Protest

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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

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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

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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?

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Arts & Culture

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Podcast

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

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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

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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?

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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

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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

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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

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Politics & Society

Inequality driving Hong Kong’s independence movement

The leaders of Hong Kong’s ‘Localist’ independence movement may be young, but it is the vast gap between rich and poor driving many people’s dissatisfaction

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