When the militarized interests of the nation trump the rights of citizens to challenge the actions of our government towards vulnerable ‘Others’, we are moving in a Nazi direction.
Australia can end this human rights tragedy. Wherever they end up eventually, the Australian government needs to immediately bring these men to safety.
Things are not going to change for the better without some sort of national repentance and the casting off of our hideous idols.
Maybe resistance over Palestine in academe is part of a larger project: the creation of a fundamental change in the way we do knowledge, and in the way we produce knowledge. A conversation.
Young activists from four continents talk about their local struggles and what motivates them.
“There is no justification for racial discrimination, in theory or in practice, anywhere” and certainly not in Britain or Australia.
A look at Donald Trump’s 'travel bans' with an eye to the harvesting of personal data, and the EU-US Privacy Shield, now on life support.
“Perhaps his mistake was to say something sensible about Australia's relations with China, not something we normally expect from our politicians.”
“We are generous to refugees on the one hand and we penalise undocumented refugees on the other. The two practices co-exist and one is often played off against the other.”
The shock of politicians was always hard to take seriously. The problem is not a lack of knowledge. It’s that Australian governments refuse to act on what we do know.
The slow violence inflicted upon the 28,621 individuals seeking refuge in Australia waiting on bridging visas to hear whether they can remain, can be seen as a form of state sanctioned “letting die.”
“To go to a referendum was curious… the UK has a regime of representative government that works to ensure that popular concerns have only limited impact on the conduct of government.”
