Hunting the trolls: Interview with Ginger Gorman
Jay Thompson speaks to Ginger Gorman about the harm caused by online trolling and how it can cross over into the offline world.
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Review: ‘The Palestine Laboratory’
'The Palestine Laboratory: How Israel Exports the Technology Occupation Around the World' is a must read for those wanting to understand how the oppression of Palestinians is intertwined with the export of military technologies worldwide.
Who will lead the way? Fashion is a human rights issue
I recently found myself, an avid lover of fashion, remarking to a colleague: ‘Really, all aspects of the fashion chain are terrible. The more I think about it, the more I feel like we shouldn’t wear clothing at all – we should all just be nude’. She laughed, but I was kind of serious. It […]
Misogyny, patriarchy and toxic masculinity: A review of Boys Will Be Boys
Boys Will Be Boys: Power, Patriarchy and the Toxic Bonds of Mateship By Clementine Ford Allen & Unwin Clementine Ford has delivered a fantastic piece of work written with a delicious language that is a well-crafted blend of passion, anger and humour. Boys Will Be Boys takes the reader through the very concerning series of […]
Razor Wire Childhood
The poem ‘Razor Wire Childhood’ by Rodney Williams was inspired by a series of drawings by children held on Christmas Island. Although that facility has now closed, the issue of children held in detention in Australian government facilities is still relevant today.
The future of work: how can we adapt to the automation of the workforce?
How will automation and globalisation affect the way we work in the future?
Remembering the Holocaust means upholding human rights
How can we use human rights to ensure that the worst of what humanity is capable of is kept at bay?
Losing faith in democracy: a review of Dead Right
Richard Denniss explores the problems of neoliberalism, and the changes that need to be made for the future of Australia.
Life on the Margins: a review of Blue Lake
In Blue Lake, David Sornig writes about the vulnerability and resilience of a forgotten area of Melbourne, and the people who inhabit it.
To Be Australian
In her first column for Right Now, Lur Alghurabi considers one’s relationship to country and to citizenry through the lens of her experience and through that of those around her, including her father.
Life under occupation: Palestinian Peoples’ Right to Health
The impacts of war on those who reside in conflict zones go beyond immediate threats to one’s life. Nadia Kaunein considers the impacts of the Israel-Palestine conflict on Palestinian peoples’ access to the right to health.
Caught between cultures: a review of No Country Woman
Zoya Patel describes being caught between cultures, in this book which discusses community, migrant identity and the pain of not belonging.
Humanitarian aid needs cash, not donated goods
The donation of goods that can’t be used adds an extra burden to communities affected by disaster. This is why cash is always best.