Tag: Activism
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UNSW women among 10,000 at Women’s March, Sydney
By Alicia D’Arcy, Features Sub-editor Yesterday, Hyde Park was home to a sea of up to 10,000 people protesting the inauguration of the 45th President of the United States. The Women’s March Sydney was one of more than 500 events held worldwide to mark the first day of the Trump administration. Speakers in the lead-up […]
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Leard protesters delay mine, vowing to continue fight
Thom Mitchell [twitname]Thom_Mitchell[/twitname] Last Thursday activists won a battle in their years-long war against a new coal mine in the Leard State Forest. The Maules Creek Community Council successfully sought an injunction in the NSW Land and Environment Court to stop clearing, which began on May 27. The proponent, Whitehaven Coal, has agreed to delay […]
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Noodle House Yarn
I remember the first time someone tapped me. It was in was in the spring of 2011, I was young and naive and someone wanted me to be a club president. At the time I was a bit over-whelmed, someone had more confidence in me than I did. However soon I too would learn the […]
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Spotlight on UNSW: Michael Kirby
This year, Tharunka continues with its interview series “Spotlight on UNSW,” where we speak to outstanding and inspiring members of the UNSW community. In our first spotlight, Cameron McPhedran spoke with the Honorable Michael Kirby. A High Court Justice for thirteen years and winner of the Gruber Justice Prize in 2010, Justice Kirby is a […]
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Ice Cream, Politics & Gossip Girl: Why Student Activism is Important
You hear a lot about the death of student activism these days. Kids just aren’t getting into their rallies, protests, marches and speak-outs like they used to back in olden times. So goes the contemporary narrative on the engagement of today’s university students with the world around them.
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Kony Fever and the Downside of Celebrity Activism
On Christmas day 2008, the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), a Ugandan rebel group, went on a three-day killing spree, massacring over 800 people in the north-eastern parts of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Only a year later, 300 had massacred and 250 abducted, including around 80 children. By last June, the LRA had […]