The tenor and the speed of capital are such that often all one wants to do is stand still in silence. The continual re/deterritorialisation of neo-liberalism, now neo-conservatism, as part of an endless process of accumulation and counter-revolution leaves us on the back foot. As the Left – that is the left-wing of capitalism – undergoes meltdown after meltdown there appears to be little room from which to mount and sustain critique. The fear of the trajectory of global capitalism – the fear of the future – can lead to a defense of what there is today. All this is seen on the campuses of universities in Australia ...