Author: Amanda Tattersall
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Bushfire Survivor Fiona Lee – ChangeMaker Chat
When the 2019 Bushfires burnt her home, Fiona Lee did what most would find hard – she became an advocate for climate change. Three days after her house burnt down, […]
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The Hong Kong protesters have turned more militant and more strategic and this is unnerving Beijing
By Amanda Tattersall. This was first published in the Conversation on 2 August 2019 The past few weeks has seen a drastic escalation in violence on the streets of Hong […]
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World first narrative podcast series on Hong Kong – releases Tues 4 Sept
For 13 weeks in the steamy summer humidity of Hong Kong there have been protests. And they’re still ongoing. More than a million people- old and young- have marched peacefully […]
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Now no one is safe – Hong Kong’s descent into state led violence
By Amanda Tattersall, Friday 30 August 2019 On Thursday 29 August Jimmy Sham Choo – the head of Hong Kong’s Civil Human Rights Front was having lunch in a restaurant […]
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Hong Kong Solidarity: Speech by Host at Sydney Demonstration
On Sunday 18 August 2019, the same day that 1.7 million Hong Kongers marched for democracy solidarity marches occurred around the world. One was in Sydney, and ChangeMakers host Amanda […]
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Hahrie Han – ChangeMaker Chat
Hahrie Han is one of the world’s top researchers studying ways of strengthening civic engagement. We explore the different strategies you can use to build people power and the journey […]
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Jolovan Wham – ChangeMaker Chat
Imagine trying to make change in an authoritarian state? Jolovan Wham works in Singapore with migrant domestic workers. Why does he do it and what does the state do to […]
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What is the Green New Deal? It’s a process, not a policy.
By Amanda Tattersall, ChangeMakers Host In the US, Canada, UK and parts of Europe – a global movement of climate campaigners have begun turning to a so-called ‘Green New Deal’ […]
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Launching into dark times
Series 3 of ChangeMakers launches into some dark times. In my home country, Australia, we just had an election that many progressives, (including me), thought would lead to a change […]
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#19 Migrant Caravan in Central America
In late 2018 thousands of people from across Central America walked North to the border of the USA and into the political maelstrom of the midterm elections. How did they […]
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