aidan ricketts

Activist and social change trainer.
Views expressed are my own retweets may not be.

Author of: The Activists Handbook

[💚🌏 Sarah Hanson-Young @sarahinthesen8]

I have just introduced legislation in the Senate to establish a federal Royal Commission into the Murray-Darling Basin. $13 billion and all we have is a dead river, the environment in collapse and some very wealthy corporate irrigators... It’s obvious things are rotten

[Jane Caro @JaneCaro]

My new book 'Accidental Feminists' comes out next week. In the meantime @smh have published an extract about - what else - old ladies and sex!!!

https://t.co/pgz55SwB6I

[Jane Caro @JaneCaro]

@BradHazzard @samarmytage @NSWHealth All drugs are deadly - alcohol, nicotine, paracetamol, Valium, et al if taken in overdose or incorrectly. If MDMA was regulated as the other drugs I list here are it would be a lot less deadly. Pill testing would save lives. Prohibition does not work.

[aidan ricketts @rickettsa]

@JaneCaro Thanks @JaneCaro for having the courage to be a compassionate voice amidst the polarisation of social media. The tone of your attackers confirms why it needed to be said

[Jane Caro @JaneCaro]

Despite the depressing responses by some men and, tragically, some women in this debate about how unsafe women feel, I want to give a shout out to the many men who have listened and responded supportively and particularly those who have taken up intellectual cudgels on our behalf

[Jane Caro @JaneCaro]

I know that it shouldn’t need to be said but apparently it does. Masculinity is not toxic. Human beings are not toxic. Banks are not toxic. Unions are not toxic. However, there is toxic masculinity, and there are toxic humans, toxic banks, unions etc

[aidan ricketts @rickettsa]

@TonyHWindsor So are we gonna start enforcing other people's marriages for them or are we all so anti sex industry that we are outraged by that? I get he's a Christian hypocrite but I still don't think it's anyone's business.

[Richard Di Natale @RichardDiNatale]

Today we announced our plan for free TAFE and uni. Because everyone should be able to access a world-class education. #ditchthedebt

[Country Greens @CountryGreens]

Interested in what free undergraduate uni and TAFE for all students? Be the change. Vote Greens

[aidan ricketts @rickettsa]

How do we unite to fight climate change and rising fascism? https://t.co/ywJ5kyTmt1

[aidan ricketts @rickettsa]

Is identity politics a problem for the left https://t.co/ywJ5kyTmt1

[Jane Caro @JaneCaro]

I am horrified watching women’s stories of harassment being appropriated by men (and corporations) and then used as weapons against other male opponents and competitors. The abuse is magnified & the powerlessness of women emphasised.

[Max Chandler-Mather @MChandlerMather]

A few months ago we noticed something strange. Multpl lots $27.5k pymnts by @BupaAustralia to @AustralianLabor and @LiberalAus. Turns out they're for secret business forums. After resrch we found potentially 98 seperate corps who had done the same thing
https://t.co/DXZbXOnwWr

[Alan Kohler @AlanKohler]

Intense discussion still going about my tweet yesterday morning that Julia Gillard was our best PM for a while. Strong views both ways. Should have done one of those vote thingies, but at a pure guess I’m saying 92% like, 8% dislike. Anyway, fascinating.

[Lynie @lynlinking]

Scott Morrison slips in the wake of Wentworth: Newspoll
the hit means Mr Morrison now has a negative personal approval rating two-party-preferred terms, trailing Labor 46-54 per centhttps://www.skynews.com.au/details/_5854521705001

[aidan ricketts @rickettsa]

With rising global and domestic fascism, we need to carefully adjust our responses https://t.co/YNsQx6h6Np

[Alternative Law Journal @AltLJ]

Quick! All the articles in our latest issue are unlocked for free access NOW! Read up learned friends, and speak to your librarian about a subscription #auslaw https://t.co/dk7bB4OwLw

[Tony Windsor @TonyHWindsor]

The Eagles are circling , don't be surprised if Joyce resigns " for personal reasons " before the main story claims him ...he will know it's getting close to a one way street to a job with Gina .

[aidan ricketts @rickettsa]

Individualism under late stage capitalism, are you being conned ? https://t.co/tFnsWiGZ61 @AnnieKia @greensjeremy

[aidan ricketts @rickettsa]

Mining, power and housing sectors corrupt and distorting our economy #auspol #CSG https://t.co/mYaCseIj1n @AnnieKia @greensjeremy