This week on 'Yeah Nah Pasaran!' on @3crmelbourne.bsky.social, @sexenheimer.bsky.social & I talk to @jordanas.bsky.social about the RC on antisemitism & social cohesion. 4.30pm, Thurs, MAY 21 /// 855AM, digital, streaming, Community Radio+ app, podcats 🐈 slackbastard.anarchobase.com?p=54297

Yeah Nah Pasaran #287 w Jordy Silverstein on the Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion : May 21, 2026

On 9 January 2026, the Governor-General, Her Excellency the Honourable Sam Mostyn AC, issued Letters Patent, which established the Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion. The Hon Virg…

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“The Adelaide Festival’s decision to dump Palestinian academic Randa Abdel-Fattah gives us a grim foretaste of the Australian cultural landscape in 2026.” David Brophy on “ambient antisemitism” and the institutional mechanisms for curtailing protest and political expression.

Universities and the arts after Bondi: from definitions to “ambient antisemitism” - Overland literary journal

The Adelaide Festival’s decision to dump Palestinian academic Randa Abdel-Fattah from its upcoming Writers’ Week gives us a grim foretaste of the Australian cultural landscape in 2026.

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“But it’s also that this land, this beautiful Aboriginal land, was not made to hold such grief. It can, and it does, but it shouldn’t have this burden thrust upon itself.” @jordanas.bsky.social on the logic of violence that permeates Australia.

Yes, this is what Australia is - Overland literary journal

Imagine though the possibility of a response which was not horrid. Which did not demand more violence be piled up. Which led us to other ways of being together, other horizons of possible futures. Ima...

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More on the destruction of MqUni Arts. Every PoC in Sociology has been sacked or pushed into teaching only. Only 1 woman left in Politics & Intl Relations, & 1 in Sociology. At least 3/9 sacked academics are neurodiverse. Several successful researchers have been sacked or made teaching only. 2/2

Shocking analysis of the gendered, racial & disability dimensions of the sackings in Arts at Macquarie University. 7 women and 2 men made redundant. 5 of the 7 women sacked are Women of Colour. 3 of the 4 people pushed onto teaching only roles are PoC. 1/2

The more that comes out about the fabricated crisis at Macquarie University, the worse it gets. Wanton destructive ideologically driven managerialism targetting scholars at the peak of their careers, robbing students of choice & expertise, destroying disciplines vital to the whole sector.

Jeannine Baker@nenieb.bsky.social · 10mo ago

More on the destruction of MqUni Arts. Every PoC in Sociology has been sacked or pushed into teaching only. Only 1 woman left in Politics & Intl Relations, & 1 in Sociology. At least 3/9 sacked academics are neurodiverse. Several successful researchers have been sacked or made teaching only. 2/2

This is fucked 👇

Jeannine Baker@nenieb.bsky.social · 10mo ago

More on the destruction of MqUni Arts. Every PoC in Sociology has been sacked or pushed into teaching only. Only 1 woman left in Politics & Intl Relations, & 1 in Sociology. At least 3/9 sacked academics are neurodiverse. Several successful researchers have been sacked or made teaching only. 2/2

the racism is devastating

@apan4palestine.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Macquarie is purging Arab and Palestinian women from its staff. Two were forced out. One suspended. Three Arab women targeted in one year. This is a crisis of racism in Australian academia. If you’re outraged, hit repost.

Hi everyone I was denied entry, detained, and deported from the USA over the last 48 hours because of my reporting on the Columbia student protests I arrived back in Melbourne hours ago and had my phone handed back to me upon landing

Tomorrow's episode of 'Yeah Nah Pasaran!' is a very special @3crmelbourne.bsky.social radiothon edition, with some very special guests. Please donate to 3CR if you're able & willing to support community radio, our show, & lots more ace programing. Cheers! 🫡📻🐈‍⬛ slackbastard.anarchobase.com?p=52881

Yeah Nah, Nah Yeah, It’s The 2025 3CR Radiothon!

Welcome to the RADIOTHON edition of Yeah Nah Pasaran! 4.30pm, June 12, 2025 /// 855AM, digital, streaming, Community Radio Plus This June 3CR really needs your support. Your donation ensures that t…

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Good to see this online and open access. @jordanas.bsky.social has been in the forefront of Oz historians concerned about Gaza; her brother Ben was a postdoc in my ARC laureate project. @austhistassoc.bsky.social @dirkmoses.bsky.social

‘We open our eyes despite the pain it causes’: a role for historians in these genocidal times

Published in History Australia (Ahead of Print, 2025)

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I remember Johnston advocating for direct action protests - including sit-ins - when I was a student at this uni in the 1990s.

Asher Wolf@asherwolf.bsky.social · last yr.

Student protesters face expulsion from University of Melbourne over pro-Palestine office occupation www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

The disconnect between mr dog's crystal clear cartoon and the cowardly passive voice header the guardian has inflicted upon it is quite the nutshell of 18 months of Israel getting a free pass on genocidal war crimes

mr dog@firstdogonthemoon.bsky.social · last yr.

Today's cartoon... www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

My sincere thanks to @jordanas.bsky.social @zorasimic.bsky.social and Ben Silverstein for this important piece. Full article: ‘We open our eyes despite the pain it causes’: a role for historians in these genocidal times www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

‘We open our eyes despite the pain it causes’: a role for historians in these genocidal times

Published in History Australia (Ahead of Print, 2025)

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Good to see ABC has published this important piece from Jess Whyte, but it is much more than 'opinion'- she has gathered the facts and provides essential analysis of how aid has been weaponised & humanitarianism militarised www.abc.net.au/religion/as-...

