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Culture, Democracy, Peace, Social Justice, Theory
Radical love as activism
Building on the concept of aufhebung—preserving the hope of the old world within the joyous creation of the new—Emma Davidson calls for protest as jamming and radical love. A collective protest practice countering fascism with joy instead of anger. [...]
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The elephant in the room
We’ve passed 7 of 9 planetary boundaries and forests are vanishing, yet the climate movement refuses to name the number one driver of deforestation. It’s top five corporations surpassing Chevron, Shell and BP in combined emissions, though barely rating a mention in climate reporting. Violet CoCo and Brad Homewood blast that there’s no liveable future on this planet without confronting... Read More
Culture, Democracy, Economy, Featured, Social Justice
Rethinking public education in Queensland – crisis and opportunity
In the context of the Queensland Teachers Union’s current struggle against the state government’s manufactured crisis, underfunding and exploitation of teachers’ passion, Luke Robinson outlines the demands of the strike actions. Drawing on practical lessons from the Finnish education model, Robinson argues that teachers need to be valued properly. [...]
Culture, Democracy, Environment, Featured, Forests, Peace, Social Justice
All that remains
Benjamin Gready writes from Bethlehem, where collecting seeds, documenting species, and doing ecological fieldwork is an act of resistance for the Palestine Institute for Biodiversity and Sustainability. As the violence of Israeli settlements expands in the West Bank, Palestinians defy colonial erasure by building ecological knowledge. [...]
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Culture, Democracy, Economy, Social Justice, Theory, Virtual Issue
Machine vs Movement
What kind of party? What kind of campaign? May’s federal election left the Greens with a big question: What does it actually take to win? Below, five campaigns offer five different answers. The reflections map ongoing debates about how best to understand and approach electoral contests. How should a party committed to transformative change relate to electoral politics, community organising, and... Read More
Culture, Democracy, Green Agenda 2025:3, Social Justice, Theory
On mutual aid, electoral politics and building community
This is what the new wave of Greens campaigning looks like: mutual aid, free meals, and public housing solidarity. Campaigning as community-building work, even when electoral wins aren’t guaranteed. But this is how our movement grows: through reflection and skill-sharing across loss and victory, embedding social justice in all we do. [...]
Culture, Environment, Featured, Green Agenda 2025:3
Forever in the space between us
As Voyager 1 nears its end, Emma Davidson reflects on what its journey, along with Pluto and its moon Charon, reveal about the beauty and power of symbiosis. In her essay, Emma shows how relationships and collaborations often within liminal spaces remain fundamental to addressing humanity’s deepening crises and Earth’s custodianship [...]
Culture, Economy, Environment, Featured, Green Agenda 2025:3, Social Justice, Theory
Playing by the rules
Terry Leahy’s essay shows how the environmental movement’s emphasis on cultural transformation without structural reform reproduces the very “social games” of capitalism we oppose. Changing hearts or changing systems is a false choice — we need both to rewrite society’s rules. From tree-sits to policy shifts, diversity is our strength when burnout tempts some of us to retreat to our... Read More
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We work with social justice, antiracist, and ecological commitments, and in favour of Indigenous sovereignty. We welcome contributions from all who share an interest in exploring ideas that are consistent with and explore left, progressive, and environmental thought and its contemporary relevance. [...]
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Is this the best we can hope for?
Despite Labor’s “landslide”, Simon Copland warns that the ALP’s historically low primary vote reveals a growing anti-political sentiment. Progressives must reject Labor’s do-nothing electoralism, pushing for real system change — not for electoral aims, but because only a bold left alternative can prevent the far-right from capitalising on capitalism’s inevitable crises. [...]
