Chris Minns' protest ban in the wake of Bondi attacks is racist, authoritarian and must be resisted @nickriemer.bsky.social #auspol michaelwest.com.au/minns-protes...

This is what we think about what's been going on

In a democracy, peaceful protest isn't an optional extra. Yet Chris Minns wants more powers to ban it in NSW. This is no solution to the horrors of Bondi. Don't let the government attack basic rights. Email state MPs with our template. palestinejusticemovement.good.do/lettertonswm...

Conversation between John Keane, Ahmed Alabadla and me on resisting lawfare for genocide, and the importance of not giving Zionists what they want. Thanks to Ahmed, John and everyone who came and contributed to the crowdfund for our case. www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WPz...

The current state of NSW protest laws is what you get when politicians combine laziness with false urgency

David Marr’s hatchet job of Chris Hedges last night was appalling. Marr often conducts interviews as though he thinks he’s in a Year 10 debating competition - he doesn’t actually care about what’s being said and nor does he want to fight injustice. A master class in complacency. Terrible.

Solidarity with @nickriemer.bsky.social, @professorjkeane.bsky.social and @sydney.edu.au for standing up to another Zionist attempt to silence opposition to their genocide.

Sunday at Prince Alfred Park: 10.30 for music, then speeches before joining the Palestine demo in Hyde Park. Send a message to the racist losers and Nazis behind the 'March for Australia' in Sydney: crawl back under your rocks.

It bears repeating eh:

And here is the crowdfunding link itself: chuffed.org/project/1432....

Media release: the massive public response to John Keane and my crowdfunding appeal, for which we are enormously grateful, shows that people reject the Israel lobby’s slur that support for Palestine is antisemitic. We will never allow Zionists to bully us into silence.

Thanks to Gwen Velge and @a4pwa.bsky.social for this conversation.

The End of Argument: Palestine Advocacy After October 7th open.substack.com/pub/academic...

It's started. With John Keane and some of our fantastic legal team after the first hearing of the Zionist lawfare case against us at the Federal Court of Australia. Zionists are suing us for 'race hate' because we're opposing a genocide. We'll be launching crowdfunding soon.

Absolutely massive turnout from people of Sydney marching over Sydney Harbour Bridge calling for an immediate ceasefire and end to the genocide in Gaza. March so big NSW Police have now turned us around back over the bridge.. #freepalestine

This cause is close to my heart - please sign: www.megaphone.org.au/petitions/al...

I wrote this to try and get inside the heads of the leaders of major social institutions who effectively support the genocide while claiming to oppose it. This one was a long time in the making. I hope my anger comes through.

Statement on the escalating lawfare attack on John Keane & me by Joseph Toltz, Ariel Eisner, Suzanne Rutland & Yaniv Levy. Specious claims by Zionists that opposing genocide is antisemitic, & that redressing their alleged victimhood should be a priority, don't bear scrutiny. @marquelawyers.com.au

I'll be talking about my book on the academic boycott of Israel next Tuesday at 9pm Sydney time, 4.30 Indian Standard Time. Register at the link: forms.gle/6uah8weMKgHK....

A shorter report this week, but with every May Day event I could find! #ausunions

In the face of genocide in Palestine, "we should not have to talk about universities in the West. But nowhere in society has the breakdown of liberal institutions under Zionist pressure been faster or more obvious.” @nickriemer.bsky.social on universities after Gaza. overland.org.au/2025/04/geno...

In their hounding of Palestine solidarity activists, university leaders have made acquiescing to the killing of tens upon tens of thousands of Palestinians the price of education. An assessment from me in Overland of the Zionist-sponsored collapse of the university. overland.org.au/2025/04/geno...

'Zionism can reclaim its hegemonic status … only by destroying the very institutions it wants to “save” for itself. This is not a sign of strength; it is yet one more indicator of Zionism’s terminal decline': Saree Makdisi on campus Zionism. www.thenation.com/article/soci...

There's something about holding an actual copy of your book that makes it all feel real. Thanks to everyone who nourished this piece of work and thanks to @mcgillqueensup.bsky.social for making it look lovely. Official publication is in May. You can order a copy here: www.mqup.ca/dangers-of-y... 🗃️

Earlier this year, John Keane and I invited the AHRC to terminate the Zionist ‘lawfare’ complaint of 'racial hatred' against us. We are pleased that this has now happened. The complainants must now decide whether they are prepared to risk testing their foolish allegations before the Federal Court.

Pretty shocking abuse of basic governance processes at Sydney University: in its haste to appease the pro-Israel lobby, management falsely claimed that the Academic Board had endorsed a new Zionist-friendly antisemitism definition. Great work by Alex McKinnon uncovering this.

