New Year, Same Crisis
A Quick Glimpse at the Current State of the Pandemic in Oceania
The COVID-19 pandemic has swept across the world, infecting tens of millions, killing over a million so far and leaving many survivors with recurring or permanent health conditions.(1) The region of Oceania has had tens of thousands of virus cases and around a thousand deaths. However, it has been hit even harder in the form of other pandemic related factors, such as border closures, unemployment, and a rise in mental health issues and domestic violence.
The History of a Riot: Class, Popular Protest and Violence in Early Colonial Nelson
Petitions, public meetings, strikes, go-slows, violence and armed revolt. Nelson, New Zealand in 1843 was said to be 'in a state little short of anarchy'. In this paper, Jared Davidson argues that the self-activity of the Nelson labourers and their wives had a significant impact on the development of Nelson, drawing on traditions of popular protest, class power and the gendered labour of making shift. The agricultural backgrounds of many of the emigrants and the conflicts of the English countryside – including but not limited to the Swing Riots of 1830/31 – played a role in structuring the gang-men’s response to their situation.
The 26th of January: A Day of Celebration or a Day of Mourning?
The untold history of armistice and the end of World War I
West Papua's Silent Genocide
Australia to re-open Pacific island prisons for asylum seekers
Papua New Guinea: Wildcat causes millions in losses
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