Naama Blatman 🍉
@blatmannaama.bsky.social
Scientia fellow #UNSW Sydney. From Israel/Palestine, living on Wangal land. Cities, settler colonialism, prisons.
Editor, EPD: Society and Space
Editor, EPD: Society and Space
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Naama Blatman 🍉
@blatmannaama.bsky.social
· Jan 22
Research shows 37 new prisons have been built in Australia since 2000. But the evidence shows increased incarceration doesn’t help reduce crime.
Prisons don’t create safer communities, so why is Australia spending billions on building them?
theconversation.com
Our new piece out this morning, with new data about Australia’s prison boom and why it’s a waste of money!
Reposted by Naama Blatman 🍉
Black Studies and the Fight Against Fascism on March 4 @ 6pm ET, register here: www.tickettailor.com/events/hayma...
February 28, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Black Studies and the Fight Against Fascism on March 4 @ 6pm ET, register here: www.tickettailor.com/events/hayma...
Is anyone getting results??
The ARC have tweeted that they will released Discovery Projects Expression of Interest outcomes tomorrow.
February 28, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Is anyone getting results??
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@blatmannaama.bsky.social and @jewishcouncilau.bsky.social on the dangerous new antisemitism definition adopted by universities.
www.jewishcouncil.com.au/media/jewish...
www.jewishcouncil.com.au/media/jewish...
February 26, 2025 at 2:19 AM
@blatmannaama.bsky.social and @jewishcouncilau.bsky.social on the dangerous new antisemitism definition adopted by universities.
www.jewishcouncil.com.au/media/jewish...
www.jewishcouncil.com.au/media/jewish...
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Melbourne Jewish community members explain why they support the Jewish Council of Australia.
Videography by Simon Aubor.
youtube.com/shorts/CNiT8...
#melbournejewishcommunity #australianjewishcommunity #jewishdiversity #diversityinjudaism #jewish #jewishaustralia #jewishmelbourne
Videography by Simon Aubor.
youtube.com/shorts/CNiT8...
#melbournejewishcommunity #australianjewishcommunity #jewishdiversity #diversityinjudaism #jewish #jewishaustralia #jewishmelbourne
Members of the Melbourne Jewish community explain why they support the Jewish Council of Australia.
YouTube video by Jewish Council of Australia
youtube.com
February 18, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Melbourne Jewish community members explain why they support the Jewish Council of Australia.
Videography by Simon Aubor.
youtube.com/shorts/CNiT8...
#melbournejewishcommunity #australianjewishcommunity #jewishdiversity #diversityinjudaism #jewish #jewishaustralia #jewishmelbourne
Videography by Simon Aubor.
youtube.com/shorts/CNiT8...
#melbournejewishcommunity #australianjewishcommunity #jewishdiversity #diversityinjudaism #jewish #jewishaustralia #jewishmelbourne
Urban k9 living de life 🙌🏽
February 10, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Urban k9 living de life 🙌🏽
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Join us in writing to Education Minister
@jasonclaremp.bsky.social about the targeting of academics Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah and Prof Chelsea Watego.
And while you're at it, why not write to the Vice-Chancellors of
Macquarie University and QUT too.
Read our full open letter at jewishcouncil.com.au
@jasonclaremp.bsky.social about the targeting of academics Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah and Prof Chelsea Watego.
And while you're at it, why not write to the Vice-Chancellors of
Macquarie University and QUT too.
Read our full open letter at jewishcouncil.com.au
February 6, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Join us in writing to Education Minister
@jasonclaremp.bsky.social about the targeting of academics Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah and Prof Chelsea Watego.
And while you're at it, why not write to the Vice-Chancellors of
Macquarie University and QUT too.
Read our full open letter at jewishcouncil.com.au
@jasonclaremp.bsky.social about the targeting of academics Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah and Prof Chelsea Watego.
And while you're at it, why not write to the Vice-Chancellors of
Macquarie University and QUT too.
Read our full open letter at jewishcouncil.com.au
Trump’s recent comments were enthusiastically received in Israel, which has been working to override Palestinians’ right to remain for decades. #RightToRemain
New piece out with @gordonneve.bsky.social in @aljazeera.com.
aje.io/htu3do
New piece out with @gordonneve.bsky.social in @aljazeera.com.
aje.io/htu3do
Trump must not be allowed to torpedo the Palestinian right to remain
US president’s latest comments confirm Israel’s wholesale destruction of Gaza is aimed at removing Palestinians.
aje.io
February 5, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Trump’s recent comments were enthusiastically received in Israel, which has been working to override Palestinians’ right to remain for decades. #RightToRemain
New piece out with @gordonneve.bsky.social in @aljazeera.com.
aje.io/htu3do
New piece out with @gordonneve.bsky.social in @aljazeera.com.
aje.io/htu3do
New Editorial piece from the team at @societyandspace.bsky.social. Pls read and share - it’s all about where the journal is heading next and how you can be a part of it.
