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Lecturer in Historical and Political Studies. Perth, Australia.

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BREAKING: government’s decision to proscribe Palestine Action under terrorism law ruled UNLAWFUL

This matters for everyone.

For years, the right to protest has been under sustained and deliberate attack.

Thousands of people have been arrested for something that should have never been a crime.

13.02.2026 10:32 πŸ‘ 414 πŸ” 199 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 18
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This was planned. And Chris Minns owns it. - Michael West NSW Police have assaulted dozens of peace protestors who gathered to protest the visit by Israeli president Isaac Herzog to Australia.

β€œThere were roughly 500 police deployed at Town Hall and an estimated 3,000 across the CBD. This scale was not accidental. It was a show of force. Police created the disorder they later claimed to suppress. This tactic is known. It is taught. It is deliberate.”

michaelwest.com.au/this-was-pla...

10.02.2026 02:25 πŸ‘ 46 πŸ” 27 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
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Nothing says cohesion like a punch in the head: Violence of Minns' goons exposes the lie of 'social cohesion' NSW Police's actions against protesters in in Sydney was about the powerful dictating the terms of free speech β€” through state-sanctioned violence if necessary.

"Social cohesion is a scam, a strategy employed by the powerful to delegitimise and suppress the voices of the less powerful... If you are othered by powerful groups, you become the victim of cohesion, not the beneficiary; what you get from social cohesion is a punch from an armed official."

10.02.2026 02:54 πŸ‘ 294 πŸ” 136 πŸ’¬ 16 πŸ“Œ 11
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MINNESOTA β€” Mom goes outside to warm up her car, ICE grabs her: "Please, my car kids are all alone in the house!”

So nothing has changed and Homan was just to put a new face on the cruelty, got it

(H/T longtimehistory)

30.01.2026 02:43 πŸ‘ 24677 πŸ” 13529 πŸ’¬ 1811 πŸ“Œ 1127

This won the Netherlands top cartoon award

25.01.2026 23:19 πŸ‘ 480 πŸ” 209 πŸ’¬ 17 πŸ“Œ 5
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Neo-Nazi leader's words too extreme for many in March for Australia crowd With the organisers of March for Australia rallies saying they "are in no way concerned by the presence" of members of the National Socialist Network, the ABC can confirm a Tasmanian man whose words w...

The ABC has named Craig Johnson of Launceston, whom we identified as the leader of the National Socialist Network in Tasmania. Johnson is also linked to the Southern Cross Hammerskins and Perth neo-Nazi murderer Robert Edhouse. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...

24.01.2026 00:10 πŸ‘ 72 πŸ” 39 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 3
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ABC Indigenous doesn’t mince words

23.01.2026 06:33 πŸ‘ 570 πŸ” 299 πŸ’¬ 26 πŸ“Œ 40

I don't think it's a 'nod' so much as the fact that

THEY'RE S C R E A M I N G IT AT THE TOP OF THEIR LUNGS

15.01.2026 07:28 πŸ‘ 29 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Australia exposed Iranian asylum seeker to torture on Manus, UN says United Nations says man experienced β€˜serious violence’ in detention but Australia argues it did not control PNG facilities

United Nations rightfully calling out Australia's human rights abuses of asylum seekers in offshore 'detention centres'.

"...Australia failed to... prevent torture & ill-treatment... or to provide adequate rehabilitation & medical care, amounting to 'torture & cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment'

15.01.2026 07:57 πŸ‘ 67 πŸ” 49 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 5

In Albo's new antisemitism bill, the definition of "hate crime", which underpins the new regime to proscribe "hate groups" like the Nazis, specifically excludes "advocating genocide". That is, advocating genocide is treated as not being a racist hate crime. Now, why would that be?

13.01.2026 22:41 πŸ‘ 612 πŸ” 255 πŸ’¬ 32 πŸ“Œ 26
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β€˜The settlers brought the violence’: the ethnic cleansing of a West Bank village Ras β€˜Ein al β€˜Auja is a small community of about 135 families – and the only one remaining in this part of the Jordan valley

β€˜The settlers brought the violence’: the ethnic cleansing of a West Bank village

14.01.2026 08:04 πŸ‘ 182 πŸ” 105 πŸ’¬ 11 πŸ“Œ 6
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Grass roots.
My @smh cartoon.

06.01.2026 20:47 πŸ‘ 1684 πŸ” 626 πŸ’¬ 152 πŸ“Œ 103

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.

11.01.2026 11:28 πŸ‘ 2199 πŸ” 458 πŸ’¬ 312 πŸ“Œ 27
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On Saturday, an imam and his wife were allegedly victims of a violent hate crime β€” forced off the road by another car, with attackers then getting out to assault the imam/threaten his wife.

