When the horrors of the nuclear bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, 80 years ago this week, became known, an idea began emerge that, in some ways, defined the first nuclear generation: “Never again”. Although nuclear weapons proliferated, and millions lived in genuine fear, the idea that they might actually… Read More
Roiling emotions. Relief and devastation. A pinch of hope, a shake of anger, a dash of despair. A generous sprinkling of equanimity – this too shall pass, and elections are one small part of the arc of history. And a powerful flavour of gratitude. I want to start this email… Read More
Three candidates walk into a bar… It could be the beginning of a silly joke. But, while it was a lot of fun, it was not just serious but genuinely moving, with one of the candidates weeping tears of joy at being welcomed into a respectful conversation. (And, to be… Read More
Speech to University of New England’s Peace and Justice Symposium, February 14, 2025 Good morning, everyone, and what a pleasure it is to be here with you for this stimulating and oh so timely symposium. I want to thank Marty Branagan and UNE for bringing us together, and acknowledge that… Read More
Turning a coal ship around is incredibly difficult. Turning the ship of state is even harder. It’s so much easier to stop investing our trust in the whole shebang and simply start living into being the world we need – a world of peace, of democracy, of just and regenerative… Read More
Yesterday, as I sat in the rain on the road in front of Parliament House, with a cop’s knee in my back, the crowd broke into a powerful chant of: Show me what democracy looks like This is what democracy looks… Read More
Last night, as it was becoming incontrovertible that the USA was voluntarily turning from neoliberalism to authoritarianism, about a hundred of us gathered on Zoom for what I reckon was just about the best way to process it: talking about care and kinship, responsibility and entanglement, autonomy and action, together. Read More
Speech delivered by Tim Hollo on 24 September to Conversation at the Crossroads series “Ethics in a turbulent world”. Good evening everyone, and thanks so much, Joseph, for the kind invitation to speak with you tonight as part of this series. The theme of Ethics in a Turbulent Time,… Read More
They say truth is the first casualty of war. But sexual violence follows in its dust. And they so often travel together. In South Sudan, amidst civil war, women walking to collect water and firewood have been brutally attacked at horrific rates – a dreadful tally often left unrecognised in… Read More
Not quite 25 years ago, something extraordinary happened – a group of young students and activists launched a campaign of resistance, full of humour while deeply serious, powerfully active while entirely nonviolent, that brought down the Serbian dictator, Slobodan Milosevic. As a young activist, then starting out with Greenpeace, and… Read More
