“If you don’t fight, you lose”. Sarah Missen and @wallmansam continue their ongoing examination of the state of things at the CFMEU — and answer the question of whether Mark Irving is or isn’t a werewolf.

“All people deserve to live free from violence. And all victims of violence and their allies must be allowed to speak out about their experience.”. Sonia Orchard on withdrawing from the Bendigo Writers Festival.

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“The moon weeps over Palestine. weaving tears into silvery shrouds.”. From “starmight”, a new poem by @1KarenWyld.

RT @RandaAFattah: Academics from @Deakin and @victoriauninews from pro-Israel lobby group "5A", using their uni emails, wrote to Latrobe un….

RT @withMEAA: Targeting journalists is a war crime. As colleagues, we remember them.

“In place of carceral hegemony, we can build solidarities rooted in mutual care, collective responsibility, and the belief that everyone deserves to live free from violence, including the violence of the state.”.Sheena Colquhoun on Victoria’s new bail laws

Zowie Douglas-Kinghorn on Australia’s new energy crossroads and how “the fight against fracking once again sees the communities on the front lines of the climate crisis.” . Generously supported by the good folks at @Co_Power_ .

“I fall asleep and dream of being a wolf howling at the moon and padding quietly into a warm den in the bush. Being an animal is better than being a human animal.”. Our brand new #FridayFiction is EXISTENCE IS RESISTANCE IS LOVE: BODIES by Katie Shammas

“C minor rings out mournfully across the dairy plains of central northern Tasmania in the cool night air, in the feathery dawn light, in the buttery low-angled afternoon sun.”. A lyrical piece by Liz Conor on the practice of bobby calving.

“With the hut as his base, Heidegger would set out on walks where he would collect water from a well and think philosophically.”. This is different, but in a good way: a comic by Chris Fleming on philosophers and their huts.

"Ultimately, what is at stake in the rise of community housing organisations isn’t just housing access — it’s the political and moral landscape of dwelling itself.".David Kelly on the replication of colonial governance under the guise "housing choice".

For our ongoing series of critical essays supported by @CopyrightAgency, Sam Elkin reviews Keio Yoshida’s new book PRIDE AND PREJUDICES: QUEER LIVES AND THE LAW.

RT @OverlandJournal: “ROCK FLIGHT urges its reader to turn the object of the poem into another kind of tool in which a poem is not just a p….

“Most likely, Johnson will live a much longer life than most people. But probably not because of his laser-focus on his lifestyle. Rather, because he is wealthy.”. Erin Stewart on Bryan Johnson and the latest tantrums of tech transhumanism.

RT @NickRiemer1: "We, … university researchers, educators, students and professional staff, call on the Australian Government to reject th….

RT @RandaAFattah: Open letter against the adoption of the Australian Special Envoy to Combat Antisemitism's Plan -….

“. Wealth.is obscene, and poems.are no safe-zones.from the brutality.of clichés.”. We’re delighted to bring you a new, long poem by John Kinsella, “Epigrams against wealth”.

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“The rise in autistic self-identification with rigid lists of behaviours and “symptoms” is at odds with the utopian intentions of the neurodiversity movement.”. Clem Bastow and Ali Schnabel on online neurodiversity in late capitalism.

RT @NickRiemer1: The People’s Inquiry shines a light on Palestine repression at Australian universities via @overla….