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StrictlyChristo 🦋🇺🇦🌻❌👑 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 2d

Greta Thunberg speaks to the press after being released from illegal detainment in Israel: "I could talk for a very, very long time about our mistreatment and abuses in our imprisonment. Trust me, but that is not the story.”

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Adopto ND @adoptond.bsky.social · 2d

This woman is amazing, not making her capture & mistreatment the story, keeping all eyes on Gaza and their plight against a genocidal regime. She is the best of us. Our governments around the world must act. Stop the genocide.

#FreePalestine

Michael de Jong @sprakeloos.bsky.social · 2d

Greta Thunberg after being released #FreedomFlotilla

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AHA (Australia) @austhistassoc.bsky.social · 2d

Congratulations to AHA member Geraldine Fela, who last week won the Prime Minister's Literary Award for Australian History for her book "Critical Care: Nurses on the frontline of Australia's AIDS crisis" (UNSW Press)! Read more about the winners here: creative.gov.au/news-events/...

Prime Minister's Literary Awards

Celebrating outstanding literary talent in Australia and the valuable contribution Australian writing makes to the nation’s cultural and intellectual life.

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 4d

Over 2 million people across Italy have rallied in more than 100 cities for a one-day general strike.

2 million rally in Italy for Gaza as general strike halts key services

Over 2 million people across Italy have rallied in more than 100 cities for a one-day general strike.

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Daryl Maguire’s tractor @daryltractor.bsky.social · 8d

Chris Sidoti, former Human Rights Commissioner, at the National Press Club:

“The Genocide Convention not only requires that we not commit genocide - it also requires that we act to prevent genocide.”

#npc

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Kyle Harvey @kyle-harvey.bsky.social · 7d

Interview about my new book from co-authors @sukhmanikhorana.bsky.social and Kate Darian-Smith on @2ser.bsky.social! www.2ser.com/stories/migr...

Migrants, Television and Australian Stories - 2SER

When TV was introduced to Australia in the late-1950s, it came alongside the post-war migration boom. And both tv and migration have been inextricably linked to one another ever since, and in some sur...

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Kelsey McKinney @mckinneykelsey.bsky.social · Sep 8

I wrote about how I am not buying the narrative that the anthropic AI settlement is good for authors: defector.com/if-the-thiev...

If The Thieving AI Company Can Survive The Legal Settlement, Then It Is Not Big Enough | Defector

There is an easy answer to the question “How long does it take to write a book?” but it is not a true one. The easy answer is the duration between when you actually start putting your pen down on the ...

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Bill Geerhart @conelrad6401240.bsky.social · Sep 5

Learned so much from his work. R.I.P.

Greg Mitchell @gregmitch.bsky.social · Sep 5

Robert Jay Lifton, One of Most Important Writers Ever on Nuclear Threat, Has Died
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Robert Jay Lifton, One of Most Important Writers Ever on Nuclear Threat, Has Died

He was my friend, mentor and co-author on two books and dozens of articles.

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Kyle Harvey @kyle-harvey.bsky.social · Sep 4

www.booktopia.com.au/migrants-tel...

Migrants, Television and Australian Stories

Buy Migrants, Television and Australian Stories, A New History by Kate Darian-Smith from Booktopia. Get a discounted Paperback from Australia's leading online bookstore.

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Kyle Harvey @kyle-harvey.bsky.social · Sep 4

New from me, @sukhmanikhorana.bsky.social, Sue Turnbull and Kate Darian-Smith with some stories from our new book! @theconversation.com

Australian Migration History Network @amigrationhn.bsky.social · Sep 3

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How migrant stories and contributions have shaped Australian TV since the 1950s

New research uncovers stories of resilience, entrepreneurship and thriving cultural creativity across seven decades of Australian TV history.

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Ben Eltham @beneltham.bsky.social · Sep 4

Melbourne Uni is killing the literary journal Meanjin. It's cultural vandalism. Australian universities are now deeply anti-intellectual places www.crikey.com.au/2025/09/04/m...

Literary journal Meanjin to close after 85 years of publishing

Meanjin, a mainstay of Australia's cultural landscape and the nation's second-oldest literary publication, is shuttering after Melbourne University Publishing decided to cease financial support.

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Laura Rademaker @laurarad.bsky.social · Aug 26

This is the big one. Anyone is welcome to sign, you don't have to be at ANU, you just have to care about higher ed. www.megaphone.org.au/petitions/pe...

Petition to ANU Council

In support of our petition, we observe that:  • ANU Council has the entire control and management of the University and is required to act in all matters concerning the ANU in the way it thinks w...

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Jon Piccini @jonpiccini.bsky.social · Aug 21

ANU and the Search Foundation are offering a PhD with $100,000 top up to complete the final (1970-91) volume of the history of the Communist Party of Australia. 👇

Calling for Applicants to the Australian National University-SEARCH Foundation PhD Scholarship | School of History

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Kyle Harvey @kyle-harvey.bsky.social · Aug 15

"A “win-win” between the victims of genocide and the perpetrators? He said that. Why not a win-win between the scorched rubble of Hiroshima and the nuclear bomb?"

David Milner @davemilbo.bsky.social · Aug 15

Here's me. "Two states of bullshit"

Two states of bullshit - The Shot

The broken logic, morality and impracticalness of the Hasbaric “two-state solution” should be apparent to anyone cursed to own a phone.

