Direct action activism: reckless or reasonable?

Direct action activism: reckless or reasonable?

It’s 2013 and the Southern Ocean remains vast and unforgiving—a cold, wild expanse where the horizon blurs into endless grey water. Somewhere among the waves, a lone whale surfaces, exhaling a plume of mist into the frozen air. As mighty as a mountain, as defenceless...
What is the legacy of a 97-year-old activist?

What is the legacy of a 97-year-old activist?

It’s not often you spot someone in their late nineties at a protest, but every Friday, every week for over 100 weeks, the late activist Bill Ryan was a permanent fixture at Sydneys Martin Place, right up until he died in December.   His age and his status as a...