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Elizabeth Humphrys @lizhumphrys.bsky.social · 9d

This event is going to be wonderful! A chance to discuss the past and future of political economy in Sydney
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Gareth Bryant @garethbryant.bsky.social · 9d

Celebrating 50 Years of Political Economy at the University of Sydney ppesydney.net/celebrating-...

Poster for event celebrating 50 years of Political Economy at the University of Sydney featuring a photo of a woman protesting outside Merewether Building on top of a map of Sydney. Poster credit: Cemal Burak Tansel

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Elizabeth Humphrys @lizhumphrys.bsky.social · 17d

Podcast to come :-)

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Elizabeth Humphrys @lizhumphrys.bsky.social · 19d

In Sydney Tuesday night? Join us to talk about the future of Australian politics and social democracy.

5.30pm for 6pm start at @utsengage.bsky.social. RSVP below. Centrally located and fully accessible venue.

With thanks to @auspsa.bsky.social and @uts-sps.bsky.social for resourcing this event 👏

Ben Spies-Butcher @bspiesbutcher.bsky.social · 19d

Join us on Tuesday night at UTS to discuss: A New Australian Politics?

George Megalogenis @frankbongiorno.bsky.social @lizhumphrys.bsky.social Emily Foley and I discuss how the last two elections have changed Australian politics and what it means for the future

events.humanitix.com/a-new-austra...

A New Australian Politics: Rupture or Realignment

We explore the outcomes of the 2025 Australian federal election and consider whether it signals a fundamental rupture or realignment in the political landscape

events.humanitix.com

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Elizabeth Humphrys @lizhumphrys.bsky.social · 21d

Just noticed @morton.bsky.social ‘s work signature includes: “Are you ill or stuck fast in the depths of political economy? — Friedrich Engels to Karl Marx (1863)”. Friend, I really don’t know anymore.

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Jon Piccini @jonpiccini.bsky.social · 24d

"Readers will no doubt see the irony in a cash-strapped organisation paying an independent consultant for three months to provide strategies for financial viability, only to ignore the findings on the grounds of financial viability."

Who killed Meanjin?

And why won’t Melbourne University Publishing engage with efforts to save it?

www.crikey.com.au

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Elizabeth Humphrys @lizhumphrys.bsky.social · 28d

I sent you a message 🙏

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Elizabeth Humphrys @lizhumphrys.bsky.social · 29d

Thanks to @greenj.bsky.social for taking the piece.

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Elizabeth Humphrys @lizhumphrys.bsky.social · 29d

Pleased to see the widespread outcry - Meanjin is an important publication. I was so happy they published my piece about the West Gate Bridge disaster and the workers who were killed, based on my research with Sarah Gregson. Read it here or DM me for access: meanjin.com.au/essays/mud/

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Elizabeth Humphrys @lizhumphrys.bsky.social · 29d

Happy 25th anniversary of the s11 protests to everyone who helped build the blockade that shut down the World Economic Forum in Melbourne on September 11 & 12 2000 🚩🚩🚩

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Elizabeth Humphrys @lizhumphrys.bsky.social · Sep 4

Opps, it is on Monday and for some reason is twice in my diary...as we were.

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Elizabeth Humphrys @lizhumphrys.bsky.social · Sep 4

It is a great chapter, will report back on the discussion...

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Elizabeth Humphrys @lizhumphrys.bsky.social · Sep 4

I'm just about to go to our working class environmentalism reading group, and on the agenda today is @nhold.bsky.social!

Nate Holdren, ‘Social Murder: Capitalism’s Systemic and State Organised Killing’ in Marxism and the Capitalist State.

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Elizabeth Humphrys @lizhumphrys.bsky.social · Aug 21

Thanks Catherine, and to you too

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Elizabeth Humphrys @lizhumphrys.bsky.social · Aug 21

As Crealy says: UTS is a public university with a legislated obligation to “meet the needs of the community”. Its charter clearly states that the university exists for the public good. If preparing teachers for New South Wales schools during an ongoing teacher shortage isn’t a public good, what is?

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Elizabeth Humphrys @lizhumphrys.bsky.social · Aug 21

I often miss working for the NSW Ombudsman, where the guiding principle in my day to day work was 'what is the public interest here', in whatever complaint I was looking at.

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Elizabeth Humphrys @lizhumphrys.bsky.social · Aug 21

As Crealy argues, 'when we strip away specialist programs like Tesol, adult literacy and numeracy and EAL/D, we deepen inequality, leaving the most vulnerable students further behind'. The same can be said of UTS's public health programs, and the plan to axe them.

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Elizabeth Humphrys @lizhumphrys.bsky.social · Aug 21

It makes clear something I try to teach our students in Global Economies: what data is it important to consider, how to we situate that information in a wider social context, and who wins and loses out of a particular way of tackling a problem.

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Elizabeth Humphrys @lizhumphrys.bsky.social · Aug 21

We have also been told that the only way to save these programs — these socially essential programs — is with data. So this article by Isobel Crealy published today was such a welcomed read: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Something is rotten in Australia’s tertiary education. And UTS’s suspension of teaching courses is one of its biggest disgraces | Isobel Crealy

If preparing teachers for NSW during an ongoing teacher shortage isn’t a public good, what is?

www.theguardian.com

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Elizabeth Humphrys @lizhumphrys.bsky.social · Aug 21

Earlier this week I heard it stated that the senior management / decision makers were not interested in arguments about the social necessity of keeping certain programs (with the persona calling such arguments rhetoric).

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Elizabeth Humphrys @lizhumphrys.bsky.social · Aug 21

As a university that has goals of internationalism and social justice embedded in its strategic plans and policy, everywhere you turn, it honestly beggars belief that such a move could be made.

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Elizabeth Humphrys @lizhumphrys.bsky.social · Aug 21

Strap in - longer thread. Wide reaching plans to decimate courses and sack staff at my university (@utsengage.bsky.social) are underway. Some of the key programs that the University wants to scrap are those in public health, education (teacher training), and international studies.

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Elizabeth Humphrys @lizhumphrys.bsky.social · Aug 16

Great read from @evansmithhist.bsky.social

Evan @evansmithhist.bsky.social · Aug 15

I wrote this a few years ago about the history of food throwing as a form of protest

theconversation.com/the-yolks-on...

The yolk’s on you: a brief history of throwing food and drink on people as protest

There is a long history of tossing food at politicians and other controversial figures as a deliciously defiant symbol of objection to their politics and presence in public spaces.

theconversation.com

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Elizabeth Humphrys @lizhumphrys.bsky.social · Aug 16

What a great read. Also the Victorian Tomato Left sub faction! 🍅

Elizabeth Humphrys @lizhumphrys.bsky.social · Aug 15

Indeed, they were great at Glastonbury

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Elizabeth Humphrys @lizhumphrys.bsky.social · Aug 15

I’M HERE! 🎈And in your email too earlier, fyi

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