Mehreen Faruqi
@mehreenfaruqi.bsky.social
Deputy Leader of the Australian Greens and Senator for NSW. Feminist and anti-racist, fighting for public education & a just world 🌏🐨🏡✊🏾 linktr.ee/mehreenfaruqi
Over the weekend, when most people were switched off, Labor released its response to the recommendations of the Special Envoy to Combat Islamophobia. After months of delay, in the midst of some of the worst attacks on Muslims by the far-right, Labor made a half-hearted attempt to appease us.
Good. Netanyahu, like all war criminals, belongs in the Hague.
‘He’s a war criminal’: Mamdani exploring whether he can arrest Netanyahu if he visits New York
NYC mayor says in Times interview that’s he’s in ‘active conversation’ with city’s law department about the matter
theguardian.com
Aussie battler going into battle for *checks notes* billionaires? 🤔
Pauline Hanson's on a holiday with a billionaire, spouting racism and Islamophobia in a hotel room paid for by another billionaire's media empire - trying to turn Australians against one another. They don't want us fighting the system, they want us fighting each other.
Jana Armstrong, Layla Jeffrey, Lavanya Chappa and another young woman. Four women killed by horrific male violence in the past week alone. At least 27 women killed this year under a system that has always treated women’s bodies as disposable and women’s safety as optional.
Why is the taxpayer-funded Antisemitism Envoy worried about Australians forming a negative impression of Israel's conduct in Gaza? Why is she floating censorship boards to screen stories about Israel?
Labor's draft policy platform would commit them to a national anti-racism strategy. Except we already have a National Anti-Racism Framework. It’s been sitting idle on the shelf for 20 months.
Every Australian who has served, donated or materially supported the IDF should be investigated.
AFP assessing allegation of Gaza war crimes committed by Australian citizen serving in IDF
Exclusive: Claims against Israel Defense Forces battalion include deliberate targeting and destruction of residential buildings in 2023 and 2024 without military justification
theguardian.com
Today Labor, Liberals and One Nation teamed up to oppose cheaper degrees. Arts students continue to watch in horror as the cost of their degree soars past $50k. You can’t say you care about students and young people and then vote down a Bill to make higher education more accessible and affordable.
'Social cohesion' is a fantasy when the Government imposes hierarchies of racism. This so-called Social Cohesion Education Hub includes 24 resources on Antisemitism but just two on Islamophobia and one on First Nations hate.
Pauline Hanson stood at the National Press Club and gave Australians the same tired, hate-filled message she's been selling for decades: turn on your neighbours, blame minorities and Muslims, blame everyone except the corporations and billionaires responsible for the mess we're in.
I am so proud of these brave women, who refused to be silenced after being kidnapped, assaulted and abused by Israeli forces. They should never have had to fight so hard to be heard, believed and treated with dignity by their own government.
AFP launches investigation into flotilla activists’ rape, abuse claims against Israel
Foreign Minister Penny Wong met with four Global Sumud flotilla participants in Canberra alongside senior AFP officers to hear their allegations.
smh.com.au
Women are One Nation’s latest target, pulling pages straight out of the far-right, MAGA playbook. They pretend to care about women and babies, but this latest crusade is nothing more than a trojan horse for unwinding hard-fought abortion rights.
The Final Report of the People’s Inquiry into Campus Free Speech on Palestine is out now. The reports documents case after case of censorship, surveillance, discrimination, disciplinary action, and bureaucratic obstruction targeting students and staff engaged in pro-Palestine advocacy.
Final Report
Final Report
palestineinquiry.com
Your yearly reminder that student debt will increase by over $1 billion today, as students and graduates already struggling with skyrocketing uni fees and the cost of living crisis are hit with 2.8% indexation.
Centrism isn't the answer to a rising far-right. Centrism is worse than a dead end. Walking the middle road is what got us in this mess in the first place. Ordinary people disillusioned with politics are looking for something bold and audacious that makes their lives better.
It was an honour to welcome home to our brave Global Sumud Flotilla participants who have kept our hope alive and who carried with them not just aid, but humanity, love, and a commitment to a free Palestine.
The horse racing industry is cooked. End animal cruelty. End horse racing.
To see 13 ARC research grants vetoed by the Education Minister in one round is concerning. The public, researchers, and research community need to be assured that this power is not being used for political purposes.
The government has blocked funding to 13 research projects for security reasons. What happens now?
Federal Education Minister Jason Clare vetoed research funding to 13 projects ‘for reasons relevant to the security, defence or international relations’.
theconversation.com
Israel has once again sent its IOF to international waters to illegally intercept and board the Global Sumud Flotilla boats, who are carrying aid and medical supplies to Gaza.
Breaking: Israeli forces to intercept Gaza flotilla with Australians on board, organisers say
The organisers of a flotilla of ships trying to break Israel's maritime blockade of Gaza say Israel's navy is about to begin intercepting the group off the coast of Cyprus.
abc.net.au
The exclusion of groups like the Loud Jew Collective and APAN from the Royal Commission is deeply concerning and disappointing. The RC has made plenty of space for testimony conflating criticism of Israel with anti-semitism and pointing the finger at the Palestinian solidarity movement.
Palestinian peak body refused leave to appear at royal commission on antisemitism and social cohesion
Australia Palestine Advocacy Network says criticism of Israel is routinely misrepresented as antisemitic – and that Palestinian voices are being excluded from debate
theguardian.com
Albanese and Chalmers say that they are standing up for young people, but their failure to reverse the disastrous job-ready graduates fee hikes and funding cuts tells a different story.
It is such a relief to welcome Ethan back home. We are proud of him and other Australians for having the guts and the gumption to step up where our government has failed.
Let’s be clear about what’s happening here. Ordinary people from around the world, including 14 brave Australians, who have seen Israel’s ongoing genocide and atrocities, are on a peaceful, lawful mission to deliver desperately needed aid to Palestinians.
The shameful events on the weekend were just another reminder of the ever present racism in this country that is fueled by the far-right and so-called political leaders.
Anti-immigration group claims it did not organise Anzac Day booing despite post asking ‘how loud will you be’
Booing by rightwing groups of Indigenous leaders giving welcome to country speeches marred ceremonies for a second year running
theguardian.com
Angus Taylor wants to talk about “self-serving migrants”, but the real problem is self-serving politicians and billionaires who peddle hate to distract from the endless pit of war, greed and rising inequality that they feed off.
Angus Taylor claims too many self-serving migrants are draining the nation
The opposition leader will use his first major policy speech to warn that too many self-serving migrants have taken advantage of Australia and eroded the national culture.
smh.com.au
Let's not forget why the Strait of Hormuz is closed. It was open until the US and Israel decided to bomb Iran. If PM Albanese could be courageous and fast track Australia to renewable energy instead of doubling down on the very fossil fuel dependence that leaves us exposed to global instability.
