Martijn Boersma
@martijnboersma.bsky.social
A/Prof Work and Organisational Studies at the University of Sydney | Editorial Board: Journal of Business Ethics and Australian Journal of Human Rights | Views are my own | #BizHumanRights #ModernSlavery | Free Palestine 🇵🇸🍉 | https://www.martijnboersma.com
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Today my partner @gpb82.bsky.social took our kids to the Palestine protest in Sydney. I protested with fellow academics at @aomconnect.bsky.social in Copenhagen #AoM2025. I was reminded that exactly 1 year ago my whole family also marched for Gaza. This shit has gone on for too long #StopTheGenocide
A resolution by the ILO’s regional staff union, which was supported by nearly 80% of the members, warned that “relocation risks sending mixed signals to constituents and normalising weak labour standards in a region dominated by migrant workers with limited effective rights”.
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UN labour body’s proposal to move Mideast HQ to Qatar sparks staff alarm
ILO employees question if agency can stay independent in country where rights groups allege regular worker exploitation
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November 16, 2025 at 8:57 PM
A resolution by the ILO’s regional staff union, which was supported by nearly 80% of the members, warned that “relocation risks sending mixed signals to constituents and normalising weak labour standards in a region dominated by migrant workers with limited effective rights”.
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A federal judge delivered an extraordinary 161-page rebuke of President Trump, ruling that the administration impermissibly chilled the protected political speech of university professors and students by targeting non-citizens on college campuses who have spoken out in support of Palestine.
‘Full-throated assault on the First Amendment’: Judge rips into Trump over attempts to deport pro-Palestinian academics | CNN Politics
A federal judge on Tuesday delivered an extraordinary 161-page rebuke of President Donald Trump, ruling that the administration impermissibly chilled the protected political speech of university profe...
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September 30, 2025 at 9:04 PM
A federal judge delivered an extraordinary 161-page rebuke of President Trump, ruling that the administration impermissibly chilled the protected political speech of university professors and students by targeting non-citizens on college campuses who have spoken out in support of Palestine.
“This amendment is really designed to shield Israel from any accountability by penalizing those who protest its violations of Palestinian human rights through boycotts, which should be protected by the First Amendment.”
#Boycott #BDS #Israel #US #Gaza
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#Boycott #BDS #Israel #US #Gaza
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The House Just Passed a Bill Punishing “Politically Motivated” Boycotts of Israel
Far-right Rep. Lauren Boeberg added an amendment to the Pentagon budget that targets the BDS boycott movement against Israel.
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September 14, 2025 at 5:05 AM
UC Berkeley has handed over 160 names of faculty, staff, and students to the Trump administration in a probe of “antisemitic incidents.” With no due process, no transparency, and international students at risk, this is blatant McCarthyism and a disgraceful betrayal of academic freedom. #highered
UC Berkeley shares 160 names with Trump administration in ‘McCarthy era’ move
Prominent professor Judith Butler among students and faculty investigated for ‘alleged antisemitic incidents’
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September 13, 2025 at 11:25 AM
UC Berkeley has handed over 160 names of faculty, staff, and students to the Trump administration in a probe of “antisemitic incidents.” With no due process, no transparency, and international students at risk, this is blatant McCarthyism and a disgraceful betrayal of academic freedom. #highered
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Charges against Sydney pro-Palestinian protester Hannah Thomas, who was seriously injured by police, were dropped.
Charges dropped against ex-Greens candidate injured in protest arrest, civil suit flagged
Charges against Sydney pro-Palestinian protester Hannah Thomas, who was seriously injured by police, were dropped.
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September 9, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Charges against Sydney pro-Palestinian protester Hannah Thomas, who was seriously injured by police, were dropped.
UTS has KPMG on retainer for $180,000 per week for work it was meant to complete in the original $4.8 million contract.
KPMG gets $180,000 a week. The same amount gets you a lecturer and tutors for an entire year!
Incompetence of UTS 'leadership' and utter governance failure. #auspol #highered
KPMG gets $180,000 a week. The same amount gets you a lecturer and tutors for an entire year!
Incompetence of UTS 'leadership' and utter governance failure. #auspol #highered
Workplace intervention at UTS is great news for KPMG
The big four consulting firm scored a $180,000 per week contract extension, to finish work it had already been paid $4.8 million to do.
