"A real response to Gaza might contribute to a democratic revival. Social cohesion as a substitute for justice will not." #AusPol #SocialCohesion
A piece for @deepcutnews on social cohesion www.deepcutnews.com/p/why-social...
"A real response to Gaza might contribute to a democratic revival. Social cohesion as a substitute for justice will not." #AusPol #SocialCohesion
A piece for @deepcutnews on social cohesion www.deepcutnews.com/p/why-social...
Sara Haddad on Instagram 31 July. www.instagram.com/p/DbcP9PBSwed/ The People's Choice prize is chosen by popular vote. One of the comments notes that this year there were over 5,000 more votes than last year. Purely coincidental, I'm sure. #AusPol #Zionism #ForeignInterference #hasbara
The world in a nutshell, though I'd say evil, rather than ridiculous.
Segal is an agent of f✡️reign influence. Australia would be a better place if she lived in Israel. #AusPol #ForeignInfluence
I just did. You should too. www.change.org/p/we-demand-...
“On the night of 30 to 31 July 2026, the Israeli military detonated approximately 700 tonnes of explosives beneath the ShaKif Ridge, in the immediate vicinity of Beaufort Castle (Qalaat al-Chakif)…” #Israel claims that they're targeting Hamas. 🤔 Of course they do. 😑 #CrimesAgainstHumanity #Lebanon
ICOMOS Lebanon urgent alert on Beaufort Castle calling for action – ICOMOS Lebanon
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#Propaganda in the age of Large Language Models. “Infiltrating the training data … can lead to Israel-influenced responses that are nearly impossible for users to trace.” www.dropsitenews.com/p/israel-bra... #AI #hasbara #Israel #genocide #CrimesAgainstHumanity #WarCrimes #Gaza #Palestine
Israel Is Paying Millions to Train AI Chatbots How to Talk About Gaza. It's Working.
Former Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale is overseeing an operation posting hundreds of blog posts on behalf of Israel, with the goal of infiltrating artificial intelligence.
dropsitenews.com
The focus of this is the US, but elements are evident in Australia. #MAGA is cult-like. Sadly, social media reinforces the cult's message: “…we are in the United States of algorithms…” www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWkf... Deprogramming cult members is not easy. #USpol #AusPol
'PISSED that I fell for it': Ex-Trump supporters explain why they left MAGA movement
YouTube video by MS NOW
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“We feel homeless on our own Country.” … “We feel sorry for the little ones, the families, men, women, children, old people overseas in Gaza and other places who are getting killed by that base.” #AusPol #ClosePineGap #CrimesAgainstHumanity #Israel #genocide #Gaza #Palestine
Hayes Family Letter, Traditional Owners – Close Pine Gap
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“… in terms of reading the room, [Albanese] tends to see things the way he thinks they should be, rather than how they are.” “Not having the fight doesn’t mean the fight goes away. It just goes elsewhere.” #AusPol
Albanese's 'disciplined' Labor risks making a very big mistake
The Australian Labor Party, under Anthony Albanese, has been a model in what political watchers like to call "discipline".
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The final Sunday Shot for a while. Well worth an hour or so of your time. A couple of great interviews. The two Davids one at the end is particularly powerful. I recommend watching. #AusPol
Excellent @theshot.net.au Sunday episode - great interviews by @davemilbo.bsky.social with @davidshoebridge.bsky.social at Pine Gap and @instanterudite.bsky.social with Andrew Dodd and Matthew Ricketson about their book "Getting Murdoched". www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5VZ...
For decades, Australia has been more & more out of balance. #AusPol
"A problem has a right answer, you fix it & it stays fixed. A polarity is an interdependent pair that needs both sides over time, the way breathing needs both inhale & exhale. You can only manage the tension, & if you lurch too far toward one pole you get all of its downsides & none of its upsides."
“… the eternal joylessness that comes from permanently suspecting that if someone is doing okay—let alone if they are happy—it must be because they have taken something from you, personally.” tdunlop.substack.com/p/ur-hansonism #AusPol #Fascism #OneNation
Ur-Hansonism
And other irresolvable contradictions
tdunlop.substack.com
"What they’re doing to the little fellas in Gaza, from our land, it’s not right. We feel responsible. We never gave permission. My grandfather couldn’t even speak English when they built the base. We weren’t asked." - Felicity Hayes, Arrernte elder and Kuyunba traditional owner. #PineGap #auspol
Here's my story from Pine Gap. "The fight to end the US military occupation of Australia (and the entire world)" It's a photo-essay this time because I took a tonne of pics, the country being this stunning, to help convey the Arrernte's struggle.
