Conviction Politics project: Telling stories of resistance and activism by convicts in Australia

Friday, 14 October 2022 - 10:00am to 10:30am

Tony Moore talks about the Conviction Politics project which shares information and stories about the resistance and activism of convicts, who were exploited as free labour to build the colony. 3,600 convicts were political prisioners and they brought their movements for political change to Australia. This paved the way for reforms such as the right for working class people to vote, and the right for workers to organise.

 

Links to Conviction Politics project:

Conviction Politics videos and infographics

Death or Liberty film

 

Friday 10:00am to 10:30am
Think Again offers weekly conversations and reflections about current events, trends and public pronouncements on contemporary and emerging issues. The show moves beyond what we read and hear via the public and ‘social’ media, to invite alternative possibilities to guide our thinking, living and organising.

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Jennifer Borrell & Jacques Boulet

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