Articles by Ro (Phoenix) Bersten
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- Ro (Phoenix) Bersten lives and works on the stolen lands of the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung peoples. Xe is a queer Jewish autistic genderfluid single parent with ADHD, deeply amused by the growing list of identity markers xe is collecting given that xe wrote a Masters thesis in 2003 on the intersections of ethnicity, sexuality and identity calling for a world beyond labels. Sadly, xe has realised that you can only be a post-feminist in a post-patriarchy, so here we are. Xe was National Communications Coordinator for the Australian Greens from 2013–2017 and National Co-Convenor of the Australian Greens Policy Coordinating Committee in 2017 and 2018. Xe is the managing director of intertwine, an organisation working towards intersectional social justice.
Culture, Democracy, Green Agenda 2023:2 - On Living Democracy, Social Justice, Theory
The multitudes at the margins
When I read Living Democracy and the uplifting and hopeful possibilities contained in Barcelona en Comú and the general assemblies in Rojava, I’m reminded that we are currently so far away from this it’s hard to see the path there. [...]
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