting to invest in America’s infrastructure privatisation, is it ethical?When I recently learned of the push for Australia’s superannuation industry to invest in American infrastructure, alarm bells rang…4 min read·Mar 5, 2018----
Melmac PoliticsHow history, communism and, tax exempt foundations have led us here (5)In my last article I discussed how the Koch brothers underwrite a huge network of foundations, think tanks and political front groups. Upon…9 min read·Jun 14, 2017----
Melmac PoliticsKochtopus and getting to know some more players (4)Before we look at how Steve Bannon met David Bossie and Andrew Breitbart, we need to go back to 1976, before the 1980 American elections…6 min read·May 24, 2017----
Melmac PoliticsUS Propaganda 100 Years ago and how the Media was influenced (3)In 1917, one-hundred-years ago this year, American president Wilson Woodrow, declared war on Germany. Mr Woodrow also pioneered the…5 min read·May 12, 2017----
Melmac PoliticsJared Kushner, Facebook and Hacking: Propaganda in 2017 and how we got here (2)Jared Kushner, Ivanka Trump’s husband, was very much behind her father’s presidential campaign. He focused on message tailoring, sentiment…5 min read·May 12, 2017----
Melmac PoliticsSeries: What is propaganda in 2017 and how did we get here? (1)Recently I wrote about Cambridge Analytica (CA), I’ve discovered since then that there is a lot more to this story than just marketing…5 min read·May 12, 2017----
Melmac PoliticsCambridge Analytica comes to AustraliaCambridge Analytica (CA) has boasted that their psychometric data methods helped win the Brexit campaign as well as the successful election…8 min read·May 12, 2017----
Melmac PoliticsOur digital footsteps are being used against usCan our digital footprints and data be used to manipulate our political opinions? Yes, but it was never the intention of scientists. The…8 min read·May 12, 2017----
Melmac PoliticsOur Digital Footsteps Are Being Used Against Us.Can our digital footprints and data be used to manipulate our political opinions? Yes, but it was never the intention of scientists. The…8 min read·Mar 31, 2017----
