Tonight Free University of Western Sydney is hosting a screening of Concerning Violence, the Goran Olsson film which uses archival footage of anticolonial struggles to contextualise Chapter 1 of Frantz Fanon’s The Wretched of the Earth. Omar Bensaidi and I will be chairing the discussion. Here…
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Revisiting Fanon: Lessons for Critical Race & Decolonial Struggles
On Thursday May 26 the Free University of Western Sydney will be hosting a special screening of the documentary Concerning Violence by Goran Hugo Olsson. Omar Bensaidi and I will be hosting a discussion afterwards at the Bankstown Arts Centre. All Welcome. More details here.
Mainstream Media: Enemy or Ally?
I am delighted to have been invited to speak alongside Mehal Krayem, Oishee Alam, Lydia Shelley, and Widyan Fares by the Lebanese Muslim Association on Saturday May 14. All Welcome.
Free Speech and Religious Freedom after Charlie Hebdo and Section 18C
On April 7, I was invited to participate in a round table on ‘Free Speech and Religious Freedom after Charlie Hebdo and Section 18C’ at the University of Wollongong by Tanja Dreher and Michael Griffiths on the occasion of Anshuman Mondal‘s visit to the University. Here…
Free Speech and Religious Freedom after Charlie Hebdo and Section 18C
I am speaking at this event at the University of Wollongong. My brief talk will be looking at racism denial as central to postracialism. My main focus will be the recent, openly Islamophobia, editorial by Charlie Hebdo, the Islamophobic and anti-Black statements by French Minister for…
Photos from ‘A Shared Minority Experience’ with Akala, Amy McQuire & Yassir Morsi
December 10 2015 saw an energising evening of debate at Bankstown library with renowned British hip and hop and spoken word artist, historian and activist, Akala, in conversation with the brilliant journalist Amy McQuire and critical race scholar Yassir Morsi. Here are some photos of the…
Akala in Sydney: A Shared Minority Experience
Join us for a free community event on December 10th at Bankstown Library. This discussion on the shared experience of everyday racism will feature the renowned British hip-hop artist and campaigner, Akala, and New Matilda journalist, Darumbal and South Sea Islander woman, Amy McQuire. The event…
Race, class, gender and the ‘white left’
I was invited by Luqman Onikosi at Sussex University to address Black History Month, an event I used to enjoy immensely during my time there. I highlight for me was chairing the Black Panther speaking tour back in 2008. Luqman asked me to speak on the…
Racism, Western Sydney & Responses
I was delighted to be asked to participate in the panel on Racism, Western Sydney & Responses organised as part of Diversity Fest at Western Sydney University in September. The panel asked the hard questions about race, visibility, the white left, the curriculum. As Linda Martin…