Janet Cumming
@polyquats.bsky.social
Retired environmental health scientist, quilter, carer. Free Palestine 🇵🇸 Slava Ukraine 🇺🇦Trans women are women.
On Taribelang Country Bundaberg Qld
On Taribelang Country Bundaberg Qld
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what you never see in the media
January 18, 2026 at 10:48 AM
what you never see in the media
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Best of 2025 – The boy who cried antisemitism https://johnmenadue.com/post/2026/01/best-of-2025-the-boy-who-cried-antisemitism #auspol
Best of 2025 - The boy who cried antisemitism
For two years, we’ve been told Australia is drowning in antisemitism. Every protest for Palestinian human rights, every mural, every chant criticising Israel has been hauled up as “evidence.”
johnmenadue.com
January 16, 2026 at 4:12 AM
Best of 2025 – The boy who cried antisemitism https://johnmenadue.com/post/2026/01/best-of-2025-the-boy-who-cried-antisemitism #auspol
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Why are so many still sticking with Twitter? | Fiona Katauskas
Why are so many still sticking with Twitter? | Fiona Katauskas
It’s not a healthy relationship Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
January 15, 2026 at 1:34 AM
Why are so many still sticking with Twitter? | Fiona Katauskas
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You could perhaps argue that a "reasonable" member of the Jewish community wouldn't be a Zionist??
January 13, 2026 at 11:06 AM
You could perhaps argue that a "reasonable" member of the Jewish community wouldn't be a Zionist??
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Go to jail for hurting somebody's feelings? A political tweet? Andrew Brown - prosecuted for wearing a 'F*** Israel' t-shirt writes on draft Antisemitism Bill and Albo's t-shirt
#auspol
michaelwest.com.au/antisemitism...
#auspol
michaelwest.com.au/antisemitism...
Antisemitism Bill. Same shirt. Different stairs. Years in prison. - Michael West
Antisemitism is about to become a criminal offence under the proposed Combatting Antisemitism Hate and Extremism Bill.
michaelwest.com.au
January 13, 2026 at 5:12 AM
Go to jail for hurting somebody's feelings? A political tweet? Andrew Brown - prosecuted for wearing a 'F*** Israel' t-shirt writes on draft Antisemitism Bill and Albo's t-shirt
#auspol
michaelwest.com.au/antisemitism...
#auspol
michaelwest.com.au/antisemitism...
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The responsibility for these #racist assaults on Australian citizens remaining generally without consequences lies firmly with FAILURE of the #federal & #state #goverments to #legislate and #police STANDARDS of behaviour that apply to #politicians, #police, #boards, #businesses and #media.
#auspol
#auspol
“Jaswinder Boparai remembers being spat on at a SA truck stop for speaking his native Punjabi language on the phone with his wife. By the time the Australian citizen & father-of-two could comprehend what had happened, the assailant, another driver, was gone”
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
Indian truckies fed up with racist tirades over their CB radios
Some Indian truck drivers have copped so much racist abuse they have stopped using their CB radios.
www.abc.net.au
January 14, 2026 at 12:27 AM
The responsibility for these #racist assaults on Australian citizens remaining generally without consequences lies firmly with FAILURE of the #federal & #state #goverments to #legislate and #police STANDARDS of behaviour that apply to #politicians, #police, #boards, #businesses and #media.
#auspol
#auspol
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This is a very important video to watch. Thank you Ashley the Barroness. One comment from IG was America isn’t becoming Germany. America is becoming America. That really hit home for me. Watch this! Be uncomfortable.
January 13, 2026 at 11:42 AM
This is a very important video to watch. Thank you Ashley the Barroness. One comment from IG was America isn’t becoming Germany. America is becoming America. That really hit home for me. Watch this! Be uncomfortable.
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I am heartened by all the solidarity shown to Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah.
At the same time, if all of those ABC journalists reported truthfully on the Gaza genocide from the beginning, none of this would have happened. Zionists would not have had impunity to destroy culture here.
At the same time, if all of those ABC journalists reported truthfully on the Gaza genocide from the beginning, none of this would have happened. Zionists would not have had impunity to destroy culture here.
January 13, 2026 at 11:11 PM
I am heartened by all the solidarity shown to Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah.
At the same time, if all of those ABC journalists reported truthfully on the Gaza genocide from the beginning, none of this would have happened. Zionists would not have had impunity to destroy culture here.
