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Off the rails with @margokingston1 at #BentleyBlockade: @mickdaley1 interview
May 20, 2014
Dean Sewell and Margo Kingston at #BentleyBlockade (At the time of the interview on April 30 the #BentleyBlockade was the subject of shouting matches in NSW Parliament as the Labor Opposition Party belatedly tackled new Premier Mike Baird over his plans to unleash riot police on thousands of peaceful farmers and townies. Senior police had […]
Faces in the crowd: Melbourne #MarchInMarch
March 28, 2014
A cross-post with the Australian Independent Media Network. The Marches in March continue to glow with controversy. Never did so few gather so many, without engaging the usual suspects of the old media, the political parties, NGOs, the unions and the activist groups. There had to be a dark side to these events. The people can’t […]
March of the open-hearted: @Sally_Owl tells the inside story of #MarchInMarch
March 26, 2014
I started writing this on Tuesday, March 18, 2014, on a flight home after attending March in March (MiM) Melbourne last Sunday, and MiM Canberra on Monday, March 17. I am still giving thanks, six days later, for the miracle that ensured MiM 2014 was a great success, that the vision I had for the marches […]
We are family: Sydney’s #MarchInMarch, by @coolmccool
March 23, 2014
[clear] By Jim McCool @coolmccool Last Sunday, despite a thunderstorm and torrential downpours, thousands of Sydneysiders joined the #MarchInMarch protests. According to some media reports, this was a march of leftist extremists, the usual parade of tree-huggers and soap-dodgers. I do not believe that to be the case. I was there. My family was there. I […]
More questions than answers after Adelaide #MarchInMarch: @WorsleyTrevor reports
March 23, 2014
Story & Photos by Trevor Worsley @WorsleyTrevor 23rd March 2014 I am not a political activist. I have never been to a protest or demonstration of any kind. I had long considered myself a swinging voter, trying at each election to make decisions based on issues and not slogans or political spin. Gradually, over the past […]
The #MarchinMarch Canberra in pictures, by @Jansant
March 23, 2014
By Wayne Jansson @jansant 23rd March 2014 Roll over photos to read captions or click for slideshow. Read More from the March In March Archive
Sssshhhh, don’t tell the media, but politics is changing from the ground-up, by @ariadne_syd
March 21, 2014
Ariadne Vromen, @ariadne_syd Source: The Conversation University of Sydney 21st March 2014 Political participation in Australia will soon be about hope – and the transformation of citizenship engagement in this country. Here is why. Traditionally, Australian political participation was centred on, and supported by, the electoral system, political parties and major political organisations. Most media commentators tend […]
The #MarchinMarch Melbourne in pictures, by @Jansant
March 20, 2014
By Wayne Jansson @jansant 20th March 2014 Roll over photos to read captions or click for slideshow. Read More from the March In March Archive
Training it to Melbourne’s #MarchinMarch, by @jenoutwest
March 18, 2014
[clear] By Jenny Bates @jenoutwest, 17 March, 2014 Our journey to March in March began Sunday morning on a standing room only train to Melbourne – amazing, considering not an AFL colour could be seen. It was obvious this march was going to be big, and it was. As more people squeezed in at each stop, […]
