by cjharris | | activism, current affairs, politics
Once, in simpler times, I had a heated conversation in a bar after I criticised then-President Obama’s significant expansion of the US drone war in the Middle East. My friend accused me of being a “Bush supporter” and walked out without finishing her glass of wine....
by cjharris | | activism, current affairs, justice
Late last year, my partner and I fostered a beautiful greyhound who had been surrendered to the care of a large animal shelter in Melbourne. Dash had suffered trauma as a result of five years of exploitation by the greyhound racing industry. He came to us with anxiety...
by cjharris | | activism, current affairs, environment, justice, women
It’s been an emotionally fraught fortnight, for women in particular — torn between the conviction of Harvey Weinstein (and the potential precedent this sets for other powerful sexual predators), the sentencing of the killer of Grace Millane, a young British backpacker...
by cjharris | | activism, justice, life
Up until a couple of months ago, I would not have considered myself a dog person. But my partner had been talking about fostering for a while and he is allergic to cats. So we decided on the closest thing to a cat that is actually a dog: a greyhound. As far as dogs...
by cjharris | | activism, current affairs, politics
A couple of days ago, my sister sent a message to the family Facebook chat — their area in the Blue Mountains was declared “too late to leave” as the roads out were closed off. She had already evacuated her two kids to my Mum’s house in Sydney and driven back to...
by cjharris | | activism, current affairs, history, politics
Thousands of Extinction Rebellion activists took to the streets of Australia’s major cities this week in a display of peaceful civil disobedience. Across my social media feed, I’ve seen countless messages of support… Then there’s the odd comment calling them...
