Since September 2024, I have been raising funds and sending them directly to the Al-Aqra family in Deir Al-Balah, Gaza. They are Iman and Ibrahim, Joury (8), Hamous (6), Marah (4) and Sanad (2). Here they are along with an example of a text exchanged between Iman and me. Hosted by…
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I published an article in Mondoweiss arguing against ‘Jewish safety’ as rhetorical support for genocide, building on arguments I make in Chapter Five of The New Racial Regime. Claims that “antisemitism” is being weaponized to support Israel miss that its function has always been to bolster European supremacy. Today, the…
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The New Racial Regime is published today by Pluto Press. I am honoured that Elizabeth P. Robinson agreed to write the foreword. Here’s a part of what she had to say. It gives a sense of the scope of the racial regime as they work to recalibrate in the face…
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I was asked to speak at an important event organised by the Italian University workers for Palestine Network to mark Holocaust Remembrance Day on 27 January 2025, Proteggere la Memoria: la Shoah, Gaza e la storia (Protect Memory: the Shoah, Gaza and History). 27 January has been the annual International Day of…
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This week Politics, Power and resistance is joined by Dr Ryan Al-Natour. Dr Al-Natour is a Palestinian-Australian scholar who is a lecturer in the School of Education at Charles Sturt University. Ryan has qualifications in Auslan (Australian Sign Language) and is very active as an interpreter (in training) for the…
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I wrote on SubStack about being ‘as well as can be expected’
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Since the start of the genocide in Palestine, a group of staff and students have been organising for Palestine at Western Sydney University. You can find a link to our activities, including the open letter signed by over 430 staff and students here.
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I helped co-edit a blog series over at the Identities blog on Gaza, Solidarity and the Right to Protest. The series brings together five posts by Ronit Lentin, Clive Gabay and Rachel Solnick, Waqas Tufail and Sherene Fernandez, Tom Six and Anna-Esther Younes. You can access each of these fantastic…
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I published an article in Black Agenda Report based on the talk I gave to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the publication of Black Marxism: The making of the Black radical tradition by Cedric J. Robinson. I hope to share a redcording of the event at which I was honoured…
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