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jimaxon66.bsky.social @jimaxon66.bsky.social · Aug 15

Brilliant 👏, Vale🙏

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Michael Mazengarb @michaelmazengarb.bsky.social · Aug 12

Politicians taking a 'head in the sand' approach to climate change is bad enough. Undertaking a detailed national climate risk assessment and withholding it from the public is malicious on an even higher level.

This is a crisis. Not something to be politically managed.
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Labor keeps ‘dire’ climate report under wraps

The government has delayed the release of a “shocking” assessment of climate change’s effect on the economy, just weeks before its 2035 target decision.

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Nick Feik @nickfeik.bsky.social · Aug 9

Words have had no effect.
Sanctions now. Travel restrictions - against all members of the government and IDF, and their families. Freeze assets and all trade. Kick out diplomats. Enforce ICC findings. Pressure Israel’s active supporters. Anything but this.

Australia strongly rejects Israel's plan to seize Gaza City

The foreign ministers of Australia, Germany, Italy, New Zealand and the United Kingdom say this decision will "risk violating international humanitarian law".

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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · Aug 4

Hey ABC - can we stop calling them "settlers", which sounds like a benign homesteading movement.

As Israeli human rights groups themselves say, those Israelis trying to displace Palestinians in the #WestBank are terrorists:
state-sanctioned terrorists. #StopIsrael
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'Now, there's nothing stopping them': Settlers trying new forms of intimidation

In the Jordan Valley in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, teenage shepherds escorted by armed security guards are trying to push Palestinian villagers from their farms.

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Kyle Harvey @kyle-harvey.bsky.social · Aug 4

Check out recent book launch conversation between myself, co-authors @sukhmanikhorana.bsky.social, Sue Turnbull, Kate Darian-Smith and the brilliant Pearl Tan, recorded recently at @gleebooks.bsky.social on ABC Radio National. Thanks @natashamitchell.bsky.social! www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

From Con the Fruiterer to East West 101 — the changing face of Australian TV - ABC listen

Australia is a multicultural country, but up until recently, when you turned on the telly, you wouldn't know it. So what role has TV played in Australia's diverse communities, on screen, behind the sc...

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Tseen Khoo @tseenster.bsky.social · Jul 27

A thread you can direct some action to this Monday morning. The damage the policy has done, and the mindset it encourages, is significant and ongoing.

An Arts degree is good for so much more than getting a job (which it also does, contrary to popular mythology).

Michelle Arrow @michellearrow.bsky.social · Jul 27

More than 100 high-profile and distinguished Australians -and BA graduates- have signed the @austhistassoc.bsky.social open letter calling for the repeal of Job-Ready Graduates: a policy that punishes humanities students with life-changing debts: www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Tim Winton among 100 high-profile Australians calling for university fees that don’t ‘punish’ arts students

Open letter urges Labor to reverse JRG scheme, introduced by Coalition in 2021, as cost of humanities degrees reaches more than $50,000

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Briony Neilson @brionyneilson.bsky.social · Jul 28

Open letter against the adoption of the Australian Special Envoy to Combat Antisemitism’s Plan: "These proposed measures have nothing to do with combating antisemitism, and everything to do with limiting and censoring criticism of Israel and stifling freedom of speech on Palestine."

Open letter against the adoption of the Australian Special Envoy to Combat Antisemitism's Plan - Overland literary journal

We, the undersigned university researchers, educators, students and professional staff, call on the Australian Government to reject the unprecedented attack on academic freedom and the autonomy of uni...

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Asher Wolf @asherwolf.bsky.social · Jul 28

Open letter against the adoption of the Australian Special Envoy to Combat Antisemitism’s Plan: Academics against racism overland.org.au/2025/07/open...

Open letter against the adoption of the Australian Special Envoy to Combat Antisemitism's Plan - Overland literary journal

We, the undersigned university researchers, educators, students and professional staff, call on the Australian Government to reject the unprecedented attack on academic freedom and the autonomy of uni...

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Crikey @crikey.com.au · Jul 18

Exclusive | The government claimed it had nothing to do with handing $900 million to an Israeli company steeped in the Palestinian genocide.

New documents show that's false, writes Bernard Keane.

The truth on Elbit: Government signed off $900m deal with Israeli company used in Gaza genocide, after insisting it didn't

New documents contradict the Albanese government's claims about its links to Israeli arms manufacturer Elbit Systems. It in fact directly signed a $900 million contract with Elbit and closely vetted all stages of its engagement.

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Alice Garner @soundslikealice.bsky.social · Jul 15

Finalmente! Ep 1 of Choc-tops & Cassata just dropped today - on how Italians in 1950s-70s Melbourne grabbed the chance to screen films in their own language & saved some buildings along the way tinyurl.com/ny2vxf3v

Episode 18: Choc-tops and Cassata - Part 1: How multicultural movies saved the Melbourne cinema scene

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Kyle Harvey @kyle-harvey.bsky.social · Jul 15

'Migrants, Television & Australian Stories' is finally here! Thanks to @michellearrow.bsky.social for a great dialogue at a workshop last week, and to @gleebooks.bsky.social for the book launch with Pearl Tan and my brilliant colleagues @sukhmanikhorana.bsky.social Sue Turnbull & Kate Darian-Smith.

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