Jessica Whyte
@jessicawhyte.bsky.social
Assoc Prof. of Philosophy at the University of New South Wales. Writes about economic sanctions, human rights, neoliberalism, international law.
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Jessica Whyte
@jessicawhyte.bsky.social
· Apr 18
A “Tragic Humanitarian Crisis”: Israel’s Weaponization of Starvation and the Question of Intent
Published in Journal of Genocide Research (Ahead of Print, 2024)
www.tandfonline.com
I wrote about how Israel mobilises a highly permissive interpretation of the international humanitarian law prohibition of starving civilians to portray its starvation campaign as a ‘tragic humanitarian crisis’’ and give legal cover to its genocide. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Is shame ‘a revolutionary emotion’? I reviewed Frédéric Gros’ book Philosophy of Shame: A Revolutionary Emotion for the Aust Book Review
The review is pay-walled but you can hear me read it here: www.australianbookreview.com.au/book-reviews...
@versobooks.bsky.social @austbookreview.bsky.social
The review is pay-walled but you can hear me read it here: www.australianbookreview.com.au/book-reviews...
@versobooks.bsky.social @austbookreview.bsky.social
‘For shame: Social value of an emotion’, by Jessica Whyte | The ABR Podcast #256
This week, on The ABR Podcast, Jessica Whyte reviews A Philosophy of Shame: A revolutionary emotion by Frédéric Gros. Whyte applauds the attempt to ‘revolutionise how we think about shame’ and to cons...
www.australianbookreview.com.au
November 21, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Is shame ‘a revolutionary emotion’? I reviewed Frédéric Gros’ book Philosophy of Shame: A Revolutionary Emotion for the Aust Book Review
The review is pay-walled but you can hear me read it here: www.australianbookreview.com.au/book-reviews...
@versobooks.bsky.social @austbookreview.bsky.social
The review is pay-walled but you can hear me read it here: www.australianbookreview.com.au/book-reviews...
@versobooks.bsky.social @austbookreview.bsky.social
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Why the military’s impact on climate change can no longer be ignored www.tni.org/en/publicati...
November 19, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Why the military’s impact on climate change can no longer be ignored www.tni.org/en/publicati...
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The Cabinet of the Progressive International condemns the United Nations Security Council resolution authorizing a colonial governance structure in Gaza — a calculated attempt to erase the horizon of Palestinian liberation.
“A calculated attempt to erase the horizon of Palestinian liberation.”
Statement from the Cabinet of the Progressive International on the UN Security Council resolution on Gaza.
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November 19, 2025 at 9:28 AM
The Cabinet of the Progressive International condemns the United Nations Security Council resolution authorizing a colonial governance structure in Gaza — a calculated attempt to erase the horizon of Palestinian liberation.
As the U.S. uses sanctions and tariffs against those who seek to hold Israel accountable for genocide, @shahdhm.bsky.social and I have organised this panel on economic and physical coercion with an excellent group of speakers: twailr.com/webinar-geno...
November 17, 2025 at 10:32 AM
As the U.S. uses sanctions and tariffs against those who seek to hold Israel accountable for genocide, @shahdhm.bsky.social and I have organised this panel on economic and physical coercion with an excellent group of speakers: twailr.com/webinar-geno...
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You accept the peace plan or 'we finish the job' - why are we not talking about physical and economic coercion in the age of genocide? join the discussion this Wendesday. twailr.com/webinar-geno...
November 16, 2025 at 12:24 PM
You accept the peace plan or 'we finish the job' - why are we not talking about physical and economic coercion in the age of genocide? join the discussion this Wendesday. twailr.com/webinar-geno...
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Professor Richard Falk, the veteran human rights scholar and former UN rapporteur, was detained for four hours in Canada, on his 95th birthday, where he had gone to speak at the Gaza Tribunal. The repression of pro-Palestinian voices is worldwide.
November 15, 2025 at 5:59 AM
Professor Richard Falk, the veteran human rights scholar and former UN rapporteur, was detained for four hours in Canada, on his 95th birthday, where he had gone to speak at the Gaza Tribunal. The repression of pro-Palestinian voices is worldwide.
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Together with @wanshucong.bsky.social we put together a symposium on the 20th anniversary of Anghie's pathbreaking Imperialism, Sovereignty and the Making of IL. Our introduction is here: cil.nus.edu.sg/blog/symposi.... Terrific contributions to come including a generous response by Prof. Anghie.
cil.nus.edu.sg
November 12, 2025 at 5:29 AM
Together with @wanshucong.bsky.social we put together a symposium on the 20th anniversary of Anghie's pathbreaking Imperialism, Sovereignty and the Making of IL. Our introduction is here: cil.nus.edu.sg/blog/symposi.... Terrific contributions to come including a generous response by Prof. Anghie.