At the same time, if all of those ABC journalists reported truthfully on the Gaza genocide from the beginning, none of this would have happened. Zionists would not have had impunity to destroy culture here.
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Before Zionists and their apologists subverted the language, 'cultural safety' was about addressing power imbalances formed through colonization.
Now it seems to mean upholding the rights of colonizers to continue their apartheid and genocide without criticism.
Now it seems to mean upholding the rights of colonizers to continue their apartheid and genocide without criticism.
It's "culturally unsafe" to have a Palestinian Aus author advocate against the systematic slaughter of hundreds of thousands of her people, but it's
"a good thing" for the president of apartheid Israel, which has committed daily massacres and mass starvation for 2yrs, to visit us. Unbearably racist.
"a good thing" for the president of apartheid Israel, which has committed daily massacres and mass starvation for 2yrs, to visit us. Unbearably racist.
January 13, 2026 at 8:47 PM
Before Zionists and their apologists subverted the language, 'cultural safety' was about addressing power imbalances formed through colonization.
Now it seems to mean upholding the rights of colonizers to continue their apartheid and genocide without criticism.
Now it seems to mean upholding the rights of colonizers to continue their apartheid and genocide without criticism.
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You know, in a normal world, a Jewish programming director inviting a Palestinian author to speak would be celebrated as a positive example of this “social cohesion” thing.
But I guess it’s only “social cohesion” if an Arab woman is being battered and smeared by News Corp.
But I guess it’s only “social cohesion” if an Arab woman is being battered and smeared by News Corp.
January 12, 2026 at 7:25 AM
You know, in a normal world, a Jewish programming director inviting a Palestinian author to speak would be celebrated as a positive example of this “social cohesion” thing.
But I guess it’s only “social cohesion” if an Arab woman is being battered and smeared by News Corp.
But I guess it’s only “social cohesion” if an Arab woman is being battered and smeared by News Corp.
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another scalp for zionism, whose malignant overreach in this country is long overdue for curtailing
#auspol
#auspol
Adelaide Festival is done - and the rest of the board has stepped down
January 13, 2026 at 3:45 AM
another scalp for zionism, whose malignant overreach in this country is long overdue for curtailing
#auspol
#auspol
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“art in the service of social cohesion is propaganda”: Louise Adler standing tall as always. What a legend✊🏼❤️
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I cannot be party to silencing writers, which is why I am resigning as director of Adelaide Writers’ Week | Louise Adler
Cancelling the Australian Palestinian author Randa Abdel-Fattah weakens freedom of speech and is the harbinger of a less free nation
www.theguardian.com
January 12, 2026 at 9:49 PM
“art in the service of social cohesion is propaganda”: Louise Adler standing tall as always. What a legend✊🏼❤️
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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January 12, 2026 at 6:51 PM
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The coordinated campaign of complaint against @cathywilcox.bsky.social 's cartoon demonstates the truth of what Cathy illustrated.
#AusPol
#AusPol
January 12, 2026 at 2:16 AM
The coordinated campaign of complaint against @cathywilcox.bsky.social 's cartoon demonstates the truth of what Cathy illustrated.
#AusPol
#AusPol
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Absolute must-read. Cracking piece.
‘Authoritarianism is rising all around us. It does not arrive with a flourish of trumpets or the march of boots; often, it arrives in the quiet room where a festival board decides which ideas are “safe” and which must be scrubbed from the record.’
‘Authoritarianism is rising all around us. It does not arrive with a flourish of trumpets or the march of boots; often, it arrives in the quiet room where a festival board decides which ideas are “safe” and which must be scrubbed from the record.’
January 11, 2026 at 8:08 PM
Absolute must-read. Cracking piece.
‘Authoritarianism is rising all around us. It does not arrive with a flourish of trumpets or the march of boots; often, it arrives in the quiet room where a festival board decides which ideas are “safe” and which must be scrubbed from the record.’
‘Authoritarianism is rising all around us. It does not arrive with a flourish of trumpets or the march of boots; often, it arrives in the quiet room where a festival board decides which ideas are “safe” and which must be scrubbed from the record.’
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The more aggressively the Zionists try to stomp out criticism of Israel the more necessary it is to aggressively criticize Israel. Now we're not just opposing genocidal atrocities, we're also opposing an assault on our own civil rights.
