Guest author Jacqueline Luqman
Jacqueline Jacquie Luqman likes to joke that she accidentally fell into activism, but in the days since she was in high school protesting South Africas white minority government and its odious apartheid policies, activism has become an essential part of her life.
Wang Nan
Wang Nan is a journalist at the International News Department of Xinhua News Agency in Beijing, China.
Paul McDonald
Paul McDonald is the Chair of the Home Stretch, a national alliance of more than 200 organisations who succeeded in committing every state and territory government in Australia to extend support to foster children to the age of 21 years. Paul is also the CEO of Anglicare Victoria.
Christopher M. Johnson
Chris is a retired specialist paediatric anaesthetist from Perth WA with a longstanding interest in renewable energy and electrification. He is an active member of the Australian Electric Vehicle Association (AEVA). He and his partner regularly drive an electric vehicle across Australia to visit family.
Nikos Mohammadi
Nikos Mohammadi is a student at Columbia University, freelance writer and reporter, staff writer for the Columbia Political Review, and associate staff writer for the Columbia Sundial.
Josh Roose
Dr Josh Roose is a political sociologist and Associate Professor of Politics at the Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation at Deakin University.
Leonie Liveris
Dr Leonie Liveris retired, independent social historian, researcher and author. Research and writing with main Interest in death studies, politics, women and Eastern Orthodox churches. More recent obsession with gaining knowledge and history of Middle East.
Roger Markwick
Dr Roger Markwick is Honorary Professor of Modern European History, The University of Newcastle, Australia.This article is a condensed, updated version of a paper presented to ‘The second ‘BDS – Driving Global Justice for Palestine’ conference, The University of Sydney, July 2020.
kiji noh
K J Noh is a journalist, political analyst, writer, and teacher specializing in the geopolitics of the Asia-Pacific region.
Prachi Bansal
Prachi Bansal is an Assistant Professor at the Jindal School of Government and Public Policy, O.P. Jindal Global University, Sonipat, Haryana.
Namesh Killemsetty
Namesh Killemsetty is an Associate Professor at the Jindal School of Government and Public Policy, O.P. Jindal Global University, Sonipat, Haryana.
Ilan Pappé
Ilan Pappé (Hebrew: אילן פפה [iˈlanpaˈpe ]; born 7 November 1954) is an Israeli historian, political scientist, and former politician. He is a professor with the College of Social Sciences and International Studies at the University of Exeter in the United Kingdom, director of the university’s European Centre for Palestine Studies, and co-director of the Exeter Centre for Ethno-Political Studies. Pappé was also a board member of the Israeli political party Hadash, and was a candidate on the party list in the 1996 and 1999 Israeli legislative elections.
Ilan Pappé
Ilan Pappé (Hebrew: אילן פפה [iˈlanpaˈpe ]; born 7 November 1954) is an Israeli historian, political scientist, and former politician. He is a professor with the College of Social Sciences and International Studies at the University of Exeter in the United Kingdom, director of the university’s European Centre for Palestine Studies, and co-director of the Exeter Centre for Ethno-Political Studies. Pappé was also a board member of the Israeli political party Hadash, and was a candidate on the party list in the 1996 and 1999 Israeli legislative elections.
Mike Hutchinson
Mike Hutchinson is a retired senior public servant, non-executive company director, and consultant. His view on the monarchy was prompted as a child forced to stand in the freezing rain in the UK to wave at a fast-passing car during the late queen’s 1953 post-coronation tour.
Stewart Sweeney
Stewart Sweeney is a writer and public policy advocate with a longstanding interest in the evolution and future of capitalism. He migrated from Scotland to Adelaide in 1975 to work with Premier Don Dunstan on industrial democracy. A former academic and trade unionist, he continues to contribute to public debate on economic justice, democratic reform, and sustainable development. His work reflects a deep commitment to the common good and the role of public purpose in shaping Australia’s future.
Chris Atmore
Dr Chris Atmore is Senior Advisor, Policy and Advocacy with Allied Health Professions Australia where she specialises in aged care.
Thalia Anthony
Professor Thalia Anthony’s research examines the role of criminal laws and procedures in reproducing social relations and enforcing dispossession. She also has expertise in relation to First Nations Stolen Wages claims, legal redress for the Stolen Generations, the harms of carceral systems, and coercive controls of First Nations homelands, housing and mobility. Grounded in a critical examination of legal institutions; emancipatory fieldwork with First Nations people, organisations and communities; legal history and theory; and activist struggles, Professor Anthony’s research identifies law enforcement as a key device in the colonial project in Australia and overseas and explores sites of resistance.
Guest author Michael Breen
Michael Breen, twenty years a Jesuit, then educational psychologist (Boston College) and researcher, (Ireland) student counsellor,(Bathurst and Wollongong Unis) organisational psychologist,(private practice, mostly in W.A.) Zen practitioner Dai Boku.