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Matthew Zagor
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ANU Law: refugee, human rights, international & public law; activist academic on unceded Ngunnawal/Ngambri land. Born on Tongva land aka LA. Proudly Jewish for a Free Palestine.
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Greetings from the Dirksen federal courthouse, where U.S. District Court Judge Sara Ellis has just taken the bench to rule on federal agents actions' during a series of increasingly aggressive raids across Chicago and the suburbs.
Background, for @wttw.bsky.social from @bymattmasterson.bsky.social
Judge Set to Rule Thursday in Case Centering on Federal Immigration Agents’ Use of Force: ‘I Could See Inside the Barrel’
Protesters, clergy members and others who say they’ve been directly impacted by a series of increasingly aggressive raids across Chicago and the suburbs will testify before a federal judge weighing wh...
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November 6, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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Proud to be one of the 350 rabbis signing this statement — an ad in the NYT today and a declaration of our values.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

For more—and to sign— go to

saynotoethniccleansing.org
February 13, 2025 at 2:12 PM
... then they came for my SSRIs...
This is so easy for them bc if they fuck with our antidepressants then you have a buncha the population a lot more struggling to function & having a harder time fighting back.

So: organize now, friends.

Strike now.

Mobilize in communities.

Find your people now.

Gum up the works now.
February 14, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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The US has vetoed a UNSC resolution calling for an “immediate, unconditional and permanent” ceasefire in Gaza.
Here are all the other Gaza resolutions the Security Council has voted on ⤵️

🔗: aje.io/eiz0uu
November 21, 2024 at 9:12 AM
“A very large number of casualties has arrived, and there are still many bodies hanging on the walls, ceilings. It’s mostly children and women”

Separately on Thursday 22 people, incl’g 10 children, were killed in Israeli bombardment of Gaza City’s Sheikh Radwan neighbourhood.

aje.io/30zk2h
November 21, 2024 at 6:49 PM
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👋Hello Bluesky! I work at Murdoch University School of law & Criminology. I teach and research in the area of refugee law, mental health of asylum seekers and human rights. I hope to build understanding of the impacts of laws and policies on the lives of some of the world’s most vulnerable people.
November 16, 2024 at 6:21 AM
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Refugee law Prof Jane McAdam is here! 👋🇦🇺
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November 15, 2024 at 8:31 AM
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Authors group gives 5 books to every MP

“The political debate in Australia and internationally rarely touches on the issues, events and historical analyses that these books reveal – despite their direct relevance to what is happening today”

www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Australian authors group give every federal politician five books to encourage nuance in Middle East debate
Exclusive: Group of more than 90 including writers Tim Winton and Charlotte Wood have paid for every federal senator and MP to receive curated package
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2024 at 8:57 PM