Black Studies and the Fight Against Fascism on March 4 @ 6pm ET, register here: www.tickettailor.com/events/hayma...
Naama Blatman 🍉
@blatmannaama.bsky.social
Scientia fellow #UNSW Sydney. From Israel/Palestine, living on Wangal land. Cities, settler colonialism, prisons. Editor, EPD: Society and Space
@blatmannaama.bsky.social and @jewishcouncilau.bsky.social on the dangerous new antisemitism definition adopted by universities. www.jewishcouncil.com.au/media/jewish...
Melbourne Jewish community members explain why they support the Jewish Council of Australia. Videography by Simon Aubor. youtube.com/shorts/CNiT8... #melbournejewishcommunity #australianjewishcommunity #jewishdiversity #diversityinjudaism #jewish #jewishaustralia #jewishmelbourne
Members of the Melbourne Jewish community explain why they support the Jewish Council of Australia.
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Join us in writing to Education Minister @jasonclaremp.bsky.social about the targeting of academics Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah and Prof Chelsea Watego. And while you're at it, why not write to the Vice-Chancellors of Macquarie University and QUT too. Read our full open letter at jewishcouncil.com.au
Trump’s recent comments were enthusiastically received in Israel, which has been working to override Palestinians’ right to remain for decades. #RightToRemain New piece out with @gordonneve.bsky.social in @aljazeera.com. aje.io/htu3do
Trump must not be allowed to torpedo the Palestinian right to remain
US president’s latest comments confirm Israel’s wholesale destruction of Gaza is aimed at removing Palestinians.
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New Editorial piece from the team at @societyandspace.bsky.social. Pls read and share - it’s all about where the journal is heading next and how you can be a part of it.
Environment and Planning D: Society & Space@societyandspace.bsky.social · 2y agoNew editorial out from EPD editors detailing some major changes including closing down operations of the online magazine and a focused set of criteria for our peer review process, aimed at making consequential knowledge and building consequential theory. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Why does the world’s richest man, a man no one voted for, have access to my Social Security number?
Our EO, @sarahschwartz.bsky.social spoke to ABC News Breakfast about another terrifying antisemitic incident. Everyone deserves the right to freely practice their religion and culture. Politicians need to stop politicising antisemitism to spread division and hate www.youtube.com/watch?v=YO44...
Jewish community 'terrified' amid rise in antisemitic attacks | ABC NEWS
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Sarah Schwartz must be punished: The instrumentalisation of a dissenting Jew After calling out Peter Dutton's use of Australian Jews for his own political purposes, Sarah Schwartz has faced a campaign of demonisation. via @crikey.com.au www.crikey.com.au/2025/01/29/s...
Sarah Schwartz must be punished: The instrumentalisation of a dissenting Jew
After calling out Peter Dutton's use of Australian Jews for his own political purposes, Sarah Schwartz has faced a campaign of demonisation.
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This one from @naomiaklein.bsky.social sums it up really well for me today.
Naomi Klein@naomiaklein.bsky.social · 2y agoI appreciate all the people recommending the Shock Doctrine. I've been thinking about what makes Trump's use of these tactics a little different. In recent decades, shock tactics were used mainly to rapidly impose neoliberal economic policies. But what Trump is doing goes way beyond that. a 🧵
A must read from our EO, @sarahschwartz.bsky.social Murdoch, we won’t let you silence our anti-racism work!
Sarah Schwartz@sarahschwartz.bsky.social · 2y agoMy article in @theguardian.com about how Peter Dutton uses the Jewish community as political footballs to spread bigotry, which makes us all less safe. Murdoch, you can’t stop me from calling out Dutton and the LNP for fueling racism! www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
A searing piece from the indomitable @sarahschwartz.bsky.social, who is facing a campaign of silencing & intimidation by the Murdoch Press || When Peter Dutton and the Coalition use the Jewish community as political footballs it makes all of us less safe www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Read our piece and talk to us about it! Co-authored with the wonderful @emmakrussell.bsky.social @drnatosborne.bsky.social @francismarkham.work and Andrew Burridge.
Australian Human Rights Institute@austhumanrights.bsky.social · 2y ago"Prisons don’t create safer communities, so why is Australia spending billions on building them?" Institute Associate @blatmannaama.bsky.social co-authors a new article for The Conversation: bit.ly/PrisonsAustr...
