Pigs in Space!
foreign to them
green vest, secured arms, unheld hands
is our resistance to pain;
suffering, other than our own,
wet grass, wet microphones,
strained voices through the airy colander;
leaves on trees or trees on leaves?
paper cut lips
paper flyers – death by a thousand
autumnal rain drops on red brick;
blood plastic zips
tents over tired bodies
at the end of another tired day.
Human rights activists are urging Cricket Australia to boycott its February match against Afghanistan, to take a stand against the Taliban’s erasure of Afghan women’s rights.
The Victorian Premier’s so-called ‘Tough Bail Laws’ is regressive reform that represents weak-willed politics, says Monique Hurley and Dr Emma Russell.
Myanmar is in crisis and the international community isn’t stepping up to help. What should Australia’s obligations be?
Ko Ko Aung explains.