Edition 14: The Trouble with Paradise

The paradise myth has shaped civilisations for centuries.

The quest for paradise on earth knows no bounds – repeated over and over, until it is now little more than an advertising slogan.

When Christopher Columbus first "discovered" America, it was considered a new Garden of Eden. Later it became a secular paradise in which rights and freedoms were enshrined. In this current time of terror, however, many of these rights are being questioned – there is trouble in paradise.

In Australia, freedom of expression is also under assault. In an
important new essay, Frank Moorhouse considers the threat, documents the attack, explores its consequences and challenges us to respond. The freshness, originality and scope of his essay will stimulate and provoke. It is a must-read article.

Martin Amis, Chalmers Johnson, John Kinsella, Kirsty Sword Gusmão
and others explore the lure of paradise and its shortcomings.

Paul Brennan, Patrick Allington, Allan Gyngell, John Kane, Chalmers Johnson, Brendon O'Connor,
Wayne Macauley, Rosaleen Love, Doug Hendrie, Paul Hetherington, Bronwyn Lea, Mark Juddery,
Oren Siedler and Sally Breen. Poems by John Kinsella.
Photo essay, "Heaven must wait" by Will Robb.

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