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September 4, 2025 at 1:48 AM
A labour court, in the Amazonian state of Pará, on Friday ordered VW's Brazilian subsidiary to pay compensation of 165 million reais ($A46.5 million) over the illegal exploitation of workers in the 1970s and 1980s, the Brazilian public prosecutor's office for labour said.
Volkswagen Brazil faces $46.5m fine over modern slavery
German car manufacturer Volkswagen has been hit with a multi-million-dollar fine over modern slavery allegations in Brazil.
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September 1, 2025 at 12:00 AM
A labour court, in the Amazonian state of Pará, on Friday ordered VW's Brazilian subsidiary to pay compensation of 165 million reais ($A46.5 million) over the illegal exploitation of workers in the 1970s and 1980s, the Brazilian public prosecutor's office for labour said.
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It's really fucked up the news media at large is searching so hard for humanity in machines, while systematically denying humanity to Palestinians, trans people, immigrants, and other persecuted people
August 26, 2025 at 9:57 AM
It's really fucked up the news media at large is searching so hard for humanity in machines, while systematically denying humanity to Palestinians, trans people, immigrants, and other persecuted people
With moderate CO2 emissions, the tipping point will be reached at around 2063. With high emissions, the collapse could begin as early as 2055.
This leads to additional sea level rise, more storm surges, and agricultural yields will decrease by about 1/3. And all of that will last for centuries.
This leads to additional sea level rise, more storm surges, and agricultural yields will decrease by about 1/3. And all of that will last for centuries.
Gulf Stream collapse could start by 2060, Dutch researchers warn
The Gulf Stream, a system of ocean currents that plays a crucial role in the climate, may reach an irreversible point of collapse much sooner than previously thought. Previously, scientists thought th...
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August 26, 2025 at 11:05 AM
With moderate CO2 emissions, the tipping point will be reached at around 2063. With high emissions, the collapse could begin as early as 2055.
This leads to additional sea level rise, more storm surges, and agricultural yields will decrease by about 1/3. And all of that will last for centuries.
This leads to additional sea level rise, more storm surges, and agricultural yields will decrease by about 1/3. And all of that will last for centuries.
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New research | 4 largest US asset managers, like BlackRock and Vanguard, now manage 1/8th of all Dutch listed companies.
That’s over 10 times more than the five largest Dutch asset managers.
They are much less likely to vote in favour of climate resolutions compared to Dutch asset managers.
That’s over 10 times more than the five largest Dutch asset managers.
They are much less likely to vote in favour of climate resolutions compared to Dutch asset managers.
August 26, 2025 at 7:54 AM
New research | 4 largest US asset managers, like BlackRock and Vanguard, now manage 1/8th of all Dutch listed companies.
That’s over 10 times more than the five largest Dutch asset managers.
They are much less likely to vote in favour of climate resolutions compared to Dutch asset managers.
That’s over 10 times more than the five largest Dutch asset managers.
They are much less likely to vote in favour of climate resolutions compared to Dutch asset managers.
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Amid international outrage, Israel is now claiming the double-tap strike on Nasser hospital was an accident—after celebrating it in Hebrew media.
Drunk on their own impunity they take us all for fools. They mock humanity itself. Hell is not hot enough for these monsters.
Drunk on their own impunity they take us all for fools. They mock humanity itself. Hell is not hot enough for these monsters.
August 25, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Amid international outrage, Israel is now claiming the double-tap strike on Nasser hospital was an accident—after celebrating it in Hebrew media.
Drunk on their own impunity they take us all for fools. They mock humanity itself. Hell is not hot enough for these monsters.
Drunk on their own impunity they take us all for fools. They mock humanity itself. Hell is not hot enough for these monsters.
Israel has murdered at least 192 journalists. The latest 5 journos were killed after #IDF ‘mistakingly’ bombed a hospital in Gaza.
Israel is not going to stop slaughtering Palestinians unless the rest of the world makes them. Impose sanctions FFS #auspol
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Israel is not going to stop slaughtering Palestinians unless the rest of the world makes them. Impose sanctions FFS #auspol
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20 Killed in Gaza Hospital Strikes. Netanyahu Claims ‘Tragic Mishap.’