Solidarity with striking doctors in NSW. Support statement below from the Sydney Uni NTEU branch. @asmofnsw.bsky.social

“I wonder have we ever experienced such an intense display of depravity and violence, as the one that we are currently seeing unfolding in Gaza, the West Bank and Lebanon?” asked Dr Nick Riemer @nickriemer.bsky.social 👇 www.sydneycriminallawyers.com.au/blog/sydney-...

In a genocide, Sydney Uni is letting open Israeli propaganda organisations and serving members of the Israeli military use its campus to justify war crimes and discredit the Palestine solidarity movement. This event has been cancelled at Monash Uni. It should be cancelled at USyd too.

Supporting Israel’s genocide is the compulsory admission ticket to social and political power in the West: my speech at today's Free Palestine demonstration in Sydney. Congratulations to the large numbers who came out despite the terrible weather.

Victoire inattendue en commission spéciale ce lundi, mon amendement pour supprimer l'HCERES vient d'être voté ! Dans quelques jours en séance, ce pourrait être la fin de cette instance bureaucratique inutile qui parasite le bon fonctionnement de la science et pousse à la compétition !

Universities Australia have obediently folded to Zionist demands to stigmatize and outlaw critique on campus about Israel. Proud to be with staff and students of all faiths and backgrounds at Sydney Uni who refuse to be silenced in a genocide.

Sydney Uni demonstration on Wednesday at 12pm for Palestine, part of the National Day of Action organised by NTEU members. At a time when universities are at the vanguard of repression in our society, this is important for us as well as for Gaza.

This definitely didn't get the attention it deserves - last month, Sydney Uni cut its exchange programme with Bezalel Academy in Israel. Let this be the first of many similar BDS victories at the university. honisoit.com/2025/02/usyd...

Palestine is the front line of the fight against neo-fascism in our world. My speech for Mountains for Palestine in Katoomba today. The campaign for Palestine depends on small, dedicated grassroots groups like this, organising out of the spotlight. Congrats to all involved.

At the press conference about Sydney Uni's astonishing discrimination against a pro-Palestinian student who is also a trans asylum seeker. Shame on university management, bankrupt beyond words.

It's hard for Sydney Uni admin to shock me, but starting a misconduct process against an international trans student for writing pro-Palestine slogans *on a whiteboard*, thus threatening her with deporation to Malaysia, takes the cake. Mark Scott, on you. everythingisfine.beehiiv.com/p/trans-usyd...

Last week's suspension of a grant presented to renowned Palestinian academic and author Dr Randa Adel-Fattah has led commentators to declare that a version of 1950s US McCarthyism has now taken hold in Australia.

The new Universities Australia definition of antisemitism is an ugly attempt to silent the pro-Palestine movement on campuses. Markela Panegyres and Jonathan Strauss in Green Left.

In counting criticism of Israel as antisemitic when 'grounded in *harmful* tropes' etc., the new Universities Australia antisemitism definition is silent on what constitutes 'harm'. It will be used to justify banning keffiyehs and Palestinian flags, which Zionists regularly claim as harmful to them.

By linking criticism of Israel/Zionism and antisemitism even more closely than the IHRA, the Universities Australia antisemitism definition critically undermines universities' ability to do their work. An extremely dangerous and foolhardy capitulation by university leaders to the pro-Israel lobby.

I spoke at the Teachers for Palestine protest this afternoon outside the NSW Education Department in Parramatta. Solidarity with Wasim El Haj, Randa Abdel-Fattah, and every other educator being silenced for opposing genocide.

How soon till Israel burns books? Solidarity to Educational Books, an East Jerusalem must-visit. Everyone supporting restrictions on speech over Palestine is contributing to legitimating this. Israel raids beloved Palestinian bookstores and detains owners www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-...

These proposals to further abolish basic rights on campus would make Trump proud. The people who run Sydney Uni are opponents of democratic freedoms and have forfeited the right to any respect they might somehow still have. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Statement from John Keane and me on the Zionist lawfare attack against us due to our opposition to the Gaza genocide. Our lawyers have asked the Human Rights Commission to terminate the complaint, as a result of new evidence that the complainants have never wanted conciliation.

In 2025, Zionists will spare no effort to crush Palestine solidarity in the global north. The genocide in Gaza isn't enough for them: they're also desperate to eradicate the very idea of Palestinian resistance and freedom. Here's to another year of their total, abject failure.

This is the last photo of Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, the director of Kamal Adwan Hospital, walking toward Israeli tanks before being detained by Israeli forces after they destroyed the last hospital in northern Gaza. His current condition is unknown.

Statement from Sydney University staff on the proposed further protest crackdown featured in the SMH today: We will not be silent in the face of radical attempts to sweep hard-won democratic rights away in an institution which should honour them rigorously. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Really grateful for this just-launched statement from Jewish colleagues dissociating themselves from the disgusting lawfare attack on John Keane and me. Thanks and respect to all anti-Zionist Jews in solidarity with Palestinians against genocide. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...