direct action Category

media hype and the wto protests

In: direct action, media

Following the WTO protests in Sydney in November, the mainstream media reported scenes so outrageous as to make one think something is seriously wrong with the protest movement.
The Daily Telegraph represented the protestors as anything from simply misguided, unwashed and [...]

Unless you have been living in a closet for the last 20 years, it can hardly have escaped your notice that many people perceive the world to be in environmental crisis. In Australia alone we have vast tracts of farmland rendered useless and dead [...]

Sentiment without action is the ruin of the soul - Edward Abbey
Many theorists see direct action as appropriate only as a last resort. [...]

about me

i have been involved in environmental, human rights, animal rights & media activism for over fifteen years, since the birth of my kids. i love to write and make short amateur films. i've been published in some magazines including New Internationalist, Chain Reaction, Vegan Voice, Animals Today, Green Left Weekly, Maple St Coop news, and written too many zines and indymedia articles to list here. i've been a media tart at community radio 4ZzZ102.1fm since 2002. some of my radio can be listened to here or at Radio4all, my films can be found at EngageMedia


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"we mourn the destruction of our biosphere…we suffer with our world - that is the literal meaning of compassion. It isn't some private craziness…it is a signal of our own evolution, a measure of our humanity…It enables us to recognise our profound interconnectedness with all beings. Don't ever apologise for crying for the trees…or over the water polluted…Don't apologise for the sorrow, grief and rage you feel. It is a measure of your humanity and your maturity. It is a measure of you open heart, and as your heart breaks open there will be room for the world to heal…" - Joanna Macy in "The Greening of the Self"