Protest

Arts & Culture

Art can be anywhere

Project Anywhere, a ten-year-long global exhibition program, explores the where and when of art outside the traditional exhibition circuits

Politics & Society

Bendigo Street and occupation as protest

The Bendigo Street occupation shows that housing activists and local governments can better work together to pursue housing justice

Arts & Culture

Understanding modern attacks on Gandhi

Statues of Indian independence leader, Mahatma Gandhi, have been vandalised or removed around the world – but why does his likeness face attacks today?

Arts & Culture

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Podcasts

The music of politics and protest

Musicologist Dr Nick Tochka discusses his research into music in Europe and the Americas – particularly the politics of music-making since 1945

Education

Actions speak louder than words

Helping our young people to become ‘action competent’ will enable the next generation to become connected and empathetic – and encourage them to push for real change

Politics & Society

Hong Kong: The canary in the coal mine

Hong Kong continues to be wracked by civil unrest. How did it come to this, what does it signal, and where is it likely to end?

Politics & Society

The whispers of Tiananmen

Although the Chinese government has never publicly addressed the violent suppression of protests in Tiananmen Square 30 years ago, its history has been whispered through generations

Politics & Society

Jakarta riots reveal Indonesia’s deep divisions

Indonesia’s post-election violence highlights the tension over the place of Islam in the democracy and what is now a deep rift in the country’s politics

Politics & Society

Echoes of revolution

The ‘Yellow Vest’ protestors in France are writing out books of grievances just like their forbears from the 1789 revolution in what is a critical challenge for President Macron

Politics & Society

Protest and democracy in Asia

Protests on the Japanese island of Okinawa are an example of growing civil society dynamism in Asia, an important element of democracy and active peace-seeking