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August 25, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Israel has murdered at least 192 journalists. The latest 5 journos were killed after #IDF ‘mistakingly’ bombed a hospital in Gaza.
Israel is not going to stop slaughtering Palestinians unless the rest of the world makes them. Impose sanctions FFS #auspol
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Israel is not going to stop slaughtering Palestinians unless the rest of the world makes them. Impose sanctions FFS #auspol
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Six universities are looking to cut around 1,500 jobs. Millions of dollars have been spent on external consultants, who get to shape the future of public higher education in Australia - and with what accountability? Universities are a public good, education is not a product. #auspol #highered
August 19, 2025 at 5:32 AM
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Not even rain, cold and crappy Sydney weather could stop @nteunion.bsky.social members coming together to protest against corporatised uni governance and job cuts today. ✊✊✊💜💜💜☔️☔️☔️
August 18, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Not even rain, cold and crappy Sydney weather could stop @nteunion.bsky.social members coming together to protest against corporatised uni governance and job cuts today. ✊✊✊💜💜💜☔️☔️☔️
Fear mongering - for a second I thought I was reading Murdoch media. An inheritance tax on the very wealthy to reduce inequality should not be dubbed a 'death tax', just to get some extra clicks. This won't impact the inheritance of the bulk of Australians, and it is a sensible policy idea. #auspol
Call for 'death tax' to help Australia raise $70 billion
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August 19, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Fear mongering - for a second I thought I was reading Murdoch media. An inheritance tax on the very wealthy to reduce inequality should not be dubbed a 'death tax', just to get some extra clicks. This won't impact the inheritance of the bulk of Australians, and it is a sensible policy idea. #auspol
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“Israel fears the people who tell the world about what is happening in Gaza — the war, the genocide, the famine. Anas made it a mission to tell these stories, our stories, all over the world. And people listened,” a pseudonymous Palestinian journalist who lives in the US writes for @theintercept.com
Anas al-Sharif Was My Friend. Here’s Why Israel Feared Him So Much.
I met Anas al-Sharif during an Israeli siege of a hospital. The Al Jazeera journalist grew to be my mentor — and my friend.
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August 18, 2025 at 2:12 PM
“Israel fears the people who tell the world about what is happening in Gaza — the war, the genocide, the famine. Anas made it a mission to tell these stories, our stories, all over the world. And people listened,” a pseudonymous Palestinian journalist who lives in the US writes for @theintercept.com
Big win for the TWU and a big congratulations to everyone involved in building this case ✊🏻💪🏻
Federal court imposes record penalty against Qantas over illegal union busting.
'Wrong kind of sorry': Qantas fined $90 million penalty for illegally outsourcing jobs
The airline giant will face a $90 million penalty over its decision to illegally outsource more than 1,800 ground handling jobs during the COVID pandemic.
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August 18, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Big win for the TWU and a big congratulations to everyone involved in building this case ✊🏻💪🏻
I’ve donated to support John Keane and Nick Riemer in their Federal Court case defending free speech, academic freedom, and the right to oppose genocide and apartheid.
I encourage others to read about their fight and contribute if you can. #highered #freepalestine @nteunion.bsky.social
I encourage others to read about their fight and contribute if you can. #highered #freepalestine @nteunion.bsky.social
Help USyd Palestine advocates defeat Israel Lobby legal attack!
Dr Nick Riemer and Professor John Keane are academics at the University of Sydney and long-time advocates of freedom and justice for Palestinians. Since October 7, in articles, on social media and at ...
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August 18, 2025 at 3:48 AM
I’ve donated to support John Keane and Nick Riemer in their Federal Court case defending free speech, academic freedom, and the right to oppose genocide and apartheid.
I encourage others to read about their fight and contribute if you can. #highered #freepalestine @nteunion.bsky.social
I encourage others to read about their fight and contribute if you can. #highered #freepalestine @nteunion.bsky.social
The U.S. State Dept’s new human rights report on Israel has been gutted — shrinking from 103 pages last year to 9. Gone are UN and NGO accounts of abuses, the ICJ genocide case, ICC warrants for Netanyahu & Gallant, and detailed reporting on press freedom, torture, and mass civilian deaths in Gaza.
