The Personal is Political is Speculative
By Claire G. ColemanClaire G Coleman blurs the lines between the personal, political and speculative, asking us to reconsider where it is our stories come from.
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How to be Friends with a Homophobe
By Daryl YangDaryl Yang considers the increasingly common phenomenon of friendships breaking down over political differences, and muses over the question: should we be friends with homophobes?
Soon the sun rose in September, Santiago
By Juan Garrido SalgadoPoet Juan Garrido Salgado writes an homage to Licha Ortiz and her father Fernando Ortiz, who was Disappeared in 1976 in Chile.
The Shams Table: Using Dialogue for Social Change in the Middle East
By Anika BasetCan people with opposing political views come together to have respectful and productive conversations?
for others
By Geoffrey AitkenGeoffrey Aitken questions the choice to keep quiet in the face of injustice.
Russian Protest Artists
By Kim WatersThis poem from Kim Waters explores the importance of freedom of speech and artistic expression.
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?
The big, burly ‘white to assembly’: the public angst of white men in 2018
By Madison Griffiths and Sam BiddleThe right to protest is an abstract freedom, one that saw Fed Square swarmed by March for Men protesters. Madison Griffiths and Sam Biddle watched on.
Offshore detention is central to Nauru’s move against press freedom
By Gary DicksonThe government of Nauru has blocked the ABC from covering the Pacific Islands Forum and PM Malcolm Turnbull has barely criticised the move. Gary Dickson explains.
Redemption
By Sanam SharmaPoet Sanam Sharma explores the meaning of democracy when religious and communal segregation is used within communities.
The power of the student press
By Alyssia TennantSally Percival Wood’s book, Dissent: The student press in 1960s Australia, exemplifies the power students can wield against social and political injustices.
From the front lines of the global war on journalism
By Alyssia TennantAustralian foreign correspondent Peter Greste’s memoir, The First Casualty, provides a stark reminder of the importance of a free, independent media.