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2023 Nazanin Boniadi
…despots fear nothing more than a free and politically active woman.
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May 26, 2022
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2021-22 Uluru Statement from the Heart
The Uluru Statement from the Heart is an invitation to the Australian people to walk with First Nations people to create a better future.
May 1, 2019
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2019 The Me Too movement
Every human being has the right to walk through this life with their full humanity in tact. Part of the work of the Me Too movement is the restoration of that humanity.
April 16, 2018
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2018 Professor Joseph Stiglitz
Inequality is created. We know the economic and social policies with which we can build a better world. The challenge today is our politics.
May 23, 2017
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2017 Black Lives Matter
Black Lives Matter is our call to action. It is a tool to reimagine a world where Black people are free to exist, free to live, and a tool for our allies to show up for us.
May 14, 2016
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2016 Naomi Klein
What if confronting the climate crisis is the best chance we’re ever going to get to build a better world?
April 11, 2015
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2015 Dr George Gittoes AM
I’d rather send an army of musicians, artists, painters and communicators, than battalions of soldiers with their guns
May 26, 2014
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2014 Julian Burnside AO QC
Some of us remember how things once were, some of us see how things could be
August 16, 2013
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2013 Dr Cynthia Maung
For communities to start to heal and move towards peace after decades of conflict and oppression, civil society must be strong
April 2, 2011
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2011 Professor Noam Chomsky
Changes and progress very rarely are gifts from above. They come out of struggles from below
April 2, 2010
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2010 Dr Vandana Shiva
You are not Atlas carrying the world on your shoulder. It is good to remember that the planet is carrying you
February 2, 2009
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2009 John Pilger
Peace is only possible with justice and with information that gives us the power to act justly
February 2, 2008
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2008 Patrick Dodson
Leadership is an elusive concept, hard to describe and impossible to prescribe. It is more evident in its absence, so that when leadership is needed, its lack is sorely felt
February 2, 2007
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2007 Hans Blix
Disarmament by war and democracy by occupation are difficult prospects
February 2, 2006
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2006 Irene Khan
There can be no peace without justice and respect for human rights
February 2, 2005
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2005 Olara Otunnu
The time has come to make the protection of all our children a common cause that can unite us across our political orientation, religious affiliation and cultural traditions
February 2, 2004
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2004 Arundhati Roy
Another world is not only possible, she is on her way. On a quiet day, I can hear her breathing
November 28, 2003
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2003 Dr Hanan Ashrawi
We cannot rely upon the silenced to tell us they are suffering
November 28, 2002
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2002 Mary Robinson
Human rights are inscribed in the hearts of people, they were there long before lawmakers drafted their first proclamation
May 28, 2001
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2001 Sir William Deane AC KBE
Where there is no room for national pride, or national shame, about the past, there can be no national soul
April 28, 1999
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1999 Archbishop Desmond Tutu
There comes a point where we need to stop just pulling people out of the river. We need to go upstream and find out why they’re falling in
May 22, 1998
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1998 Professor Muhammad Yunus
Poverty is the absence of all human rights. To build stable peace we must find ways to provide opportunities for people to live decent lives