Stealing the Megaphone from Blak Voices
What do the Socialist Alternative, the Greens and the UWA Student Guild have in common? A tendency to advertise themselves at large social protests and promote their own self-interests despite…
It’s Time to Talk About the TERF Problem in Pride
If I’m being totally honest, I’ve taken my time writing this. For the uninitiated, TERF stands for Trans Exclusionary Radical Feminist, and they have long been a nuisance in the…
Progressivism or Tokenism? Guild Politics in a Nutshell
We seem to be in a golden age for progressivism and social justice. The last few years have seen our world explore new ways of protest and resistance, especially with…
Pelican’s Policy Breakdown – 2018 Guild Election Editon
Campaign week well and truly began today. Lecture bashes have begun, the memes are flowing, and we are all wondering just what are both parties standing for this year. We…
The Story of a Man – No Friend but the Mountains review
Behrouz Boochani’s newly released book No Friend but the Mountains is more than a refugee’s memoirs or a political opinion piece. In fact, it’s a book that resists classification. It’s…
Bringing Homelessness Out of the Shadows
Australia’s battle with homelessness has long been identified as an ongoing problem, and the annual Homelessness Week which takes place in the first full week of August aims to create…
The Autonomy and Defiance of Behrouz Boochani – Words with Omid Tofighian
Action must avoid approaches that situate activism as an end itself.
National Day of Action – One Year on from the ‘Change the Course’ Report
Readers should be advised that this article contains discussions surrounding sexual assault and harassment on campus. Earlier this year, The National Union of Students (NUS), The Hunting Ground Australia Project,…
Meet Me at the Intersection – An Exploration of Unheard Voices
“We are the voices too often unheard, the people too often unseen. But we are here; we are speaking. And through this book, we invite you into our world.”
REVIEW: Banned
Go watch Banned at the Blue Room Theatre this NAIDOC Week. You will not regret it.