New U.S. Report on Israel's Human Rights Abuses Is 91 Percent Shorter
Clocking in at nine whole pages — down from 103 in 2024 — the new State Department human rights report is “functionally useless.”
theintercept.com
August 15, 2025 at 12:16 AM
The U.S. State Dept’s new human rights report on Israel has been gutted — shrinking from 103 pages last year to 9. Gone are UN and NGO accounts of abuses, the ICJ genocide case, ICC warrants for Netanyahu & Gallant, and detailed reporting on press freedom, torture, and mass civilian deaths in Gaza.
Recorded electrical activity from brain implants can predict attempts to say different words. With the use of AI, the computer accurately predicted almost 6,000 words, with an accuracy of 97.5%. It then synthesises words using the patient's voice based on recordings made before they developed A.L.S.
For Some Patients, the ‘Inner Voice’ May Soon Be Audible
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August 15, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Recorded electrical activity from brain implants can predict attempts to say different words. With the use of AI, the computer accurately predicted almost 6,000 words, with an accuracy of 97.5%. It then synthesises words using the patient's voice based on recordings made before they developed A.L.S.
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‘Our public universities have become corporatised, governed from behind closed doors by people with little connection to the daily realities of staff and students. The consequences have been catastrophic.’ Dr Alison Barnes, NTEU National President at today’s Senate Inquiry into university governance
August 12, 2025 at 3:41 AM
‘Our public universities have become corporatised, governed from behind closed doors by people with little connection to the daily realities of staff and students. The consequences have been catastrophic.’ Dr Alison Barnes, NTEU National President at today’s Senate Inquiry into university governance
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There are just two weeks until the United Nations Business and Human Rights Regional Forum in Melbourne, co-hosted by the Australian Human Rights Institute. Explore the program and register here: events.humanitix.com/un-bhr-regio...
United Nations Business and Human Rights Regional Forum: Australia and New Zealand
The inaugural UN Business and Human Rights Regional Forum: Australia and New Zealand (the Forum)
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August 12, 2025 at 1:47 AM
There are just two weeks until the United Nations Business and Human Rights Regional Forum in Melbourne, co-hosted by the Australian Human Rights Institute. Explore the program and register here: events.humanitix.com/un-bhr-regio...
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The draft report identified 56 “nationally significant climate risks” in eight areas, including defence, the economy, primary industries, regional communities, and health and social support. www.afr.com/policy/energ...
Labor keeps ‘dire’ climate report under wraps
The government has delayed the release of a “shocking” assessment of climate change’s effect on the economy, just weeks before its 2035 target decision.
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August 12, 2025 at 3:02 AM
The draft report identified 56 “nationally significant climate risks” in eight areas, including defence, the economy, primary industries, regional communities, and health and social support. www.afr.com/policy/energ...
“UK civil liberties are trapped in a manufactured crisis. Peaceful citizens of conscience – including pensioners – have become terrorists, at the will of a human rights lawyer turned authoritarian who now lunges at opinions that expose the moral vacuum of his unrecognisable government.”
Police arrest 474 people at protest over Palestine Action ban in London
Number of arrests was highest recorded in relation to single operation in at least past decade, according to Met police
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August 11, 2025 at 2:22 AM
“UK civil liberties are trapped in a manufactured crisis. Peaceful citizens of conscience – including pensioners – have become terrorists, at the will of a human rights lawyer turned authoritarian who now lunges at opinions that expose the moral vacuum of his unrecognisable government.”
The largest ICE detention center in the Northeast draws scores of complaints: detainees and civil rights advocates noted a serious lack of language services and an oppressive environment that seemed more like a prison for convicted criminals than a temporary holding center for immigrants.
Chinese ICE Detainee Dies by Suicide at Pennsylvania Detention Center
A Chinese ICE detainee died by suicide at Pennsylvania’s Moshannon Valley detention center in Pennsylvania, a private jail run by GEO Group.
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August 10, 2025 at 11:26 PM
The largest ICE detention center in the Northeast draws scores of complaints: detainees and civil rights advocates noted a serious lack of language services and an oppressive environment that seemed more like a prison for convicted criminals than a temporary holding center for immigrants.