Archive - Raising Hell

Raising Hell: Issue 78: Receipts

"My interest is, my one hobby is, maintaining a democracy." - Major General Smedley Butler, 1932, former US Marine in reply after being asked to…

Apr 22 •

Royce Kurmelovs

Raising Hell presents: SLICK (Cover reveal!)

"Can we change the world? No, but hell, we can all try." - Rupert Murdoch, as quoted in News Corp: Making of a Global Media Business (2003)

Apr 8 •

Royce Kurmelovs

March 2024

Raising Hell: Issue 77: Long Time, No Trouble

"There cannot be a crisis next week. My schedule is already full." - Henry Kissinger, as quoted in The New York Times Magazine (June 1, 1969)

Mar 25 •

Royce Kurmelovs

November 2023

Raising Hell: On The Road: In Dubai

"We, in the UAE, have no such word as 'impossible', it does not exist in our lexicon." - Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, ruler of Dubai and UAE…

Nov 28, 2023 •

Royce Kurmelovs

July 2023

Raising Hell: Issue 76: Revisiting That Time I Busted DHS In A Cover Up

"One day he'd take, the next day he'd give. At the end of the month, I was always ahead of the game, getting more than my salary," - Abu Ali, Saddam…

Jul 3, 2023 •

Royce Kurmelovs

June 2023

Raising Hell: Photoessay: On The Road To Narrabri

"We're always appreciative of the side-hustle," - Amy Segal speaking on the interview process at Edelman, a public relations firm that built its…

Jun 19, 2023 •

Royce Kurmelovs

May 2023

Raising Hell: Issue 75: What's The Matter With Adelaide?

"Change has no constituency—and a perceived revolution has even less," - Jack Welch, General Electric CEO, father of the neoliberal corporation, Chapter…

May 22, 2023 •

Royce Kurmelovs

Raising Hell: Issue 74: A Patriotic Duty To The Coal Industry

What this means is that The Voice has become the latest battle in a long-term proxy war to ensure nothing in this country changes, ever. Like…

May 8, 2023 •

Royce Kurmelovs

April 2023

Raising Hell: Issue 73: Owning Twitter

"Each day Humble supplies enough energy to melt seven million tons of glacier!" - Humble Oil full page print advert, Life magazine, 1962.

Apr 24, 2023 •

Royce Kurmelovs

Raising Hell: Issue 72: The Coalition's Libertarian Maoists Are Revolting

"We made history but we didn't change a fucking thing," Lawyer who successfully prosecuted PG&E for manslaughter, as quoted in "California Burning…

Apr 10, 2023 •

Royce Kurmelovs

March 2023

Raising Hell: Special Issue: The Australian Gas Industry's "No Friends" Problem

"Power leads to more power, no matter what your racket, and not only were they rich and influential but they were smart as hell, too," Jimmy Hoffa…

Mar 29, 2023 •

Royce Kurmelovs

Raising Hell: Issue 71: Dreaming Of A Net Zero Lee Kuan Yew

"Repression, sir, is a habit that grows. I am told it is like making love -- it is always easier the second time! - Lee Kuan Yew, Prime Minister of…

Mar 27, 2023 •

Royce Kurmelovs

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