noting that critics of Israel and its genocide of Palestinians permitted by the Israel lobby to speak at AWW in 2024 and 2025 - Ilan Pappe, Yanis Varoufarkis, and Pankaj Mishra - are all not Palestinian AND they are all men. The lobby is a “proven festering group of racists” AND misogynists.

So, if we can’t criticise the regime committing genocide, and its war criminal prime minister ~ are we also potentially risking imprisonment if we critique the other regime committing genocide & war crimes?

To help maintain a sliver of sanity, it’s time for a Star Trek re-watch of all the series and movies. This time in chronological order.

Wait till you find out about the U.S. military bases, personnel & expansion plans in australia

In the latest example of ‘social cohesion but not like that’ [if anyone knows where/how I can get my hands on that jersey pls let me know]

Aside from this being such a cop-out response - given they’ve received nearly 1000 complaints about these charities, what have they done to push the gov for taking action? Gov has just demonstrated how quickly they can take action when it suits their purpose

All this politicians out here this week talking big game about ‘getting rid of hate’, meanwhile in the NT, our incoming Administrator (Governor equivalent) has a long history of racism And the appt was signed off by the feds nit.com.au/20-01-2026/2...

Large beams pointing to the Small Magellanic Cloud. Near Truro, South Australia, 20 January 2026. #aurora

I don’t think this is just about deportation quotas ~ I don’t think there’s a coincidence between this & some reports of US citizens overseas finding out their passports have been ‘cancelled’ Keeping the population ‘contained’ & controlled in internal borders is necessary for future (forced) labor

I wrote this in 2011, but it's still very relevant to supporting parents & other caregivers of young children in our movements: leftturn.org/creating-spa...

Genuine q to the folks regularly calling for release of Epstein files, & everything being a ‘distraction’ from that release…genuinely, what do you think will happen if/when all files are released?

There’s some folks on here very comfortable with bagging the shit out of Twitter & Grok images, whilst themselves continuing to use generative AI despite the plethora of harms associated with it.

Recommend watching/listening to this interview between Antony Loewenstein & Grace Tame youtu.be/c8cKJ3zeJPw?...

It's not that complicated @albomp.bsky.social

Alongside the overall brutishness of the Dept, is the wielding of ‘confidentiality’ as a form of power. Confidentiality is (theoretically) supposed to protect the person affected, Jayden, *not* the Dept

actual self-accountability demands more than acknowledgement of bad judgement or ideas. you have to also take affirmative action to address the terrible things you said and did. you have to do that with no expectations that people you harmed will ever accept or certainly forgive you.

“Gas, oil, and coal companies are let off the hook, while the true costs of climate-fueled disasters keep landing on the wrong people, again and again," writes Ebony Bennett, Deputy Director of The Australia Institute. Read the full article: theaus.in/3YLYjtT

And I fucking hate the caveats especially "NO CRIMINAL RECORD." People who have criminal records ALSO deserve dignity. OK.

My column on Oxfam's inequality report #ThePoint "Oxfam: Australian billionaires pocket $600,000 a day as inequality deepens" thepoint.com.au/news/260120-...

If anyone works at major HR firms and platforms (Salesforce, Workday, etc.) and has info about what drove adding these questions to job applications in the last few months my DMs are open and my Signal is SydneyBauer.30 You will have anonymity.

Quite a quote from Texans LB Azeez Al-Shaair, who was asked about his STOP THE GENOCIDE eye black after today’s game www.usatoday.com/story/sports...

“Fossil fuel companies cause the climate change that turbocharges extreme weather events, but ordinary Australians are paying the price. It’s time that changed,” writes Ebony Bennett, Deputy Director of The Australia Institute. Read the full article: https://theaus.in/3YLYjtT

And he didn’t deserve it either.

We need honesty about what US policing actually is or there's no possible way to something different.

COMING SOON from Abolitionist Perspectives in Social Work! A new special issue on the importance of abolitionist values, including commitments to anti-racism, justice, and liberation, in social work. Take a look at the upcoming articles below and stay tuned for a spring release!

