Jonno Revanche

The people fighting for transgender rights scored a major victory this year when activists and unions put their case to universities and other major employers, resulting in enterprise agreements that will enshrine transition leave.

Author and activist Naomi Klein has long been a critic of consumer culture and its focus on individualism, arguing instead that we need to band together to deal with the world’s crises. “The tricky thing is that we are able to find our best selves in these moments of crisis, of high crisis, but within our economic system, the pressures of the market bear down pretty fast.”