Pinned
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Far from having a national day of mourning, what this event and this rhetoric symbolised was a national day of appeasement to Zionists. You can’t “reclaim” what was never yours, and was never taken from you. You are settler colonists here and there.
January 23, 2026 at 2:13 AM
Far from having a national day of mourning, what this event and this rhetoric symbolised was a national day of appeasement to Zionists. You can’t “reclaim” what was never yours, and was never taken from you. You are settler colonists here and there.
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Randa Abdel-Fattah responds to the gaslighting, censorship, and repression she faced, leading to her cancellation from the Adelaide Writers' Week festival over her support for Palestine.
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#Palestine #Israel
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#Palestine #Israel
Paraglides, Cultural Safety and Decolonization: Randa Abdel-Fattah on her ban from Adelaide Writers’ Week and the silencing of Palestinians
Randa Abdel-Fattah responds to the gaslighting, censorship, and repression she faced when she was canceled from the Adelaide Writers’ Week festival over her support for Palestine.
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January 22, 2026 at 11:46 PM
Randa Abdel-Fattah responds to the gaslighting, censorship, and repression she faced, leading to her cancellation from the Adelaide Writers' Week festival over her support for Palestine.
mondoweiss.net/2026/01/para...
#Palestine #Israel
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#Palestine #Israel
Remembering Hind
Remembering Hind
YouTube video by Anja Lechner - Topic
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January 22, 2026 at 8:01 AM
Remembering Hind
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Come on, @albomp.bsky.social . Give Murdoch and his coalition lackies something to REALLY whinge about!
#AusPol
#AusPol
January 15, 2026 at 12:31 AM
Come on, @albomp.bsky.social . Give Murdoch and his coalition lackies something to REALLY whinge about!
#AusPol
#AusPol
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Not ‘anyone’ - that part was removed. But it allows the minister to designate hate groups, based on state police vibes and an ASIO assessment of potential future behaviour (no conviction necessary). Supporting a group after the designation (donations, slogans etc) would then be the crime
January 20, 2026 at 10:13 PM
Not ‘anyone’ - that part was removed. But it allows the minister to designate hate groups, based on state police vibes and an ASIO assessment of potential future behaviour (no conviction necessary). Supporting a group after the designation (donations, slogans etc) would then be the crime
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Mate groups. Today’s Age cartoon.
January 20, 2026 at 9:57 PM
Mate groups. Today’s Age cartoon.
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Now this is really fascinating--a way to punish Trump's backers, rather than average punters.
And there is a precedent: In World War I, the United States stopped honoring German patents and instead instituted a system of compulsory licensing.
And there is a precedent: In World War I, the United States stopped honoring German patents and instead instituted a system of compulsory licensing.
Time for Europe to use the nuclear option, stop respecting U.S. patents and copyrights deanbaker22.substack.com/p/time-for-e... This is guaranteed to get the demented fool's attention.
Time for Europe to Use the Nuclear Option: Attack U.S. Patent and Copyright Monopolies
This will make Trump's biggest backers pay bigly
deanbaker22.substack.com
January 19, 2026 at 3:04 PM
Now this is really fascinating--a way to punish Trump's backers, rather than average punters.
And there is a precedent: In World War I, the United States stopped honoring German patents and instead instituted a system of compulsory licensing.
And there is a precedent: In World War I, the United States stopped honoring German patents and instead instituted a system of compulsory licensing.
Australia's 48 billionaires hold more wealth than the bottom 40% of the population – about 11 million people – combined. Over 3.7 million of these people live in poverty, including 757,000 children under 15.
Tax the rich.
Tax the rich.
Australian billionaires increased their wealth by almost $600,000 a day on average over last year, report shows
Data collected by Oxfam shows 48 billionaires hold more wealth than bottom 40% of the population – 11 million people – combined
www.theguardian.com
January 19, 2026 at 2:52 AM
Australia's 48 billionaires hold more wealth than the bottom 40% of the population – about 11 million people – combined. Over 3.7 million of these people live in poverty, including 757,000 children under 15.
Tax the rich.
Tax the rich.
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This will be history's ultimate test of whether this government had a functioning spine
January 19, 2026 at 12:57 AM
This will be history's ultimate test of whether this government had a functioning spine
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when you are petting a cat and the purr descends in register from “love it” to the louder slower “oh hell yes now that’s the stuff” purr, that is a blessing in this world
January 18, 2026 at 2:11 PM
when you are petting a cat and the purr descends in register from “love it” to the louder slower “oh hell yes now that’s the stuff” purr, that is a blessing in this world
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Signing off with a sleeping cat, drawn by Federico Barocci. Italy c. 1600. Today has been his day.
January 17, 2026 at 2:39 AM
Signing off with a sleeping cat, drawn by Federico Barocci. Italy c. 1600. Today has been his day.
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wikipedia's new editor count is down a bit and perhaps it's your time to try it editing!!! it's a small and concrete way to help and here are a few ways to start!!!
January 16, 2026 at 8:36 AM
wikipedia's new editor count is down a bit and perhaps it's your time to try it editing!!! it's a small and concrete way to help and here are a few ways to start!!!
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“Saving lives is not a crime.”
After a seven-year legal ordeal, a court on the Greek island of Lesbos has acquitted all 24 defendants who had been baselessly charged with felonies for saving lives at sea.
Read more: https://bit.ly/4pMoOdR
After a seven-year legal ordeal, a court on the Greek island of Lesbos has acquitted all 24 defendants who had been baselessly charged with felonies for saving lives at sea.
Read more: https://bit.ly/4pMoOdR
January 15, 2026 at 9:23 PM
“Saving lives is not a crime.”
