While mass rallies and marches are often the go-to approach for activists, there has always been scope for creative activity to play a part in shaping how wider society thinks about an issue, writes Cas Smith.
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Here Where We Live is Our Country is a long-awaited contribution to the sparse field of knowledge about the Jewish Labor Bund, a group that played a key role in late 19th and early 20th century Marxist history. Cas Smith reviews.
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The WA Supreme Court has disallowed Woodside’s demand for more information on Disrupt Burrup Hub activists, prompting one to say it should serve as a warning to corporations to think twice before abusing the legal system to stifle protest and freedom of expression. Cas Smith reports.
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In a break from the usual loud protests, more than 200 people joined a silent protest in Boorloo/Perth to demand an end to the genocide of children in Gaza. Cas Smith reports.
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Australia’s role in the global arms trade and its connection to the AUKUS pact is coming under increasing scrutiny, particularly over the past near three years of Israel’s genocide in Gaza. Cas Smith reports.
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About 250 people gathered at Forrest Place to again protest Israel’s attacks on Lebanon and ongoing genocide in Gaza. Cas Smith reports.
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Unruly WA, a three-day multimedia exhibition which promoted our democratic right to protest, reminded us of the power movements have to create profound change. Cas Smith reports.
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More than 100 activists protested outside the Perth Convention Centre where the Indian Ocean Defence and Security Conference and Exhibition was promoting militarism. Cas Smith reports.
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Unruly WA, a multi-media exhibition, at the Kidogo Arthouse in Walyalup, brings together artists, photographers and other storytellers to “celebrate political dissent while it is still legal”. Cas Smith reports.
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Thirty-five years on from the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody, the situation remains dire across Australia, with one prison in Western Australia reporting the deaths of two women in as many months. Blair Vidakovich and Cas Smith report.
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The call for a tax on gas corporations’ exports is growing louder by the day. Despite 80% of gas production being sent offshore, the government receives almost no return. Cas Smith reports.
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A forum hosted by the Palestinian Community of Western Australia and All for Gaza/All for Palestine heard of the persecution experienced by Palestinian people in Israeli prisons and their unwavering strength in the face of this. Cas Smith reports.