Thank you so much Lauren! very generous of you (and apologies for the slow reply- I’m so rarely on here)

Universities and the arts after Bondi: from definitions to “ambient antisemitism” - Overland literary journal The Adelaide Festival’s decision to dump Palestinian academic Randa Abdel-Fattah from its upcoming Writers’ Week gives us a grim foretaste of the Australian cultural landscape in 2026.

“The Adelaide Festival’s decision to dump Palestinian academic Randa Abdel-Fattah gives us a grim foretaste of the Australian cultural landscape in 2026.”

David Brophy on “ambient antisemitism” and the institutional mechanisms for curtailing protest and political expression.

Yes, this is what Australia is - Overland literary journal Imagine though the possibility of a response which was not horrid. Which did not demand more violence be piled up. Which led us to other ways of being together, other horizons of possible futures. Ima...

“But it’s also that this land, this beautiful Aboriginal land, was not made to hold such grief. It can, and it does, but it shouldn’t have this burden thrust upon itself.”

@jordanas.bsky.social on the logic of violence that permeates Australia.

More on the destruction of MqUni Arts. Every PoC in Sociology has been sacked or pushed into teaching only. Only 1 woman left in Politics & Intl Relations, & 1 in Sociology. At least 3/9 sacked academics are neurodiverse. Several successful researchers have been sacked or made teaching only. 2/2

Shocking analysis of the gendered, racial & disability dimensions of the sackings in Arts at Macquarie University. 7 women and 2 men made redundant. 5 of the 7 women sacked are Women of Colour. 3 of the 4 people pushed onto teaching only roles are PoC. 1/2

The more that comes out about the fabricated crisis at Macquarie University, the worse it gets. Wanton destructive ideologically driven managerialism targetting scholars at the peak of their careers, robbing students of choice & expertise, destroying disciplines vital to the whole sector.

This is fucked 👇

the racism is devastating

Hi everyone

I was denied entry, detained, and deported from the USA over the last 48 hours because of my reporting on the Columbia student protests

I arrived back in Melbourne hours ago and had my phone handed back to me upon landing

Yeah Nah, Nah Yeah, It’s The 2025 3CR Radiothon! Welcome to the RADIOTHON edition of Yeah Nah Pasaran! 4.30pm, June 12, 2025 /// 855AM, digital, streaming, Community Radio Plus This June 3CR really needs your support. Your donation ensures that t…

Tomorrow's episode of 'Yeah Nah Pasaran!' is a very special @3crmelbourne.bsky.social radiothon edition, with some very special guests.

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‘We open our eyes despite the pain it causes’: a role for historians in these genocidal times Published in History Australia (Ahead of Print, 2025)

Good to see this online and open access. @jordanas.bsky.social has been in the forefront of Oz historians concerned about Gaza; her brother Ben was a postdoc in my ARC laureate project.
@austhistassoc.bsky.social @dirkmoses.bsky.social

thank you for sharing Warwick!

I remember Johnston advocating for direct action protests - including sit-ins - when I was a student at this uni in the 1990s.

The disconnect between mr dog's crystal clear cartoon and the cowardly passive voice header the guardian has inflicted upon it is quite the nutshell of 18 months of Israel getting a free pass on genocidal war crimes

‘We open our eyes despite the pain it causes’: a role for historians in these genocidal times Published in History Australia (Ahead of Print, 2025)

My sincere thanks to @jordanas.bsky.social @zorasimic.bsky.social and Ben Silverstein for this important piece.

Full article: ‘We open our eyes despite the pain it causes’: a role for historians in these genocidal times www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

As Gaza faces starvation, a new plan weaponises humanitarian aid — what can be done? - ABC Religion & Ethics After blocking all food from entering Gaza for 11 weeks, Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu has agreed to allow a limited amount into the besieged territory — though he insists that a new militarised deliv...

Good to see ABC has published this important piece from Jess Whyte, but it is much more than 'opinion'- she has gathered the facts and provides essential analysis of how aid has been weaponised & humanitarianism militarised
www.abc.net.au/religion/as-...

'Find yourself someone who looks at you like tabloid television looks at neo-Nazis.' ~ Ancient proverb

For more on Mike Pezzullo, see @jordanas.bsky.social's brilliant book, Cruel Care: A History of Children at Our Borders.

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This year, we honour the story by refusing its misuse.
By listening. Showing up. Rooting our rituals in solidarity, not supremacy.
Placing our stories alongside, not above.

From the narrow place, we don't move toward conquest, but toward collective freedom.

3/4

We are taught to mourn even our oppressors.
But today we’re told to stay silent as others are bombed, displaced, starved.
We’re told to call it defence. We’re told to look away.

We refuse.

Liberation built on domination is not liberation.
It’s apartheid. It cannot be done in our name.

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This isn’t about making our past sacred. It’s about refusing to ignore the present.

Because oppression today doesn’t live in metaphor.
It lives in Gaza, under siege. In the West Bank, under occupation. In refugee camps, in exile, in rubble.

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This Peysakh, we return to a story of liberation. But we don’t stop at our own.

The rituals remind us that freedom is not a possession, it’s a commitment.
A memory that insists we act in the face of oppression, not just remember it.

Khaled Sabsabi says Creative Australia decision was ‘kneejerk’ reaction that is ‘dismantling’ his career Exclusive: Lebanese-Australian artist says ‘nobody should have to go through this torture’ in first interview since being dumped from Venice Biennale exhibition

NEW: Artist Khaled Sabsabi has blamed Creative Australia for the “dismantling” of his career and said the board’s decision to revoke his appointment as Australia’s Venice Biennale representative has given the green light for others to smear his reputation.

www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

Israel killed 15 Palestinian paramedics and rescue workers one by one, says UN Workers on a mission to help colleagues were buried in mass grave in southern Gaza, says humanitarian office

Israel killed 15 Palestinian paramedics and rescue workers one by one, says UN

Workers on a mission to help colleagues were buried in mass grave in southern Gaza, says humanitarian office www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...

Silencing Palestine: Universities Australia and the new definition of antisemitism - Overland literary journal I am a researcher of literature and I am invested in understanding the political nature of language, and the context in which that language is embedded — even chaotic and unfocused language. I want to...

a must read from @jumanabayeh.bsky.social in @overlandjournal.bsky.social, dismantling the UA antisemitism definition: "what is painfully evident is that, in the process of writing the definition, not one person in the room saw, imagined, considered Palestinians."

overland.org.au/2025/03/sile...

make sure you give this fab conversation a listen

The murder of Palestinian journalist, based in north Gaza, Hossam Shabat by israel is devastating. Make sure you read this piece, his last filed story. Make sure you stand up and fight against this genocide.

“I ask you now: do not stop speaking about Gaza. Do not let the world look away. Keep fighting, keep telling our stories—until Palestine is free.”

Hossam Shabat’s final message to the world, shared by his team after Israel assassinated him this morning in northern Gaza.

Australian efforts on Islamophobia flag despite Christchurch wake-up call Five years on, there has been little reflection on the Islamophobia behind the Christchurch mosque attacks.

Worth re-reading this piece from @lyndalrowlands.bsky.social on this 6th anniversary of the horrific Christchurch mosque massacre carried out by an Australian terrorist

www.aljazeera.com/features/202...