This article first appeared in The Guardian on 15 May. Written by Paul Karp. Author and social activist says political action on climate change was lacking ‘and nowhere more so than Australia’ The Canadian author and social activist Naomi Klein has criticised
On Friday 11 November Canadian award-winning author, journalist, and activist Naomi Klein will receive the 2016 Sydney Peace Prize at Sydney Town Hall (Click here for tickets here). Below is a selection of books, films, advocacy work and interviews from and by Naomi
On Friday 11 November 2016, Naomi Klein received the 2016 Sydney Peace Prize at Sydney Town Hall. Naomi Klein is a Canadian award-winning author, journalist, activist and one of the world’s leading voices on climate change. Her bold, unapologetic and insightful analysis impressed
Australia's legal system has become a "feared and despised processing plant" for most Aboriginal people, propelling the most vulnerable and disadvantaged towards a "broken, bleak future", according to Patrick Dodson. Lamenting that the situation has deteriorated since the landmark royal commission
On 17 March 2016, 2002 Sydney Peace Prize Laureate visited Sydney to headline Sydney City Talks to talk about inclusive, sustainable and just cities. A forceful human rights advocate, Mrs Mary Robinson, President of the Mary Robinson Foundation – Climate Justice,
Paddy Dodson might have been just another scared kid on his first night at boarding school
This piece is based on the 2015 Hamer Oration, delivered by 2014 Sydney Peace Prize recipient Julian Burnside on September 28, 2015. It was published in The Conversation on 28 September 2015. It was with some surprise that I found myself engaged
George Gittoes, the 2015 Sydney Peace Prize recipient, shares some of his latest work with you here. These synthages were created at Syracuse Light Work during his 2013 residency. In these Gittoes combines drawing with photographs from his work at Kibeho
Australian artist Dr George Gittoes AM received the 2015 Sydney Peace Prize: for exposing injustice for over 45 years as a humanist artist, activist and filmmaker, for his courage to witness and confront violence in the war zones of the world,
MEDIA RELEASE Saturday 11 April Australian artist George Gittoes AM has been selected to receive the 2015 Sydney Peace Prize. The Prize will be awarded on Tuesday 10 November at Sydney Town Hall. The 2015 Sydney Peace Prize Jury’s citation reads: George Gittoes AM: