The Suppression of Expression: Exposing the Political State of South Korean Democracy
“If citizens – even as young as high school students – are being punished for having a voice and for having an opinion, then South Koreas democratic values are in grave danger”
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THE HAN SUPREMACY
Han Supremacy, also frequently known as Han Chinese or Chinese nationalism, as well as Han Chauvinism, is loosely understood as the ethnocentric ideology to glorify the pure Han blood tie and the Han culture. Introduction: Han Supremacy, also frequently known as Han Chinese or Chinese nationalism, as well as Han Chauvinism, is loosely understood as […]
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Painting. Hope.
Just yesterday a wall mural was painted in front of the UQ Union’s women’s collective and international collective room. The artwork painted by Lily Ghali, a fine arts student, conveys deep bittersweet meaning. The Semper Floreat team was incredibly lucky and honoured to be able to attend the artist’s painting process and interview her to […]
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It’s Time
Jude Forrest discusses republicanism in Australia with the launch of the UQ Australian Republic Club and its efforts around education and the mobilisation of Australia. Change is coming. Twenty-three years after the failed 1999 referendum, we now have assistant Minister for the Republic Matt Thistlethwaite to oversee our transition from a constitutional monarchy to an […]
Continue ReadingLabor’s climate bill is an exercise in greenwashing
We are already seeing the effects of climate change. A Guardian analysis found that 71% of the 500 extreme weather events analysed were made likelier or intensified thanks to climate change. 12 of those, among which are the 2020 Siberian heatwave and the 2018 Northern Hemisphere and Japanese heatwaves, would be outright impossible without it.
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Goodbye to the Queen of nothing, really
Vladimir Putin, having forced hundreds of thousands of dissidents to his regime out of the Russia and out of their jobs, having stacked up the bodies of tens of thousands of Ukrainians and his own soldiers for his delusion dreams of Russian imperial restoration, was one of the first to send his “deepest condolences” on this “heavy, irreparable loss”.
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The subtle art of seizing the means of production
As what some might call a “Marxist degenerate” myself, I was delighted to hear that the Courier Mail was getting hot under the collar about some left wing articles published by Semper Floreat. For the writers at the Mail to sit up and dust off the cheeto crust from their fingers to write a piece […]
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The Subtle Art of Shoplifting
“Look, basically our position is: if you’re going to shoplift, just don’t get caught.”
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Scoop: Courier Mail Hit Piece (?)
The Courier Mail (CM) is preparing a story, likely a beat up (let’s be honest), on Semper Floreat about two of the articles in our latest print edition. The University and the Student Union have been approached by a CM journalist describing our hypothetical guide to safe shoplifting and a story about police abolition as, […]
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Abolish the Police
Indigenous people in Australia are the most incarcerated population in the world, making uparound 30% of the total prison population of Australia, but only 3% of the total population.Around half of all incarcerated children aged 10-17 are indigenous. This coincides with horrificinequality, caused by intergenerational poverty, institutional racism and state harassment – allproducts of the […]
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