Stella the dog is fine. Australia might be better off if we can muzzle Joyce. #AusPol Source: Facebook
"We need to start relying on ourselves. And that, curiously, is easier done than said." www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/world/u... #AusPol
Trump’s grift and America’s drift – a new game needs new rules
It’s high time that we took a serious look at the implications of the Trump presidencies for Australia’s future
thenewdaily.com.au
"The goalposts aren’t hidden, they’re just never allowed to stay still long enough for anyone to actually reach them." #censorship #ForeignInfluence #Israel #Zionism
I got into this with an international lens: open.substack.com/pub/jamesmac...
“[I]t’s time we stopped looking at the world’s problems and asking ‘what can I do?’ Instead, we need to get organised, realize the scale of our collective power, and start asking ‘what can WE do?’” substack.com/home/post/p-... #politics #collective
Outside in
Adding our light to the sum of light
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Sara Haddad _thesunbird_ on Instagram www.instagram.com/stories/_the... #Israel #genocide #torture#CrimesAgainstHumanity #WarCrimes #Gaza #Palestine
The #hasbara is strong on this event. Three restaurants have closed. Comments on Instagram www.instagram.com/p/DamEWS9Tjc... are suspiciously positive. #AusPol #Israel #Zionism #BDS #IDF #genocide #CrimesAgainstHumanity #WarCrimes #Gaza #Palestine
#Genocide is erasure. "She listened to how a bustling village, that used to be a place of life and belonging for centuries, was demolished in a matter of hours by the Israeli soldiers." substack.com/home/post/p-... #Israel #Zionism #CrimesAgainstHumanity #Gaza #Palestine
What Lies Beneath The Enchanted Forests Of Israel?
Revised
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"Compulsory voting makes this arithmetic merciless: in Australia, unlike America, you don’t need to mobilise this generation. The AEC does it for you. You just have to not repel them." pearlsandirritations.com/post/2026/07... #AusPol
Gen Z is not ageing into the old Australia
Why Australia’s Gen Z is unlike any voting cohort before it and why every institution built for the old Australia is about to find out.
pearlsandirritations.com
“… God is not a violent man. But God was invented by violent men. And violent men invented Israel.” veronicasherman.com/p/here-comes... #Israel #Zionism #genocide #CrimesAgainstHumanity #Palestine
Here comes trouble...
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“… he also did something profoundly dangerous to a system built on permanent terror: he created moments of joy." www.patreon.com/TheAnti_Zion... #Israel #genocide #CrimesAgainstHumanity #WarCrimes #Gaza #Palestine
There Is Something So Grotesquely Depraved About Killing the Person Whose Job Was to Help People Forget They Were Living Through Hell. | The Anti-Zionist
The man who organised World Cup watch parties. Mohamed Fawaz al-Waheidi coordinated humanitarian relief through the Egyptian Relief Committe
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It doesn't matter who we kill, just kill! 🤬 edition.cnn.com/2026/07/07/p... #USpol #Iran #CrimesAgainstHumanity #WarCrimes
Exclusive: US commanders bypassed warnings about outdated intelligence ahead of strike that hit school in Iran, sources say | CNN Politics
Senior US military commanders bypassed warnings in critical databases that intelligence about potential targets in Iran was severely out of date and approved some strikes — including one that hit a sc...
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An Australian company supplying military materials to Israeli forces and settler militias. The largest shareholders are Zionists. At what point do we begin questioning f✡️reign influence? #AusPol #ForeignInfluence #Israel #genocide #CrimesAgainstHumanity #WarCrimes #Gaza #Palestine
The Wollongong steel factory supplying Israel's military
Bisalloy Steel has seen 10 pickets attempting to halt its operations and supplies to Israel
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Ever get the feeling that we've lost our way? What changes should we make? “Every society needs a moral compass. Free and fair elections are not sufficient.” pearlsandirritations.com/post/2026/07... #AusPol #Democracy
How to address a democracy in retreat
The democratic project is about more than elections; its institutions must be revitalised on the basis of fairness, respect, openness, integrity and trust.
pearlsandirritations.com