History, politics & current affairs

Anything and everything in History, politics & current affairs from across our archives.

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3 Nov 2016

Past event

Promo image for Deng Adut: Songs of a War Boy

Deng Adut: Songs of a War Boy / Migration

With Deng Adut and Ben Mckelvey

4 Oct 2010

Jennifer Byrne vs Virginia Haussegger in Feminism Debate / Sexual & gender politics

By Jon Tjhia

Video of the Feminism Has Failed debate is live with two very different views presented.

First was Virginia Haussegger who pointed out the injustices against women are still an issue in the developing world:

Click to watch the full video

Then Jennifer Byrne brought it back home by looking at how feminism has affected her own life - including the first time she heard…

Anna Rose / Climate change & weather

Anna’s climate change work started with shovelling compost and emptying recycling bins in high school. She went on to work with the National Union of Students (winning dozens of campus clean energy victories), speak onstage with the Dalai Lama in Perth, trudge through the snow door-knocking in the United States, and spearhead Australia’s first climate torch relay in her former role as GetUp’s climate campaigner.

In 2011 Anna received a Churchill Fellowship to research youth peer-to-peer climate education. The Sydney Morning Herald named her one of Sydney’s most influential people (2009) and one of the top five most powerful grassroots organisers in NSW (2011).

The F Word: Parenting / Sexism & feminism

With Maxine Beneba Clarke, Rachel Power, Liz Shield and 1 other

Paul Mees: Public Transport / Government

With Paul Mees

28 Nov 2016

Past event

Promo image for Here and Queer: Gay Rights Across the Globe

Here and Queer: Gay Rights Across the Globe / Sexual & gender politics

With Masha Gessen, Dennis Altman, and Anna Brown

Epic Fail: Julian Burnside / Climate change & weather

With Julian Burnside

Fair Trade and Fair Speech: Feminist Publishing in the 21st Century / Editing, publishing & book design

Promo image for Why be good? Questions of work, love and feminism

Why be good? Questions of work, love and feminism / Sex & gender

With Jane Caro, Meghan Daum, Geraldine Brooks and 2 others

4 Dec 2017

Past event

Promo image for I Know You Are, I Said You Are: Gender Stereotypes and Kids

I Know You Are, I Said You Are: Gender Stereotypes and Kids / Gender

With Sami Shah, Nelly Thomas, Ro Allen and 2 others

Promo image for Behind Closed Doors: Youth Detention in Australia

Behind Closed Doors: Youth Detention in Australia / Free speech, human rights & social issues

With Karly Warner, Antoinette Braybrook, Shahleena Musk and 1 other

Promo image for 60,000+ Years of Innovation

60,000+ Years of Innovation / Indigenous

With Lilly Brown, Jefa Greenaway, Kimberley Moulton and 1 other

25 Jul 2013

Past event

Stalking Julia / Government

With Jeff Sparrow, James Button, Jonathan Holmes and 1 other

6 Mar 2012

News

Promo image for Who Killed Australian History?

Who Killed Australian History? / History

By Jo Case

Adam Bandt: How Two-Party Politics Has Failed Australian Voters / Government

With Adam Bandt

25 May 2011

Fatima Bhutto’s Life Under the Sword / Africa & Middle East

By Jon Tjhia

At Melbourne’s Athenaeum Theatre, Pakistani author Fatima Bhutto, joined by journalist Anton Enus, is the eloquent, calm young face of a family whose history — like that of the nation with which it is deeply entangled — is marred by conflict and bloodshed.

Throughout her hour-long appearance Bhutto traverses the rocky terrain of her bloodline with a certain humility, eager to divert attention from…