Politics, media sensationalism and the so-called African gang crisis
The demonisation of the Sudanese community is not a new phenomenon, it is a trend. Francis Deng reflects on the unseen impacts of media sensationalism.
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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.
The last stand
Farah Beaini’s poem is dedicated to honour those who fell victims to senseless violent terrorist attacks, both in Melbourne and internationally.
Right Now x Zenith Collective – Part V: Listen by Hamy Ramezan & Rungano Nyoni
The conversation around human rights comes in all forms, in this six-part series we explore that conversation through the lens of film.
Understanding nature: a review of Saras Dewi’s Ecophenomenology
Saras Dewi explores the disequilibrium between human and nature in her book Ecophenomenology: Unravelling the Disequilibrium of Human Relations with Nature.
Giving voice to the marginalised: a review of Serving in Silence?
Those who served this country speak out against discrimination in this revealing book and ensure that we know the fight is far from over.
Right Now x Zenith Collective – Part IV: After by Lukasz Konopa
The conversation around human rights comes in all forms, in this six-part series we explore that conversation through the lens of film.
The Cleaners: protection or censorship?
Who has the right to censor our not-so-private lives? Hans Block and Moritz Riesewick explore censorship and trauma in this disturbing documentary.
Systems of Oppression: a review of No Friend But the Mountains
No 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
How a social media movement gave victims, activists and communities a language to voice their lived experience without the need for legalese.
Write to publish?
Writing plays a subversive role in our political movements, yet, are we growing ambivalent or disengaged because of information-fatigue?
Colour Me In
I plucked a few blades of grass to throw in the air, the opposition team looked over in disgust. The rich scent of the earth wafted through my nostrils and rejuvenated my mind; the opinions and mockery that stained me washed away. ‘Go fuck off over into that bush, where you belong.’ There he stood, […]
The big, burly ‘white to assembly’: the public angst of white men in 2018
The 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.