New editorial out from EPD editors detailing some major changes including closing down operations of the online magazine and a focused set of criteria for our peer review process, aimed at making consequential knowledge and building consequential theory.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
February 3, 2025 at 7:39 PM
New Editorial piece from the team at @societyandspace.bsky.social. Pls read and share - it’s all about where the journal is heading next and how you can be a part of it.
Reposted by Naama Blatman 🍉
Why does the world’s richest man, a man no one voted for, have access to my Social Security number?
February 3, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Why does the world’s richest man, a man no one voted for, have access to my Social Security number?
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Our EO, @sarahschwartz.bsky.social spoke to ABC News Breakfast about another terrifying antisemitic incident.
Everyone deserves the right to freely practice their religion and culture.
Politicians need to stop politicising antisemitism to spread division and hate
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YO44...
Everyone deserves the right to freely practice their religion and culture.
Politicians need to stop politicising antisemitism to spread division and hate
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YO44...
Jewish community 'terrified' amid rise in antisemitic attacks | ABC NEWS
YouTube video by ABC News (Australia)
www.youtube.com
January 30, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Our EO, @sarahschwartz.bsky.social spoke to ABC News Breakfast about another terrifying antisemitic incident.
Everyone deserves the right to freely practice their religion and culture.
Politicians need to stop politicising antisemitism to spread division and hate
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YO44...
Everyone deserves the right to freely practice their religion and culture.
Politicians need to stop politicising antisemitism to spread division and hate
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YO44...
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Sarah Schwartz must be punished: The instrumentalisation of a dissenting Jew
After calling out Peter Dutton's use of Australian Jews for his own political purposes, Sarah Schwartz has faced a campaign of demonisation.
via @crikey.com.au
www.crikey.com.au/2025/01/29/s...
After calling out Peter Dutton's use of Australian Jews for his own political purposes, Sarah Schwartz has faced a campaign of demonisation.
via @crikey.com.au
www.crikey.com.au/2025/01/29/s...
Sarah Schwartz must be punished: The instrumentalisation of a dissenting Jew
After calling out Peter Dutton's use of Australian Jews for his own political purposes, Sarah Schwartz has faced a campaign of demonisation.
www.crikey.com.au
January 29, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Sarah Schwartz must be punished: The instrumentalisation of a dissenting Jew
After calling out Peter Dutton's use of Australian Jews for his own political purposes, Sarah Schwartz has faced a campaign of demonisation.
via @crikey.com.au
www.crikey.com.au/2025/01/29/s...
After calling out Peter Dutton's use of Australian Jews for his own political purposes, Sarah Schwartz has faced a campaign of demonisation.
via @crikey.com.au
www.crikey.com.au/2025/01/29/s...
This one from @naomiaklein.bsky.social sums it up really well for me today.
I appreciate all the people recommending the Shock Doctrine. I've been thinking about what makes Trump's use of these tactics a little different.
In recent decades, shock tactics were used mainly to rapidly impose neoliberal economic policies. But what Trump is doing goes way beyond that.
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In recent decades, shock tactics were used mainly to rapidly impose neoliberal economic policies. But what Trump is doing goes way beyond that.
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Chaos and confusion. Somebody read @naomiaklein.bsky.social The Shock Doctrine as a manual, it seems. Time for people to read it again for countermeasures also.
January 29, 2025 at 12:31 AM
This one from @naomiaklein.bsky.social sums it up really well for me today.
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A must read from our EO, @sarahschwartz.bsky.social
Murdoch, we won’t let you silence our anti-racism work!
Murdoch, we won’t let you silence our anti-racism work!
My article in @theguardian.com about how Peter Dutton uses the Jewish community as political footballs to spread bigotry, which makes us all less safe.
Murdoch, you can’t stop me from calling out Dutton and the LNP for fueling racism!
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Murdoch, you can’t stop me from calling out Dutton and the LNP for fueling racism!
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
When Peter Dutton and the Coalition use the Jewish community as political footballs it makes all of us less safe | Sarah Schwartz
They have created an imaginary caricature of Jewish people to push their political agenda
www.theguardian.com
January 28, 2025 at 5:32 AM
A must read from our EO, @sarahschwartz.bsky.social
Murdoch, we won’t let you silence our anti-racism work!
Murdoch, we won’t let you silence our anti-racism work!
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A searing piece from the indomitable @sarahschwartz.bsky.social, who is facing a campaign of silencing & intimidation by the Murdoch Press || When Peter Dutton and the Coalition use the Jewish community as political footballs it makes all of us less safe www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com
January 28, 2025 at 5:06 AM
A searing piece from the indomitable @sarahschwartz.bsky.social, who is facing a campaign of silencing & intimidation by the Murdoch Press || When Peter Dutton and the Coalition use the Jewish community as political footballs it makes all of us less safe www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Read our piece and talk to us about it! Co-authored with the wonderful @emmakrussell.bsky.social @drnatosborne.bsky.social @francismarkham.work and Andrew Burridge.
