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Democracy, Peace, Social Justice

Post-election in the genocide

“As I write this, Israeli airstrikes continue to rain down on a city reduced to rubble, on people—a million children—huddled in tents”. Writing as genocide unfolds in Gaza and his newborn Arab-Aboriginal child laughs in his arms, former Greens candidate Omar Sakr dissects Labor’s electoral “super mandate” built on a historically low 34.6% primary vote and coordinated attacks on the... Read More

, 2 weeks ago


Culture, Democracy, Environment, Featured, Peace, Social Justice, Theory

A movement of relationships — The Greens in Fraser 2025

“The work we do with communities does not pre-exist our relationships”, says Huong Truong as she reflects on the Fraser campaign. Against those who dismiss grassroots organising as nothing but “retail politics”, Huong shows how electoral campaigns can move beyond “meaningful interactions” to create solidarity across communities — transforming both our communities and the Greens. “We are in community together”.... Read More

by , 1 month ago


Culture, Democracy, Environment, Featured, Peace, Social Justice

In Moreton — Movements, electoral politics, and Palestine

Refusing to check her identity at the door, Remah Naji's campaign for Moreton in Queensland embodied the revolutionary potential of unapologetic existence — against systems designed to exclude Palestinian women and marginalised others. Beyond electoral calculations, Remah’s campaign disrupted settler-colonial frames, transforming public spaces into sites of creative resistance for migrants, communities and the Palestine solidarity movement. [...]

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, 1 month ago


Democracy, Environment, Featured, Peace, Social Justice

From Gaza to the gasfields: Why the Greens won’t back down

In a political landscape defined by fear, Senator David Shoebridge affirms our commitment to justice for Gaza and climate alike. This isn't an electoral calculation — it's what Greens values demand. [...]

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Culture, Democracy, Green Agenda 2024:2, Peace, Social Justice

Trump / Harris / Wong

In this critique, poet and writer Omar Sakr methodically dismantles Foreign Minister Penny Wong's attempts to gaslight the Australian public about the Commonwealth’s complicity in Israel’s genocide of Palestinians. Analysing Wong's recent opinion piece — its manipulation of timelines, false equivalencies and misinformation about Australia's military and political support for Israel. Sakr exposes how both Labor and Liberal actively enables... Read More

, 7 months ago


Culture, Democracy, Green Agenda 2024:2, Peace, Social Justice

Labor lost the Queensland election a year ago: Unpacking strategic missteps on youth crime

What might we be overlooking when we analyse how the LNP’s youth crime fear campaign spread and took hold? Elections are weird. Right until they step into the polling booth, a surprising proportion of voters are undecided, or at least open to changing their minds. But although it’s possible to shift some voters late in a campaign, candidates are also... Read More

by , 7 months ago


Culture, Democracy, Green Agenda 2024:2, Peace, Social Justice, Theory

Facilitating change: consensus, collaboration and participatory politics

We need to make our democracy work for us. We need to change it so that it is more participatory. Former Green Senator Janet Rice reflects on her decade bringing facilitation and consensus-building skills to the politics of parliament. [...]

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, 12 months ago


Culture, Democracy, Environment, Featured, Green Agenda 2024:2, Peace, Social Justice, Theory

No regrets

Brad Homewood and Violet CoCo are climate activists and organisers with Extinction Rebellion. They recently served two months in prison for blocking the West Gate Bridge in Naarm/Melbourne to sound the alarm on the climate emergency. [...]

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Culture, Democracy, Environment, Featured, Green Agenda 2023:3 - Visions & Movements, Peace, Social Justice, Theory, Virtual Issue

From disruption to destruction 

"What is it going to take?" I know your job seems important right now. I know your 'clean record' so you can still fly overseas seems important now (not that it actually stops anyone from travelling, so far). I know that police are scary, the state is scary. I know, I have been arrested 33 times now. [...]

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, 2 years ago


Culture, Democracy, Featured, Green Agenda 2023:2 - On Living Democracy, Peace

We mustn’t shy away from the reality of our plight

I like the way Tim Hollo claims that it’s the end of the world as we know it, “and I feel fine.” I try to keep up with the latest from adventurous Greens, so when I heard about Tim's book I thought I’ll have to read that, immediately ordering a copy online. [...]

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by , 2 years ago