Max Walden, Author at The Big Smoke

Max Walden

Max is a researcher and social justice advocate who has worked in the education and community sectors in Australia and Southeast Asia. He is interested in the promotion of the human rights of vulnerable groups, particularly asylum seekers and refugees.

Migration: Following the Vietnamese example

December 2, 2015 on Featured, Politics, Residents by Max Walden

Migration: Following the Vietnamese example

December 2, 2015 on Featured, Politics, Residents by Max Walden

With citizenship in the political discussion, Max Walden highlights the Vietnamese example as something to strive for.

Myanmar: Why a democratic win doesn’t mean democracy

November 19, 2015 on Featured, Politics, Residents by Max Walden

Despite her landslide election win, the long road that Aung San Suu Kyi has walked upon is no closer to its destination, Max Walden writes.

World in chains: The thriving industry of human slavery

November 9, 2015 on Equality, Featured, Residents by Max Walden

Slavery, as Max Walden explains, is not a historical relic, it is a shifting modern industry which has never been larger.

Why Australia will never be Europe

October 28, 2015 on Equality, Featured, Residents by Max Walden

Multiculturalism, Max Walden explains, is the main wall that separates Australia from the European Union.

Barnaby Joyce: The right man to mend fences with Indonesia

October 12, 2015 on Featured, Politics, Residents by Max Walden

Following Barnaby Joyce’s visit to Indonesia, Max Walden believes him to be our best hope in patching our tattered relationship with our biggest neighbour.