Marlee Bower
marleebower.bsky.social
Marlee Bower
@marleebower.bsky.social
Researcher at The Matilda Centre, USYD. Researching social determinants of mental health: housing, social connection, climate change, participation, homelessness etc
The views expressed here are my own and do not reflect those of my employer.
“The attempt to cancel Sarah Schwartz transcends any one individual. It is a fundamental threat to free speech and liberal democracy. Social cohesion is impossible in a liberal democracy unless we embrace the right to disagree with one another.”

www.smh.com.au/national/whe...
When cancel culture goes this far, our democracy is in peril
An Australian human rights lawyer is the latest victim of a campaign to shut down Jewish people who dare to criticise Israel.
www.smh.com.au
February 8, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Reposted by Marlee Bower
My article in @theguardian.com about how Peter Dutton uses the Jewish community as political footballs to spread bigotry, which makes us all less safe.

Murdoch, you can’t stop me from calling out Dutton and the LNP for fueling racism!

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
When Peter Dutton and the Coalition use the Jewish community as political footballs it makes all of us less safe | Sarah Schwartz
They have created an imaginary caricature of Jewish people to push their political agenda
www.theguardian.com
January 28, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Reposted by Marlee Bower
Sarah Schwartz must be punished: The instrumentalisation of a dissenting Jew

After calling out Peter Dutton's use of Australian Jews for his own political purposes, Sarah Schwartz has faced a campaign of demonisation.

via @crikey.com.au

www.crikey.com.au/2025/01/29/s...
Sarah Schwartz must be punished: The instrumentalisation of a dissenting Jew
After calling out Peter Dutton's use of Australian Jews for his own political purposes, Sarah Schwartz has faced a campaign of demonisation.
www.crikey.com.au
January 29, 2025 at 2:35 AM
“In the history of News Corp holy wars … rarely has there been one with less basis in reality than that being conducted against Human Rights Law Centre legal director and Jewish Council of Australia executive officer Sarah Schwartz” - great read!
January 29, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Reposted by Marlee Bower
‘The irony of this fabricated campaign against Schwartz is that it’s a perfect example of what she’s talking about: the instrumentalisation of a Jew for political purposes by powerful groups.’

www.crikey.com.au/2025/01/29/s...
Sarah Schwartz must be punished: The instrumentalisation of a dissenting Jew
After calling out Peter Dutton's use of Australian Jews for his own political purposes, Sarah Schwartz has faced a campaign of demonisation.
www.crikey.com.au
January 29, 2025 at 4:25 AM
“I don’t believe that Trump and the far right could care less about the threat these groups pose to actual Jewish people, because they’re not really interested in us, they’re interested in the avatars they have created to replace us.” Brilliant
My article in @theguardian.com about how Peter Dutton uses the Jewish community as political footballs to spread bigotry, which makes us all less safe.

Murdoch, you can’t stop me from calling out Dutton and the LNP for fueling racism!

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
When Peter Dutton and the Coalition use the Jewish community as political footballs it makes all of us less safe | Sarah Schwartz
They have created an imaginary caricature of Jewish people to push their political agenda
www.theguardian.com
January 28, 2025 at 8:53 AM
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It’s deeply distressing the Attorney General has approved extraditing Dan Duggan to the US. He has chosen to send this Australian father of 6 to a politicised prosecution and done so just before Christmas hoping everyone has switched off from the news. This is so wrong.
December 24, 2024 at 5:04 AM