Letter published in The AgeJan 16th, 2020.Dennis Martin It was with a heavy heart that I read the article in Tuesday’s Age about a couple in the Mallee town of Beulah flying a swastika flag…
Tag: fascism
The Australian Jewish Democratic Society is outraged by revelations from the coalition of researchers at the White Rose Society and the ABC Background Briefing program that neo-Nazis and members of the alt-right are stacking the…
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,…
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…
By Yael W. On Antisemitism is a timely collection of writings given the current increase in popularity and organisation of the Right and far Right. The work is relevant not only given the overt antisemitism…
Written by Robert Börjesson, translated by Yael W. Originally published here. They survived the concentration camps- now Nazis are demonstrating outside their synagogue. Nordic Resistance movement- Nordiska Motståndsrörelsen (NMR) This Nazi organisation NMR was given permission…
By Jonah Boyarin Originally published on jewschool.com August 17, 2017, and reproduced with permission. Jewish Fear Jewish fear is American Neo-Nazis chanting “Blood and Soil” on American soil. Jewish fear is that buzzing feeling in…