It’s time we move beyond popular narratives of oppression and triumph over adversity when examining our relationship to the Western colonial state.
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Is this Voice to Parliament just a Sisphyean, useless gesture meant to appease our community for the next couple of decades? We are not little black puppets for Albanese to control.
Other than being able to weather the test of time, the Yes case must be premised on a radically inclusive Voice that prioritises First Nations activists.
It is important to note that individuals in this part of the world do not consider themselves ‘Middle Eastern’. It is through the eyes of the West, its operations and its framing of ‘the Other’ that the world has come to see the region in such an essentialised way.
By supporting local Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanderand Pasifika queens we are amplifying their voices and the issues they raise.
Pathologising these systemic issues means that the burden is placed wholly on the individual to dismantle the effects of an entire power structure working against them.
For reasons I hope to make clear, to persevere with a system of optional preferential voting is not sustainable — it presents a clear partisan advantage, and goes against the shared ideals that strengthen our democracy.
To contemplate a radical re-imagination of the housing market — one which centres housing as a human right — we must look beyond the meagre offerings of the Coalition and ALP.
The idea that a group of activists armed with megaphones have silenced a man reportedly worth over $200 million is ludicrous to anyone aware of the realities of class and power in our society.
The fight for staff is the fight for students, this is why students should support the strike on Thursday 9 March.
