‘The country of my birth has lost its heart’: Miriam Margolyes on how to fix broken Britain
great essay by Margolyes
Witnessing the Gaza War
A project from Lee Mordecai, working inside Israel to document what's happened.
The new McCarthyism: Gaza and Australia – Richard Flanagan
Richard Flanagan on Gaza and free speech in Australia
Zomi Frankcom did not deserve to die. Israel’s refusal to investigate her death and its failure to apologise is despicable | Geoffrey Robertson
Geoffrey Robertson on Israel's refusal to investigate its soldiers in the case of possible war crimes
A judgment that challenges the IHRA definition of antisemitism
commentary on an important judgment
Israel's impunity has been virtually unaffected by collective concern
Laura Tingle on Israel's impunity
Neoliberalism has destroyed our social fabric in the name of profits – Greg Jericho
true words
Victorian Labor's collapse isn't about debt. It's about 2020 | Pearls and Irritations
Kos Samaras writes about the mood in the Victorian electorate.
Victorian Labor's collapse isn't about debt. It's about 2020 | Pearls and Irritations
Newspaper space for political cartoons is shrinking – but we need these artists as much as ever
The Protest Music Project | Kevin Gosztola | Substack
great resource, must revisit soon
The Protest Music Project | Kevin Gosztola | Substack
here's someone writing about protest music
Meet the man whose groundbreaking book is being devoured by the left
interesting interview with a new person whose ideas are inspiring people
It’s the ABC’s job to be accurate and fair, not to chase the dangerous fallacy of ‘balance’
important arguments about journalism in this time. Greste even includes a source for the famous "look out the window" quote.
My name is Najeeba, and I came here by boat
from 2012, following some refugee boat disasters
Craftivism - Wikipedia
Yes Virginia there is a protest movement built around making things...
The Idiot Box | KT Nelson | Substack
news about politics, here's an article about current clown show in us govt
Trump is at his core a TV clown, and he knows instinctively just what sort of clown show will keep the audience fully engaged with the performance.
Hanson says Australia has a ‘language problem’ due to immigration. After arriving with little English, Marziyah is now a lawyer with a mission | Australian immigration and asylum | The Guardian
Vital article about migration and language in Australia.
Gen Z is not ageing into the old Australia | Pearls and Irritations
Good article about demographics and electoral futures
Manne of his words: ‘Robert Manne: A Political Memoir’ | The Monthly
Interested to learn more about Robert Manne, who he was and how his values developed
Vile abuse, targeted by Murdoch. The cost of speaking out against Israel - Michael West
Sarah Schwartz talking with the Royal Commission
Ruth Coker Burks - Wikipedia
incredible woman who cared for AIDS patients during the 1980s when nobody else would
Phyllis Latour - Wikipedia
incredible story of a woman who worked in espionage during ww2
A UN report details the ‘overwhelming’ scale of children killed in Gaza. It raises grave legal questions
Horrific findings in this UN report (and tragically the world media seems to consider this an "accusation", rather than findings).
Under the Convention on the Rights of the Child, Israel must protect children’s rights to life, survival and development. It must prohibit arbitrary detention, torture and deprivation of life. It must also ensure the best interests of the child remain a primary consideration in all actions affecting them.
The commission’s conclusions are stark: children have not simply been caught in the crossfire of war. Many appear to have been deliberately targeted, denied essential care, detained, tortured, displaced and subjected to conditions that threaten their survival. It reframes the suffering of Palestinian children not as collateral damage alone, but as a possible site of serious international crimes.
Dorothy Thompson - Wikipedia
epic journalist story, the first usa journalist to be expelled from nazi germany in 1934
New study of 2 million online posts shows persistent anti-Jew and anti-Muslim hate in Australia
important research into patterns of anti-Jewish and anti-Muslim hate. Good to see some research that looks at both.
If only they knew the toll of migration - Antoun Issa
powerful piece about the pain of migration
Political operatives are trying to intimidate me. It's not going to work – Amy Remeikis
important piece from Amy Remeikis about the dangers of having opinions while being a woman in public
The current debate about multiculturalism is built on a false dichotomy — one that Australia has long since left behind - ABC Religion & Ethics
Good article on multicultural issues
Steal This Story, Please! Documentary
from the makers of Democracy Now