As Gaza faces starvation, a new plan weaponises humanitarian aid — what can be done? - ABC Religion & Ethics

After blocking all food from entering Gaza for 11 weeks, Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu has agreed to allow a limited amount into the besieged territory — though he insists that a new militarised deliv...

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'Find yourself someone who looks at you like tabloid television looks at neo-Nazis.' ~ Ancient proverb

Kate Burns@katerqburns.bsky.social · last yr.

Why the fuck is @sunriseon7.bsky.social giving Jacob Hersant, a neo-Nazi with the NSN, an interview?? After he booed the welcome to country at the Anzac dawn service? It’s 2025 my dudes- WE KNOW WHO THESE FREAKS ARE AND YOU ARE PLATFORMING THEM??? I’m on the other side of the world and I know!

For more on Mike Pezzullo, see @jordanas.bsky.social's brilliant book, Cruel Care: A History of Children at Our Borders. publishing.monash.edu/product/crue...

Cruel Care - Monash University Publishing

Joint winner of the 2024 Oral History Awards! Highly Commended for the Australian History Prize as part of the 2024 NSW Premier’s History Awards. Shortlisted for the 2024 VIC Premier’s...

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Jo Dyer@instanterudite.bsky.social · last yr.

Colour me shocked that Ol' Dutts & Pup Paterson will roll out the red carpet for the disgraced Mike Pezzullo who - let's recall - was sacked after an independent inquiry made scathing findings against him that he'd misused his position & breached the Public Service Code of Conduct at least 14 times.

4/4 This year, we honour the story by refusing its misuse. By listening. Showing up. Rooting our rituals in solidarity, not supremacy. Placing our stories alongside, not above. From the narrow place, we don't move toward conquest, but toward collective freedom.

3/4 We are taught to mourn even our oppressors. But today we’re told to stay silent as others are bombed, displaced, starved. We’re told to call it defence. We’re told to look away. We refuse. Liberation built on domination is not liberation. It’s apartheid. It cannot be done in our name.

2/4 This isn’t about making our past sacred. It’s about refusing to ignore the present. Because oppression today doesn’t live in metaphor. It lives in Gaza, under siege. In the West Bank, under occupation. In refugee camps, in exile, in rubble.

🧵 1/4 This Peysakh, we return to a story of liberation. But we don’t stop at our own. The rituals remind us that freedom is not a possession, it’s a commitment. A memory that insists we act in the face of oppression, not just remember it.

NEW: Artist Khaled Sabsabi has blamed Creative Australia for the “dismantling” of his career and said the board’s decision to revoke his appointment as Australia’s Venice Biennale representative has given the green light for others to smear his reputation. www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

Khaled Sabsabi says Creative Australia decision was ‘kneejerk’ reaction that is ‘dismantling’ his career

Exclusive: Lebanese-Australian artist says ‘nobody should have to go through this torture’ in first interview since being dumped from Venice Biennale exhibition

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Israel killed 15 Palestinian paramedics and rescue workers one by one, says UN Workers on a mission to help colleagues were buried in mass grave in southern Gaza, says humanitarian office www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...

Israel killed 15 Palestinian paramedics and rescue workers one by one, says UN

Workers on a mission to help colleagues were buried in mass grave in southern Gaza, says humanitarian office

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a must read from @jumanabayeh.bsky.social in @overlandjournal.bsky.social, dismantling the UA antisemitism definition: "what is painfully evident is that, in the process of writing the definition, not one person in the room saw, imagined, considered Palestinians." overland.org.au/2025/03/sile...

Silencing Palestine: Universities Australia and the new definition of antisemitism - Overland literary journal

I am a researcher of literature and I am invested in understanding the political nature of language, and the context in which that language is embedded — even chaotic and unfocused language. I want to...

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make sure you give this fab conversation a listen

Matthew Klugman (they/them)@raw-toast.bsky.social · 2y ago

Was glorious being part of 3CRs Trans Day of Audibility w the superb Priya Kunjan + Olive & James of the East Brunswick Eye Gougers! Also got to shout out the wonderful work of @sandyosullivan.bsky.social, Ellen van Neerven, & @jordanas.bsky.social. Listen here :) www.3cr.org.au/transdayofau...

The murder of Palestinian journalist, based in north Gaza, Hossam Shabat by israel is devastating. Make sure you read this piece, his last filed story. Make sure you stand up and fight against this genocide.

Drop Site@dropsitenews.com · 2y ago

NEW: Hossam Shabat’s Last Article Filed hours before his killing in an Israeli airstrike, journalist Hossam Shabat describes the resumption of Israel's scorched earth campaign in his hometown of Beit Hanoun. Translated through tears by Sharif Kouddous dropsitenews.com/p/hossam-sha...

“I ask you now: do not stop speaking about Gaza. Do not let the world look away. Keep fighting, keep telling our stories—until Palestine is free.” Hossam Shabat’s final message to the world, shared by his team after Israel assassinated him this morning in northern Gaza.

Worth re-reading this piece from @lyndalrowlands.bsky.social on this 6th anniversary of the horrific Christchurch mosque massacre carried out by an Australian terrorist www.aljazeera.com/features/202...

Australian efforts on Islamophobia flag despite Christchurch wake-up call

Five years on, there has been little reflection on the Islamophobia behind the Christchurch mosque attacks.

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BREAKING: Israel says as of this morning, it has laid siege to Gaza and two million Palestinians, preventing entry of all food supplies and other goods. This is GENOCIDE

🔴 BREAKING: Israel blocks entry of all goods and supplies into Gaza after first phase of truce ends. LIVE updates: aje.io/2y192mc