Emma is an excellent interviewee - you should have a coffee and listen to this one! 👇🏼
Emma@emmrus.bsky.social · 2y agoRepping for the stellar research team @blatmannaama.bsky.social @drnatosborne.bsky.social @francismarkham.work + Andrew Burridge, speaking on our article in @theconversation.com last week: theconversation.com/prisons-dont...
"Rent spiked by 20 percent in Los Angeles County after wildfires ravaged the area, according to a Washington Post analysis of listings data from RentCast, a property analytics service, raising alarms of price gouging in the midst of a housing crisis." www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Rent rose by 20 percent across L.A. County after fires. That’s illegal.
Rent for single-family homes across Los Angeles County rose by almost 25 percent, and even more in certain areas, according to a Washington Post analysis.
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Can’t say I’m shocked cause it’s The Australian (🙄) but definitely alarmed at the ease with which people publish outright lies and hit pieces like these. Solidarity with @sarahschwartz.bsky.social ✊🏾
derridalicious@derridalicious.bsky.social · 2y agoShocked to see a highly defamatory op-ed in The Australian today targeting @sarahschwartz.bsky.social, which includes not only falsehoods about Sarah’s talk, making up things that Sarah never said, but got other basic details (such as speakers) wrong. Incredible to see media reproduce lies unchecked
Our letter to QUT VC in support of Sarah Schwartz. @sarahschwartz.bsky.social is under massive attack by Zionist orgs and the right-wing media. We urge QUT admin to take a clear stand against these defamatory actions!
Jewish Council of Australia@jewishcouncilau.bsky.social · 2y agoLetter from our Executive and Advisory Committee members to QUT Vice Chancellor urging her to defend Sarah Schwartz against malicious and defamatory attacks
Letter from our Executive and Advisory Committee members to QUT Vice Chancellor urging her to defend Sarah Schwartz against malicious and defamatory attacks
Reposting, for those working in carceral/ abolition geography space and are curious about what’s happening in Australia.
Nat Osborne she/her@drnatosborne.bsky.social · 2y agoIncarceration doesn't make for safer communities - this carceral "common sense" needs critical examination so we can understand what prisons are really for, & the impact they really have, in the colony Thanks @emmakrussell.bsky.social @francismarkham.work @blatmannaama.bsky.social Andrew Burridge!
Our new piece out this morning, with new data about Australia’s prison boom and why it’s a waste of money!
The Conversation AUNZ@aunz.theconversation.com · 2y agoResearch shows 37 new prisons have been built in Australia since 2000. But the evidence shows increased incarceration doesn’t help reduce crime.
Research shows 37 new prisons have been built in Australia since 2000. But the evidence shows increased incarceration doesn’t help reduce crime.
Prisons don’t create safer communities, so why is Australia spending billions on building them?
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New piece out, co-authored with @emmakrussell.bsky.social @drnatosborne.bsky.social Francis Markham, Andrew Burridge. On Australia’s prison boom and why it must stop. Prisons don’t create safer communities, so why is Australia spending billions on building them? theconversation.com/prisons-dont...
Prisons don’t create safer communities, so why is Australia spending billions on building them?
Research shows 37 new prisons have been built in Australia since 2000. But the evidence shows increased incarceration doesn’t help reduce crime.
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Conditions on Congressional aid to your fellow Americans but not on Congressional aid to foreign Israelis. Gotcha.
Republicans Against Trumpism@rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 2y agoJUST IN: Speaker Johnson says Congress should impose conditions on disaster aid to California.
Thrilled to share that I joined the editorial team at @societyandspace.bsky.social. What an honour to be a part of this brilliant journal and stellar team. Can’t wait to see what comes through my inbox this year!
My Co-founder Josh Weinsch took this photo of his little daughter’s bike, which was in their driveway when they evacuated. Their neighborhood was vaporized.
A new study published in The Lancet, a prestigious peer-reviewed medical journal, estimates that 64,260 people were killed in Gaza between October 7, 2023, and June 30, 2024—41% higher than official reports. Nearly 60% of the dead were women, children, and the elderly.