Star Trek abolished money.

Good. Personally think all prosecutors should be quitting their jobs anyway 🤷🏻‍♀️

So, based on this reading, advocating for genocide of Aboriginal & Zenadth Kes Peoples (aka the daily experience) would not be included as a hate crime A reminder that the genocide in Palestine *is* a First Nations issue.

ICYMI, the draft “Combatting Antisemitism, Hate and Extremism Bill 2026” has been posted. www.ag.gov.au/crime/public... Submissions to the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security (PJCIS) inquiry close 4pm AEDT tomorrow, Thursday 15 January. www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentar... 1/2

This Disaster Recovery Payment lump sum is still the same rate as when it was introduced 20 years ago. If it had been indexed to CPI if would be more than $600 higher for an adult. www.aph.gov.au/About_Parlia...

With a budget surplus of $273 million how can the Malinauskas government be serious about not funding critical support services in the face of a growing crisis? How about taxing big corporations to invest in the housing we need so badly?

More than 57,000 hectares of threatened species habitat was approved for destruction by the Australian government in 2025 – the most in 15 years. It’s more than double the 2024 figure, and over five times the 10,426 hectares approved for razing in 2023.

Media: stop leaning into supporting imperialism and expansionism challenge This framing is bullshit. ‘They’ don’t have to do shit except stand up to the world’s largest bully. It’s beyond time to grow a spine and truly re-imagine different futures

FYI: the Critical and Radical Social Work journal has released a special edition ‘Social work in a time of genocide’ guest-edited by Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian, Abeer Muslah & Stéphanie Wahab Open access for six months: bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal...

jfc this is bad. Losing a peak body whose focus is on housing means less ‘eyes on’ the dire straits of housing, and orgs being siloed + unhoused folks losing another potential avenue of advocacy

This is the shit that’s wild - why are they travelling to meet with him? They have no obligation, requirement or expectation. Pandering to their violence through ‘diplomacy’ fuels their arrogance

All of this and not a single cent of funding towards community based deradicalisation programs, support groups for families of radicalised people, harm reduction, anti-racist and respectful relationships programs in schools etc. State oppression is apparently the only answer.

We're thrilled to announce the acquisition of the experimental poetry collection 'Damn Good Television' by debut Jabirr Jabirr author and lead singer of rock band Selve, Loki Liddle. Read more: bit.ly/3YDwG6o

When we say that surveillance is a threat to the First Amendment because it makes it so easy for police to intimidate or enact retribution on someone based on their politics--this is exactly what we mean. This is state repression done via data collection.

New story from @jcollins.bsky.social on ICE attempts to intimidate ICE Watch observers in Minneapolis, including ICE letting them know they know where they live—by leading them to their homes www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...

READ: Israel banned 37 international aid organizations, aid workers say it will gut humanitarian work across Palestine and cut off a lifeline in Gaza. mondoweiss.net/2026/01/isra...

Rich private schools are gouging parents with huge fee increases while also pocketing millions a year in govt money – yet 98% of public schools don’t get their minimum funding. Should Labor be pouring billions a year into the private system while public schools are underfunded?

Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah has issued a defamation notice to South Australian Premier Peter Malinauskas over comments he made to the media comparing her to violent extremist terrorists. Several media outlets repeated those remarks without challenge and may also be exposed to defamation liability.

A reminder that Greenland doesn’t ‘belong’ to Denmark either.

Adelaide Festival Board & Premier Peter Malinauskas made a race-based consience choice by erasuring the 10,000+ First Nations people who were massacred by British soliders, Aust police & settlers during 1788 to 1930. Some single massacres resulted in 100s of deaths. australian.museum/learn/first-...

Want to make a submission into the inquiry on the "Combatting Antisemitism, Hate and Extremism Bill that was released yesterday? You got till 4pm Thursday (ie TOMORROW) That is quite disgraceful www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentar...

This article has been updated with an internal message from the NSN leadership, naming Ben Whayman as their leader in QLD. The SA leader Joshua Leverington was previously named in Adelaide media. If you have any tips, email us at [email protected].

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