"Prisons don’t create safer communities, so why is Australia spending billions on building them?" Institute Associate @blatmannaama.bsky.social co-authors a new article for The Conversation: bit.ly/PrisonsAustr...
January 28, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Read our piece and talk to us about it! Co-authored with the wonderful @emmakrussell.bsky.social @drnatosborne.bsky.social @francismarkham.work and Andrew Burridge.
Emma is an excellent interviewee - you should have a coffee and listen to this one! 👇🏼
Repping for the stellar research team @blatmannaama.bsky.social @drnatosborne.bsky.social @francismarkham.work + Andrew Burridge, speaking on our article in @theconversation.com last week:
theconversation.com/prisons-dont...
theconversation.com/prisons-dont...
Prisons don’t create safer communities, so why is Australia spending billions on building them?
Research shows 37 new prisons have been built in Australia since 2000. But the evidence shows increased incarceration doesn’t help reduce crime.
theconversation.com
January 27, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Emma is an excellent interviewee - you should have a coffee and listen to this one! 👇🏼
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"Rent spiked by 20 percent in Los Angeles County after wildfires ravaged the area, according to a Washington Post analysis of listings data from RentCast, a property analytics service, raising alarms of price gouging in the midst of a housing crisis."
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Rent rose by 20 percent across L.A. County after fires. That’s illegal.
Rent for single-family homes across Los Angeles County rose by almost 25 percent, and even more in certain areas, according to a Washington Post analysis.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 26, 2025 at 2:51 AM
"Rent spiked by 20 percent in Los Angeles County after wildfires ravaged the area, according to a Washington Post analysis of listings data from RentCast, a property analytics service, raising alarms of price gouging in the midst of a housing crisis."
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Can’t say I’m shocked cause it’s The Australian (🙄) but definitely alarmed at the ease with which people publish outright lies and hit pieces like these. Solidarity with @sarahschwartz.bsky.social ✊🏾
Shocked to see a highly defamatory op-ed in The Australian today targeting @sarahschwartz.bsky.social, which includes not only falsehoods about Sarah’s talk, making up things that Sarah never said, but got other basic details (such as speakers) wrong. Incredible to see media reproduce lies unchecked
January 27, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Can’t say I’m shocked cause it’s The Australian (🙄) but definitely alarmed at the ease with which people publish outright lies and hit pieces like these. Solidarity with @sarahschwartz.bsky.social ✊🏾
Our letter to QUT VC in support of Sarah Schwartz. @sarahschwartz.bsky.social is under massive attack by Zionist orgs and the right-wing media. We urge QUT admin to take a clear stand against these defamatory actions!
Letter from our Executive and Advisory Committee members to QUT Vice Chancellor urging her to defend Sarah Schwartz against malicious and defamatory attacks
January 26, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Our letter to QUT VC in support of Sarah Schwartz. @sarahschwartz.bsky.social is under massive attack by Zionist orgs and the right-wing media. We urge QUT admin to take a clear stand against these defamatory actions!
Reposted by Naama Blatman 🍉
Letter from our Executive and Advisory Committee members to QUT Vice Chancellor urging her to defend Sarah Schwartz against malicious and defamatory attacks
January 26, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Letter from our Executive and Advisory Committee members to QUT Vice Chancellor urging her to defend Sarah Schwartz against malicious and defamatory attacks
Reposting, for those working in carceral/ abolition geography space and are curious about what’s happening in Australia.
Incarceration doesn't make for safer communities - this carceral "common sense" needs critical examination so we can understand what prisons are really for, & the impact they really have, in the colony
Thanks @emmakrussell.bsky.social @francismarkham.work @blatmannaama.bsky.social Andrew Burridge!
Thanks @emmakrussell.bsky.social @francismarkham.work @blatmannaama.bsky.social Andrew Burridge!
Research shows 37 new prisons have been built in Australia since 2000. But the evidence shows increased incarceration doesn’t help reduce crime.
January 24, 2025 at 5:26 AM
Reposting, for those working in carceral/ abolition geography space and are curious about what’s happening in Australia.
Our new piece out this morning, with new data about Australia’s prison boom and why it’s a waste of money!
Research shows 37 new prisons have been built in Australia since 2000. But the evidence shows increased incarceration doesn’t help reduce crime.
Prisons don’t create safer communities, so why is Australia spending billions on building them?
theconversation.com
January 22, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Our new piece out this morning, with new data about Australia’s prison boom and why it’s a waste of money!
Reposted by Naama Blatman 🍉
Research shows 37 new prisons have been built in Australia since 2000. But the evidence shows increased incarceration doesn’t help reduce crime.
Prisons don’t create safer communities, so why is Australia spending billions on building them?
theconversation.com
January 22, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Research shows 37 new prisons have been built in Australia since 2000. But the evidence shows increased incarceration doesn’t help reduce crime.