Such a lovely tribute to Graeme. As Andrew notes, we need his calm, clear advocacy for the humanities now more than ever:

So we have a Special Envoy to Combat Antisemitism who won't comment on literal Nazis marching through the streets. And we have a Special Envoy to Combat Islamophobia who won't comment on the abhorrent islamophobia being pushed by Morrison. What are these Special Envoy's doing exactly?

Palestinian journalist Bisan Owda with 1.4m followers reports TikTok ban https://aje.news/ljjuww

By @joshbornstein.bsky.social "Why the looming visit by Israel’s president may backfire on Anthony Albanese" www.abc.net.au/religion/jos...

"Don’t hand Australia’s critical minerals to Washington" by David Richardson @thepointau.bsky.social thepoint.com.au/news/260127-...

Just remember that right now the Albanese Govt is spending billions to the fund the USA military.

The Magic System Of Zionism It’s stunning how much influence this ideology has had throughout our society’s culture and institutions. It’s almost magical. www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/the-magic-...

More in our new report out today...

In Australia, the government will allow tax-deductible donations to charities supporting the IDF and illegal settlements in the West Bank. But donations to local journalism are not permitted the same status.

Ronni Salt is spot on when she writes that the Israel lobby's "primary concern, like the McCarthyites they model themselves on, is to stamp out dissenting voices."That our governments and institutions enable the lobby's efforts to censor and witch-hunt is inexcusable.Good night and good luck indeed!

🧵 Decades of concerted, networked, well-funded effort to demonise Muslims unites the disparate factions trying to build new nationalisms around a faith identity. Christofascists around Trump, Israeli-Jewish nationalists around Bibi & Modi’s Hindutva cooperate. lucyham29.substack.com/p/australian...

Some thoughts on Adelaide Writers' Week and the moment we find ourselves in. It's all just so grinding. rick-morton.ghost.io/the-great-si...

"My community’s security will not be possible at the expense of others. That is not safety. It is scapegoating."

"Malinauskus was regularly agitating for Abdel-Fattah’s cancellation... Eventually, the board relented. They had seen what had happened at Bendigo, and they did it anyway." New: On the background to the Adelaide Writers' Week debacle, and the involvement of Premier Malinauskas.

God this is just unending. The pro-genocide lobby group delights in trying to destroy livelihoods and honest reporting. www.deepcutnews.com/p/exclusive-...

"The unfair burden we put on our independent writers" @leanneminshull.bsky.social #ThePoint thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...

I complained about this to the Press Council, and you can too: presscouncil.org.au/complaints/m...

Piffle. 'Divisive' isn't a rebuke for a cartoonist, it's a requirement. People express their divided opinions & beliefs on every political cartoon, opinion piece, whether they want a cup of tea & increasingly, on scientific facts. Often in articles & 'letters to the editor' solicited by the SMH.

When this blows over I might have to share some of the emails I’ve received over the days which really make me wonder why I am the one accused of hatred. There is deep unresolved trauma being spewed by some of these people and we cannot consent to living according to their warped reality.

"Recent decisions were bound by certain undertakings" is utterly bizarre for a Chair to say publicly.

🙏🏽 to so many writers withdrawing from WritersWeek in solidarity with Dr Abdel-Fattah & against racism & discrimination. This grave error (backed by the Premier!) is 💔. It must be reversed. We need these spaces for talk like never before. First they came for the artists…

My information is that this is an out and out lie. It's extraordinary that the SA Premier sees no problem trashing the reputation of one of the few organisations in his state that is internationally celebrated as a leader in its field. Don Dunstan must be turning in his grave.

Some of us have been over there fighting the good fight for you Ms Cathy xx

Fuck Israel, free Palestine. Say it loud and say it often, because you won’t have the right to say it much longer.

Adelaide Festival board member Tony Berg AM is of course a governor of the Australia-Israel Chamber of Commerce. In case you were wondering. #auspol aiccwa.org.au/leadership/

Have Melbourne or Sydney branches of PEN International actually spoken up about Adelaide Writer’s Festival yet?

Sleeper issue in all this 👇

Former leaders of the Adelaide Festival have written to the board. They call it a grave mistake which brings the Festival and Writers Week into disrepute and which may have far-reaching consequences for both the Festival and Writers Week well into the future."

The Adelaide Writers Festival now wrecked by the Adelaide Festival Board, half of which was appointed late last year: a marketing executive; a former politician; a local councillor/real estate agent; an airport manager; a lawyer; a media consultant; and a banker. Another public arts takeover fiasco.

Where’s Tony Burke? It’s times like these you realise that arts ministers have no interest in defending the arts, and that govts are willing to burn millions of $ for political reasons. Adelaide’s board has just squandered millions of $ and months of work and countless opportunities for writers…

It’s going to be an interesting few weeks when the royal commission examines, as I suspect it will, the defraying of social cohesion caused by the organised censorship of writers, artists and employees across the country for daring to speak against an unfolding genocide

Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah is our client and we are proud to represent her. This cancellation is unjustifiable, morally and legally.

Grass roots. My @smh cartoon.

finally, we're living through precedented times

Australia's supposed greatest ally is now little more than a rogue state, led by a complete lunatic. That obviously places us at greater risk also. Would be nice if we treated Trump and co. with the contempt they deserve. Tipping we won't though.

Statement on US aggression in Venezuela

It’s almost like they were prepared.

Albanese might as well have just tweeted out his infamous selfie with the rapist pedophile and current US President. That's all this amounts to: grinning subservience to this utterly evil war machine masquerading as a country.

I do not want my country Australia to be an ally with the US, I didn’t before and more than ever I don’t now.

By the time we hear about this stuff in the corporate press, it's already too late, and we don't have a say in the matter. Just notice how rigged everything is. Take notes. And let this information remap your understanding of Australian 'democracy'.

When 15 people are massacred by terrorists in Bondi, Netanyahu blames Albanese - and the media follows his cue. But Netanyahu commits mass murder and enforced starvation every day, and it’s silence from Albanese and our media (oh, except for a ceremonial invitation to Israel’s pres). Pretty stark.

“The response to the Bondi massacre has been seriously strange.” Essential writing from one of Australia’s great thinkers:

A disturbing piece. Jewish students who attended private Jewish schools in Canada and the USA talk about the pro-Zionist pro-Israel indoctrination that is integral to the schools. I wonder if this occurs at private Jewish schools in Australia too. 🤔 #education www.readthemaple.com/youre-litera...

I ran in the federal election as a candidate for the Greens because they were literally the only party demanding sanctions on Israel and end to the arms trade. Former Greens leader, and current deputy leader Mehreen Faruqi are both also on the Zionist shit list with me. This is instructive.

They Feign Concern About Pro-Palestine Chants In Order To Shut Down Pro-Palestine Protests Their objection is to criticism of Israel, not to the way those criticisms are being expressed. www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/they-feign...

Australia needs a Royal Commission into why the national govt is supporting a genocide. #FreePalestine 🇵🇸

Go to Australia's ABC News website. Enter these terms in the search bar: "Gaza", "West Bank", "East Jerusalem". Israel is committing verified atrocities in these occupied Palestinian areas yet there is minimal reporting by our national broadcaster. Silence is complicity. 😔 #auspol #FreePalestine