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For our communities — What we built in Greensland
We will continue to be present in and for our communities, in and out of Parliament. Holstein Wong affirms the potential of our prefigurative politics, building solidarity across struggles from housing and climate to Palestine. [...]
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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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Democracy, Economy, Environment, Featured, Green Agenda 2024:3, Social Justice, Theory
Not a commodity, climate justice
A dominant view of climate justice advocates for richer nations to pay developing ones to do the work of “solving” climate change. But this renders climate justice a mere commodity, and perpetuates the longstanding global division of labour, class disparity, and the north-south flow of value. [...]
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Negotiating left politics in Sri Lanka: The NPP in government
Sri Lanka’s left-wing National People’s Power (NPP) coalition secured historic electoral victories in 2024, winning both the presidency and a two-thirds parliamentary majority. A victory marking the first time a formerly insurgent political force has gained state power through democratic means in the country. But as the National People’s Power coalition settles into government, their anti-corruption platform and middle-class appeal... Read More
Culture, Economy, Environment, Featured, Green Agenda 2024:3, Social Justice
Bike by bike: a Torres Strait ride revolution
On Waibene/Thursday Island in the Torres Strait, a grassroots movement is transforming how locals move through community, one bike at a time, overcoming the barriers of remoteness to make sustainable transport accessible to First Nations women, mothers, caregivers, and children [...]
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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
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
Culture, Democracy, Environment, Featured, Green Agenda 2024:2, Social Justice
Esperance’s struggle: Confronting racism in rural Australia
On a cold wintry evening in June, a group of people, mostly “wadjelas”, whitefellas like me, have gathered within a small, corrugated iron clad building to show support for an Aboriginal community that is under siege. I assume that those attending are, as I am, disappointed by recent events that have exposed the outwardly racist nature of the place we... Read More
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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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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