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On 11 November, 1965, Rhodesia announced its Unilateral Declaration of Independence and its break with Britain. For the global far right in the 1960s-70s, Rhodesia became a cause celebre, seen as on the frontline (alongside apartheid South Africa) against communism and multi-racial democracy.
November 11, 2023 at 4:04 AM
On 11 November, 1965, Rhodesia announced its Unilateral Declaration of Independence and its break with Britain. For the global far right in the 1960s-70s, Rhodesia became a cause celebre, seen as on the frontline (alongside apartheid South Africa) against communism and multi-racial democracy.
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According to the World Food Programme (WFP), only half the required food aid is currently reaching Gaza, while a coalition of Palestinian relief agencies said total aid deliveries amounted to just one-quarter of what was agreed under the ceasefire deal.
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11...
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11...
US highlights Gaza aid surge; Palestinians allege ‘engineered starvation’
White House says nearly 700 aid trucks entering Gaza each day, a figure disputed by Palestinians and aid organisations.
www.aljazeera.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:06 AM
According to the World Food Programme (WFP), only half the required food aid is currently reaching Gaza, while a coalition of Palestinian relief agencies said total aid deliveries amounted to just one-quarter of what was agreed under the ceasefire deal.
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11...
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11...
The U.S. is considering replacing the abomination that is the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation with what one humanitarian official who has seen the plan calls "a warmed-over version of what GHF tried to do”.
Exclusive: The United States is considering a proposal for humanitarian aid delivery in Gaza that would replace the controversial US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, according to a copy of the plan seen by Reuters reut.rs/4ogvrVy
October 25, 2025 at 5:11 AM
The U.S. is considering replacing the abomination that is the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation with what one humanitarian official who has seen the plan calls "a warmed-over version of what GHF tried to do”.
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Milton Friedman on the BLF and Green Bans 🤡
October 19, 2025 at 4:37 AM
Milton Friedman on the BLF and Green Bans 🤡
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NSW Supreme Court tosses out anti-protest laws www.sbs.com.au/news/article...
October 16, 2025 at 5:42 AM
NSW Supreme Court tosses out anti-protest laws www.sbs.com.au/news/article...
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Palestine’s most popular leader, Marwan Barghouti, was beaten unconscious and has his ribs broken by Israeli prison guards and his family fears for his life, his son has said, citing evidence given by former Palestinian detainees released this week as part of the ceasefire deal.
Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouti assaulted by Israeli prison guards, son says
Family fears for 66-year-old’s life after assault while he was being transferred between prisons
www.theguardian.com
October 15, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Palestine’s most popular leader, Marwan Barghouti, was beaten unconscious and has his ribs broken by Israeli prison guards and his family fears for his life, his son has said, citing evidence given by former Palestinian detainees released this week as part of the ceasefire deal.
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Al Jazeera is doing videos of the Palestinian releases and they're heart wrenching. One man was detained for over a year and was released to find out that Israel had killed his two kids. The youngest was three. Her birthday would've been on Saturday. He'd made a small bracelet for her in prison.
October 15, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Al Jazeera is doing videos of the Palestinian releases and they're heart wrenching. One man was detained for over a year and was released to find out that Israel had killed his two kids. The youngest was three. Her birthday would've been on Saturday. He'd made a small bracelet for her in prison.
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NEW: Israel informed the UN it will permit only 300 aid trucks into Gaza daily, not the 600 mandated by the ceasefire it just signed.
October 14, 2025 at 5:51 PM
NEW: Israel informed the UN it will permit only 300 aid trucks into Gaza daily, not the 600 mandated by the ceasefire it just signed.
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Annalena Baerbock refused to enforce arrest warrants for Israeli officials implicated in crimes against humanity. Now she's President of the UN General Assembly.
✍️ Join the global movement to demand Baerbock’s resignation.
✍️ Join the global movement to demand Baerbock’s resignation.
Baerbock, Resign From the UNGA Presidency
Only a movement millions strong can stop Baerbock's presidency at the United Nations General Assembly.
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October 14, 2025 at 5:04 AM
Annalena Baerbock refused to enforce arrest warrants for Israeli officials implicated in crimes against humanity. Now she's President of the UN General Assembly.