After a seven-year legal ordeal, a court on the Greek island of Lesbos has acquitted all 24 defendants who had been baselessly charged with felonies for saving lives at sea.
Read more: https://bit.ly/4pMoOdR
After a seven-year legal ordeal, a court on the Greek island of Lesbos has acquitted all 24 defendants who had been baselessly charged with felonies for saving lives at sea.
Read more: https://bit.ly/4pMoOdR
Bluesky, the new Facebook.
January 15, 2026 at 10:04 PM
Bluesky, the new Facebook.
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The Greens have serious concerns about the proposed hate laws legislation, which we have shared with the government, and we will not support it in its current form.
We can’t combat hate if we don’t combat it for everyone.
We can’t combat hate if we don’t combat it for everyone.
January 15, 2026 at 4:31 AM
The Greens have serious concerns about the proposed hate laws legislation, which we have shared with the government, and we will not support it in its current form.
We can’t combat hate if we don’t combat it for everyone.
We can’t combat hate if we don’t combat it for everyone.
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Here are some nice mushrooms
January 14, 2026 at 4:18 PM
Here are some nice mushrooms
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The Socialist Party stands against The Combatting Antisemitism, Hate and Extremism Bill (2026). This bill, which is being rammed through parliament early next week is a significant attack on Australian civil liberties and the right to protest against Israel’s genocide in Gaza. 🧵
January 15, 2026 at 12:38 AM
The Socialist Party stands against The Combatting Antisemitism, Hate and Extremism Bill (2026). This bill, which is being rammed through parliament early next week is a significant attack on Australian civil liberties and the right to protest against Israel’s genocide in Gaza. 🧵
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"Australia is a lucky country run mainly by second rate people who share its luck. It lives on other people's ideas, and, although its ordinary people are adaptable, most of its leaders (in all fields) so lack curiosity about the events that surround them that they are often taken by surprise."
In the space of one week, over 180 writers withdraw, the board is wiped, the director quits, the event is cancelled, and the SA premier faces a potential defamation suit.... www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
January 15, 2026 at 1:11 AM
"Australia is a lucky country run mainly by second rate people who share its luck. It lives on other people's ideas, and, although its ordinary people are adaptable, most of its leaders (in all fields) so lack curiosity about the events that surround them that they are often taken by surprise."
'Under the proposed laws, no one needs to have been convicted of a hate crime for the minister to be satisfied that an organisation has engaged in conduct constituting a hate crime and there is no requirement for the minister to observe procedural fairness.'
Banning organisations has a sorry history – does Australia really want to go down this road again? | Anne Twomey
Banning organisations has a sorry history – does Australia really want to go down this road again? | Anne Twomey
As the government brings its new hate laws to parliament, it’s worth remembering past attempts suggest legislation used to outlaw political groups have been neither wise nor necessary
Australia’s history of banning political groups gives pause for thought as to whether we really want to go down this route again.
During the first world war, the Unlawful Associations Act 1916 was enacted and used to ban a group called Industrial Workers of the World. Membership was made a criminal offence. Members could also be deported if they were not British subjects born in Australia.
Anne Twomey is a Professor emerita in constitutional law at the University of Sydney Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
January 14, 2026 at 2:38 AM
'Under the proposed laws, no one needs to have been convicted of a hate crime for the minister to be satisfied that an organisation has engaged in conduct constituting a hate crime and there is no requirement for the minister to observe procedural fairness.'
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spineless..
January 13, 2026 at 6:05 AM
spineless..
'[Until] comparatively recently, ["cohesion"] was a concept associated primarily with the parties of the right and far right: the reactionaries who insisted that minorities assert their loyalty to the mainstream. Democrats, by contrast, argued not for cohesion but for the legitimacy of dissent.'
January 13, 2026 at 6:29 AM
'[Until] comparatively recently, ["cohesion"] was a concept associated primarily with the parties of the right and far right: the reactionaries who insisted that minorities assert their loyalty to the mainstream. Democrats, by contrast, argued not for cohesion but for the legitimacy of dissent.'
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🚨“Irresponsible media” and political rhetoric are "actively fuelling" violence against Muslims, says top Islamic body, after alleged attack on Imam and his wife.
Falsely tying peaceful pro-Palestine marches to Bondi attack is "contributing directly"...
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Falsely tying peaceful pro-Palestine marches to Bondi attack is "contributing directly"...
theklaxon.com.au/i03z
Media “actively fuelling” attacks on Muslims: Top body - The Klaxon
Political rhetoric and “irresponsible media commentary” are actively fuelling violence against Muslims, warns top Islamic body following alleged attack.
theklaxon.com.au
January 12, 2026 at 6:28 AM
🚨“Irresponsible media” and political rhetoric are "actively fuelling" violence against Muslims, says top Islamic body, after alleged attack on Imam and his wife.
Falsely tying peaceful pro-Palestine marches to Bondi attack is "contributing directly"...
theklaxon.com.au/i03z
Falsely tying peaceful pro-Palestine marches to Bondi attack is "contributing directly"...
theklaxon.com.au/i03z
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“We need writers now more than ever, as our media closes up, as our politicians grow daily more cowed by real power, as Australia grows more unjust and unequal.”
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I cannot be party to silencing writers, which is why I am resigning as director of Adelaide Writers’ Week | Louise Adler
Cancelling the Australian Palestinian author Randa Abdel-Fattah weakens freedom of speech and is the harbinger of a less free nation
www.theguardian.com
January 12, 2026 at 9:44 PM
“We need writers now more than ever, as our media closes up, as our politicians grow daily more cowed by real power, as Australia grows more unjust and unequal.”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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