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Thalayan Ngirang-ngan (My Mother Tongue)
By Joel Wright
Systems of Oppression: a review of No Friend But the Mountains
By Ruth McHugh-DillonNo Friend But the Mountains: Writing From Manus Prison Behrouz Boochani, Omid Tofighian Picador Australia, 2018 “Is courage the opposite of fear?” asks Behrouz Boochani in his monumental, impossible new work, No Friend But the Mountains: Writing From Manus Prison (Picador, 2018). “Or is courage a virtue that emerges out of the essence of […]
#MeToo and human rights language in the social media era
By Kat GeorgeHow a social media movement gave victims, activists and communities a language to voice their lived experience without the need for legalese.
Write to publish?
By Sian VateWriting plays a subversive role in our political movements, yet, are we growing ambivalent or disengaged because of information-fatigue?
Where do you draw the line? Reconsidering safety zones at Victorian abortion clinics
By Zoya PatelZoya Patel reflects on the state of women’s reproductive rights in Victoria, where a new case regarding safe access zones is heading for the High Court.
Right Now x Zenith Collective – Part I: Occidente by Ana Vaz
By Zenith Collective and Anika BasetContributors
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Gary Dickson
Offshore detention is central to Nauru’s move against press freedom -
Tarneen Onus-Williams
The Stolenwealth Games -
Tom Clarke
New Timor treaty will finally set permanent boundaries to resolve oil and gas dispute -
Tim Costello
‘Golden Games’ should inspire CHOGM to solve refugee crisis in Bangladesh
Right Now x Zenith Collective – Part II: Fairy Tales
By Zenith Collective and Anika BasetThe conversation around human rights comes in all forms, in this six-part series we explore that conversation through the lens of film.
“Here in so-called Australia it is legal to protest, but not if you’re black – only if you’re white and on strike against Carlton & United Breweries then you’re a national hero.”
Tarneen Onus Williams