✍️ Join the global movement to demand Baerbock’s resignation.
✍️ Join the global movement to demand Baerbock’s resignation.
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This is such a moment of mixed joy and anxiety for the people of Palestine, but, one clear piece of good news: the genocidal, death-trap, known as the Gaza "Humanitarian" Foundation, is being dismantled and removed from the Gaza Strip, according to @aljazeera.com. Alhamdulliah
October 11, 2025 at 10:10 PM
This is such a moment of mixed joy and anxiety for the people of Palestine, but, one clear piece of good news: the genocidal, death-trap, known as the Gaza "Humanitarian" Foundation, is being dismantled and removed from the Gaza Strip, according to @aljazeera.com. Alhamdulliah
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Pentagon officials confirm “Operation Prize Patrol” is already underway.
October 11, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Pentagon officials confirm “Operation Prize Patrol” is already underway.
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every single tech idea is like “soon our robots will be capable of playing catch with your kid, freeing you up to spend more time working on your employers’ spreadsheets”
October 11, 2025 at 2:07 PM
every single tech idea is like “soon our robots will be capable of playing catch with your kid, freeing you up to spend more time working on your employers’ spreadsheets”
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Past/Present is an Australian Historical Association initiative, in partnership with the Guardian, looking at current events in historical context. Here's an excellent piece by Roland Burke on early international efforts to deal with misinformation/disinformation.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The fledgling UN tried to rein in mass-scale misinformation. The world turned its back and is now paying the price | Roland Burke
The ruinous result of the US approach to freedom of information and media has made anti-democratic contagion impossible to ignore
www.theguardian.com
October 12, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Past/Present is an Australian Historical Association initiative, in partnership with the Guardian, looking at current events in historical context. Here's an excellent piece by Roland Burke on early international efforts to deal with misinformation/disinformation.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The work is just beginning.
October 9, 2025 at 4:50 AM
The work is just beginning.
This sanctions webinar is on tonight (Southern hemisphere)! Register here: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
October 7, 2025 at 10:25 PM
This sanctions webinar is on tonight (Southern hemisphere)! Register here: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
An excellent set of reflections on the obscene spectacle of providing people with the alternatives of a colonial administration run by war criminals or the ‘completion’ of a genocide. By @shahdhm.bsky.social @mohsenattar.bsky.social and Ata Hindi.
Our commentary on the Trump Gaza plan now @opiniojuris.bsky.social with @mohsenattar.bsky.social and Ata Hindi.
opiniojuris.org/2025/10/02/c...
opiniojuris.org/2025/10/02/c...
October 2, 2025 at 4:44 PM
An excellent set of reflections on the obscene spectacle of providing people with the alternatives of a colonial administration run by war criminals or the ‘completion’ of a genocide. By @shahdhm.bsky.social @mohsenattar.bsky.social and Ata Hindi.
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As the US government trains its sights on the ICC as a whole, a reminder of a continuing and indefensible failure to protect the institution and its agents:
It is scandalous that 🇪🇺 has still not invoked the blocking statute.
6 ICC judges, 3 ICC prosecutors, & 1 UN special rapporteur have now been targeted with this lawlessness.
3 abandoned by the 🇪🇺 of which they are citizens (ICC judges Guillou 🇫🇷 & Hohler 🇸🇮; UN SR Albanese 🇮🇹)
6 ICC judges, 3 ICC prosecutors, & 1 UN special rapporteur have now been targeted with this lawlessness.
3 abandoned by the 🇪🇺 of which they are citizens (ICC judges Guillou 🇫🇷 & Hohler 🇸🇮; UN SR Albanese 🇮🇹)
Among other actions, the EU must protect the ICC through the Blocking Statute:
finance.ec.europa.eu/eu-and-world...
There can be no further delay:
www.jurist.org/news/2025/04...
finance.ec.europa.eu/eu-and-world...
There can be no further delay:
www.jurist.org/news/2025/04...
September 22, 2025 at 6:15 PM
As the US government trains its sights on the ICC as a whole, a reminder of a continuing and indefensible failure to protect the institution and its agents:
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Simply astonishing. Maybe Lecturer A should not have to mark over 100 essays in a two-week window in the first place? Invest in qualified staff and reduce impossible workloads FFS www.kcl.ac.uk/about/strate...
September 17, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Simply astonishing. Maybe Lecturer A should not have to mark over 100 essays in a two-week window in the first place? Invest in qualified staff and reduce impossible workloads FFS www.kcl.ac.uk/about/strate...