The Zionist Threat to Academic Freedom

Grant cuts to Universities where Israel is Criticised ?

Students Expelled for Rallying Against Genocide ?

Academics Charged with Antisemitism for Supporting Human Rights ?

The Northern Beaches Committee for Palestine is hosting a discussion of these threats to free speech. Speakers:

Wasim El-Haj, from Teachers and School Staff for Palestine, a Palestinian Australian teacher forced out of his job (at Sydney Girls High School) for wearing the keffiyeh, his cultural clothing.

Dr Nick Riemer, a Linguistics academic at the University of Sydney and a longtime participant in the Palestine solidarity movement, and curently facing a charge of antisemitism. He is the author of "Boycott Theory and the Struggle for Palestine" (2023). Along with his colleague John Keane, he is currently the object of a Zionist "lawfare" attack in the Federal Court of Australia because of his opposition to the genocide.

Professor Linda Briskman holds the Margaret Whitlam Chair of Social Work at Western Sydney University and a panel member of the People’s Inquiry into Campus Free Speech on Palestine. As a human rights activist her research, teaching and writing focuses on Indigenous rights, people seeking asylum and justice for Palestinians. She is the author of 13 books and many other publications and has won awards for her work.

Linda will speak about the findings of the People’s Inquiry into Campus Free Speech on Palestine and the findings of research interviews with Jewish people who oppose Israel’s actions in Gaza and the West Bank.

$10 per head, all proceeds will go to Nick Riemer’s legal defence