January 11, 2026 at 9:55 AM
The more aggressively the Zionists try to stomp out criticism of Israel the more necessary it is to aggressively criticize Israel. Now we're not just opposing genocidal atrocities, we're also opposing an assault on our own civil rights.
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When illegality triggers analysis instead of consequence, it becomes precedent. From Gaza to Venezuela, power is being laundered through narrative and repetition, writes Chandran Nair.
#Venezuela #InternationalLaw #Empire #GlobalPolitics #PearlsAndIrritations
#Venezuela #InternationalLaw #Empire #GlobalPolitics #PearlsAndIrritations
The USA today: a derangement threatening the World
The response to events in Venezuela exposes how breaches of international law are absorbed, reframed, and normalised – and what that reveals about power, decadence, and global silence.
johnmenadue.com
January 10, 2026 at 9:00 PM
When illegality triggers analysis instead of consequence, it becomes precedent. From Gaza to Venezuela, power is being laundered through narrative and repetition, writes Chandran Nair.
#Venezuela #InternationalLaw #Empire #GlobalPolitics #PearlsAndIrritations
#Venezuela #InternationalLaw #Empire #GlobalPolitics #PearlsAndIrritations
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I hope AUS PM Anthony Albanese and NSW Premier Chris Minns realise that MANY Australians DO NOT want "social cohesion" with neo-nazis and Zionist bigots. That sort of "social cohesion" sounds a lot like condoning anti-Palestinian racism and complicity in genocide. #auspol #nswpol #FreePalestine
January 9, 2026 at 2:36 AM
I hope AUS PM Anthony Albanese and NSW Premier Chris Minns realise that MANY Australians DO NOT want "social cohesion" with neo-nazis and Zionist bigots. That sort of "social cohesion" sounds a lot like condoning anti-Palestinian racism and complicity in genocide. #auspol #nswpol #FreePalestine
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What the Australian Jewish Association has to understand is that many Australians are fiercely opposed to the level of influence it enjoys within our Federal and State governments, as it is seen as divisive and against Australian values. It's Zionist values are very different to Australian values.
January 10, 2026 at 2:38 AM
What the Australian Jewish Association has to understand is that many Australians are fiercely opposed to the level of influence it enjoys within our Federal and State governments, as it is seen as divisive and against Australian values. It's Zionist values are very different to Australian values.
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Richard Flanagan on the Adelaide Writers’ Festival. Wise commentary. 👍
Via SMH
Via SMH
January 10, 2026 at 12:13 AM
Richard Flanagan on the Adelaide Writers’ Festival. Wise commentary. 👍
Via SMH
Via SMH
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as nation we owe a huge debt to @pupfiction.bsky.social for rapidly re-organising the line-up for the event
January 10, 2026 at 12:10 AM
as nation we owe a huge debt to @pupfiction.bsky.social for rapidly re-organising the line-up for the event
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The Vagina Museum is a proudly trans inclusive organisation 🏳️⚧️
We won't be silenced with our commitment to telling the entire story about anatomy, reproductive justice and bodily autonomy! Trans people have always existed and will always exist.
We won't be silenced with our commitment to telling the entire story about anatomy, reproductive justice and bodily autonomy! Trans people have always existed and will always exist.
January 8, 2026 at 3:51 PM
The Vagina Museum is a proudly trans inclusive organisation 🏳️⚧️
We won't be silenced with our commitment to telling the entire story about anatomy, reproductive justice and bodily autonomy! Trans people have always existed and will always exist.
We won't be silenced with our commitment to telling the entire story about anatomy, reproductive justice and bodily autonomy! Trans people have always existed and will always exist.
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"The Australia Institute’s decision to withdraw its involvement in, and sponsorship of, Adelaide Writers’ Week was easy to make but raises difficult questions", writes Dr Richard Denniss in The Point.
Read the full piece here: thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...
Read the full piece here: thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...
January 9, 2026 at 6:04 AM
"The Australia Institute’s decision to withdraw its involvement in, and sponsorship of, Adelaide Writers’ Week was easy to make but raises difficult questions", writes Dr Richard Denniss in The Point.
Read the full piece here: thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...
Read the full piece here: thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...
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We need to start now with rooting out Zionists at all levels of Government, from local to federal. They have far too much influence #auspol
January 9, 2026 at 1:14 AM
We need to start now with rooting out Zionists at all levels of Government, from local to federal. They have far too much influence #auspol