Labor has launched its push to become聽a renewable energy 鈥渟uperpower鈥. But, as Peter Boyle argues,聽any imagining of a green future needs to break imperial and colonialist power relations with the Global South.
Cuban 'Yes I Can!' literacy campaign
Ian Ellis-Jones reports on how the link between Cuba鈥檚 world famous adult literacy campaign and First Nations literacy campaigns in Australia were revealed during a screening of the documentary Maestra in Sydney.
More than 80 people packed into a lecture theatre at Sydney University on March 31 for a public forum entitled: "Increasing Aboriginal literacy: The Cuban 'Yes I Can!' literacy campaign in Australia". The forum was organised by the Australia-Cuba Friendship Society (ACFS).
Publicity from the ACFS asked: "Why has a Cuba-inspired campaign achieved outstanding success where government schooling and adult courses have largely failed?