Joining The Victorian Writers' Centre
I joined the Victorian Writers’ Centre yesterday, handing in my membership form at the centre on Swanston St, Melbourne. It’s exciting to network and work with other writers in real life, as opposed to...
View ArticleThousands March Demanding Same-Sex Marriage Rights
Yesterday Melbourne played host to the biggest and liveliest protest for same-sex marriage Australia has ever seen. Pushed forward by the wave around the world of countries passing same-sex marriage...
View ArticleChina Mieville at Melbourne Writers Festival
I was pretty stoked to get the opportunity for photo with China after the ‘Visions of the City’ session yesterday. Overall, he was an inspiring person to hear speak at all the sessions I went to and...
View ArticleR.I.P. Alistair Hulett
It’s with sadness that I bring this news. Radical folk singer, Alistair Hulett passed away last night after becoming ill in the last few days. A revolutionary until his final days, he is an inspiration...
View ArticleThousands Protest Against Israel's Crimes
I left work at 5pm tonight to run down to the Bourke Street Mall to join a protest against Israel’s latest act of murder and piracy against a flotilla of peace activists who tried to bring aid to the...
View ArticleMelbourne protests again against Israel's murder of peace activists
Yesterday, thousands took to the streets again to oppose Israel’s war crimes following the murder of peace activists aboard aid ships heading to break the siege of Gaza. The demonstration was to oppose...
View ArticleLaunch of The Red Pen, Issue One
Last night I was very honoured to be in such great company when I launched the debut issue of The Red Pen, a zine with contributions from socialists interested in creativity and politics. With poetry...
View ArticleSolidarity to Egypt from Melbourne!
Tonight I was with around 500 people gathered at the State Library in Melbourne to express our solidarity with the ongoing revolts to oust the US-backed dictator, Hosni Mubarak. The crowd was mostly...
View ArticleWar creates refugees: protest calls for end to mandatory detention on Anzac Day
Contrary to what Wayne Swan might think, Anzac Day is actually a really ideal day to protest in support of refugee rights. Whilst the right and the mainstream press glorify war, in a small way, we...
View ArticleMax Brenner, come off it, there's blood in your hot chocolate
Nothing makes Max Brenner’s connection to Israel and the IDF clearer than a bunch of right-wingers and Zionists staging a ‘drink in’ at the QV store yesterday. Young Liberals, prominent Zionists, nut...
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