ANIC put out a statement on Sunday arvo, noting rising islamophobia.

The media is just getting to it now.

11.01.2026 23:23 πŸ‘ 241 πŸ” 122 πŸ’¬ 18 πŸ“Œ 13
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When even #trevorphillips is calling it a kidnapping.

11.01.2026 08:36 πŸ‘ 64 πŸ” 16 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Govt minister Heidi Alexander on #trevorphillips this morning urging the Iranian govt to protect peoples right to peacefully protest

11.01.2026 08:45 πŸ‘ 235 πŸ” 120 πŸ’¬ 22 πŸ“Œ 29
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Los Angeles, CA -

Bit of a false alarm; crowd isn’t marching yet though they are assembled in the street currently. Making speeches still.

10.01.2026 23:06 πŸ‘ 1884 πŸ” 389 πŸ’¬ 31 πŸ“Œ 117
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This is stunning. Listen to this in Philadelphia.

Thousands singing β€œHey-Oh, we won’t be silent while our friends are gunned down.”

Really listen to it.

11.01.2026 04:55 πŸ‘ 28948 πŸ” 10278 πŸ’¬ 553 πŸ“Œ 703
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πŸ”₯

11.01.2026 05:39 πŸ‘ 11817 πŸ” 4653 πŸ’¬ 340 πŸ“Œ 384

Incredible photo.

11.01.2026 00:18 πŸ‘ 3272 πŸ” 794 πŸ’¬ 18 πŸ“Œ 20
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Travel warning… Americans urged to leave Venezuela…

11.01.2026 00:32 πŸ‘ 760 πŸ” 274 πŸ’¬ 102 πŸ“Œ 37
DHS Instagram post 

dhsgov e and icegov
& Pine Tree Riots β€’ We'll Have Our Home Again
WE'LL HAVE OUR HOME AGAIN
JOIN.ICE.GOV

DHS Instagram post dhsgov e and icegov & Pine Tree Riots β€’ We'll Have Our Home Again WE'LL HAVE OUR HOME AGAIN JOIN.ICE.GOV

β€œWe’ll Have Our Home” again is a song that’s extremely popular with white nationalists. It’s all over Telegram. I think the first time I heard it was from a video of a secretive group called the MannerbΓΌnd.

10.01.2026 05:52 πŸ‘ 2034 πŸ” 707 πŸ’¬ 93 πŸ“Œ 101
Face shot closeup of ICE agent removing a PC from Ross's home

Face shot closeup of ICE agent removing a PC from Ross's home

same ICE agent

same ICE agent

NEW: These are ICE agents removing evidence from the shooter's home. They are not DOJ, they are Jonathan Ross's friends and coworkers, not DOJ.

This agent removing Ross's personal computer was reported yesterday Jan 9 for boxing in a volunteer and telling them "I'll dedicate my next arrest to you"

10.01.2026 01:23 πŸ‘ 3335 πŸ” 1247 πŸ’¬ 56 πŸ“Œ 88

Trump and ICE must be reined in by Congress and the courts.

We cannot wait for even more horrific atrocities to confirm what we already know:

These escalating ICE raids don't make us saferβ€”they intentionally stoke fear and tear communities apart.

10.01.2026 02:00 πŸ‘ 302 πŸ” 38 πŸ’¬ 40 πŸ“Œ 2

Trump’s America

10.01.2026 02:14 πŸ‘ 843 πŸ” 249 πŸ’¬ 20 πŸ“Œ 8

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.

10.01.2026 00:11 πŸ‘ 776 πŸ” 242 πŸ’¬ 53 πŸ“Œ 17
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🚨BREAKING: A car just ran over a protester in Minneapolis as protesters march in the rain against ICE after an ICE agent killed Renee Nicole Good.

09.01.2026 00:57 πŸ‘ 2211 πŸ” 1033 πŸ’¬ 94 πŸ“Œ 72
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Writers withdrawing from Adelaide now also includes Helen Garner, Chloe Hooper and Sarah Krasnostein, according to Artshub. Also internationals Percival Everett and Vincenzo Latronico.

www.artshub.com.au/news/news/ad...

09.01.2026 01:56 πŸ‘ 175 πŸ” 52 πŸ’¬ 12 πŸ“Œ 14
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Statement: Jewish Council Condemns Adelaide Festival Removal of Dr. Randa Abdel-Fattah

08.01.2026 23:03 πŸ‘ 707 πŸ” 305 πŸ’¬ 33 πŸ“Œ 26
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#BREAKING 🚨 One Nation has reached second place in the first federal voting intention released in 2026, with both Labor and the Coalition losing support

09.01.2026 02:42 πŸ‘ 24 πŸ” 11 πŸ’¬ 16 πŸ“Œ 17