By Yael Leah, with the help of Uncle Robbie Thorpe Pay the rent concept and history Since the 1970’s there have been repeated calls by indigenous activists for non-Aboriginal Australians to pay the rent to…
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editorial This issue of Just Voices focuses on decolonisation and solidarity with Aboriginal people. It is hoped to be a resource to challenge our ideas on colonisation, to inspire ways we can be active and…
Sunday, March 4th. Date: 4th March. Time: 12:00 bbq (vegetarian). 2:00-4:00 AGM meeting.Address: 43 Ebden street, Brighton. Please join us at the pre-meeting bbq and bring some vegetarian food to share. Membership renewal will…
Gideon Levy in Melbourne The Israelis and the Occupation: A Story of Denial Gideon Levy is an Israeli journalist and author best known for his work with Ha’aretz which he joined in 1982 and spent…
Around the world, and around this country, there is increasing support for far-right politics, fascism and neo-Nazism. At Milo Yiannopoulos’ talk on Monday night a group of around 40 far-right people, including some known neo-Nazis,…
By Jordy Silverstein We’re all pretty familiar, I think, with the stereotype of the Ashkenazi Jewish man who doesn’t play sport. Living in Melbourne, that Ashkenazi stereotype gets placed upon the whole community, resulting in…
editorial Dear AJDS members and supporters, This issue of the Australian Jewish Democratic Society’s newsletter, Just Voices, is focused on antisemitism. This is a broad topic that encompasses many different and related phenomena, past and…
By Yael W. Shortly after moving to Sweden I was in touch with a relative who emailed with hopes for my safety, living in Malmö with the “Muslim problem.” Having no idea what she was…
The following excerpts were taken with the author’s permission from this article “As pro- and anti-Trump movements jockey to realize their agendas, the question of Jews and whiteness illustrates the high stakes—and dangers—of racialized politics….
By Fahad Ali, medical student and president of the Students for Palestine Society at the University of Sydney. Article here. “All I know of my country is through song and story, through books, faded…