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David Brophy

@Dave_Brophy

Historian of China and Inner Asia at @Sydney_Uni. Vice-President (Academic) of the #USyd @NTEUNSW. Author of Uyghur Nation (2016), China Panic (2021).

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Some strong endorsements here of the boycott & divestment motion for May 9, including from 2 past presidents of the branch: docs.google.com/document/d/1EM…

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'To simply declare Israel an illegitimate state that needs to be abolished immediately ignores thousands of years of history of Arabs and Jews living in the same region.'

Silly me thinking that this history of coexistence was part of the case *against* an exclusivist ethnostate.

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Back in the day, the 5 Eyes Foreign Ministers were all committing to coordinating responses to this kind of thing, and to 'increase public awareness' about the sources of foreign interference. See this communique from 2018: homeaffairs.gov.au/about-us/our-p…

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Faculty Statement on Imminent Police Action at Columbia University
The American Association of University Professors, Columbia University Chapter
For immediate release: April 30, 2024, 8:00pm

At this hour, the NYPD is massing on barricaded streets outside the gates of Columbia…

Faculty Statement on Imminent Police Action at Columbia University The American Association of University Professors, Columbia University Chapter For immediate release: April 30, 2024, 8:00pm At this hour, the NYPD is massing on barricaded streets outside the gates of Columbia…
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Someone finally checked the dictionary before sounding off. Absolutely nothing wrong with Palestinians and their supporters calling for a popular uprising.

Someone finally checked the dictionary before sounding off. Absolutely nothing wrong with Palestinians and their supporters calling for a popular uprising.
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Zionist logic is sending a signed, mass email to literally *thousands* of academics & university staff, many of them with at least one foot in the media world, then claiming to be 'doxxed' when the fact that you did so is further publicised.

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Breaking: We mourn with you the loss of Shaimaa, the eldest daughter of our dear friend Rafat Al-Araeer Refaat in Gaza 🇵🇸, and her husband, engineer Mohammed Abdel Aziz Siyam, along with their newborn baby, after their apartment near Al-Ramal Clinic in Gaza was targeted in an…

Breaking: We mourn with you the loss of Shaimaa, the eldest daughter of our dear friend Rafat Al-Araeer @itranslate123, and her husband, engineer Mohammed Abdel Aziz Siyam, along with their newborn baby, after their apartment near Al-Ramal Clinic in Gaza was targeted in an…
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I’d say our government is kicking the Palestinians when they’re down but that’s nowhere near strong enough to describe the depravity of this.

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I saw that snipers are on the roof of the student union at Ohio State right now as well. It’s incredible how terrified these universities are of their own students

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Students University of Melbourne have established an encampment in solidarity w Palestine & in opposition to the Uni's ties w arms manufacturers (BAE Systems, Boeing, Lockheed Martin et. al.); it'll be interesting to see if management decides to smash it.

Students @UniMelb have established an encampment in solidarity w Palestine & in opposition to the Uni's ties w arms manufacturers (BAE Systems, Boeing, Lockheed Martin et. al.); it'll be interesting to see if management decides to smash it.
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NTEU members supporting the student encampment tonight!

USYD must cut ties with apartheid Israel, and end its complicity with the weapons trade.

Solidarity with students across the world acting against genocide.
Long live the Palestinian resistance.

NTEU members supporting the student encampment tonight! USYD must cut ties with apartheid Israel, and end its complicity with the weapons trade. Solidarity with students across the world acting against genocide. Long live the Palestinian resistance.
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