I’m more shocked by what they’re doing for Biennale of Sydney. They’re letting a rep of the NSW Jewish Board of Deputies go through the exhibition early, to flag if there are any they deem unsuitable.
>NSW gov has apparently learnt nothing from what happened in Adelaide.
I think it has. It knows that if it pokes around too much, it can kill the whole thing.
Authoritarian governments know that writers need to be controlled because their written opinions can topple governments.
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This is incredibly concerning – it is one thing for a festival board to not select someone to speak, but it is entirely another to have politicians trying to make decisions on which voices are allowed to speak at writers’ festivals.
Ok_Tie_7564 on
More likely, it has.
kit_kaboodles on
How could anyone in government look at what happened in Adelaide and think “yeah, we should do that too”.
Just stay ‘hands-off’ and make a statement that the government doesn’t decide what writers to include. Easy.
snukz on
Just where is all this “antisemitism” coming from? Some might suggest it’s just anti-Zionism sentiment that’s being labelled antisemitism as certain people use the Jewish faith to shield themselves from criticism where they deem fit. Some people, not me though if you’re reading this Australian Federal Police.
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yeah my main concern is why are they banning people on one side and not the other.
either ban both or ban neither
Puzzleheaded_Pay276 on
It appears that this enquiry by the NSW government wasn’t actually made
DecalageVersLeRouge on
Not saying anything at all about Israel or Jewish people (some of my best friends etc. etc.) … they are *organised* in a way that the other side is not.
There are associations and community groups and they comprise a whole bunch of established, professional, socially-and-politically-connected people in Sydney.
Saying this feels so dangerously close to saying something like “they control the media” or “they’re all wealthy” but of course I’m not saying that. I’m saying the moment the ABC or a writers’ festival or the Sydney Symphony Orchestra runs the risk of offending this particular lobby, a well-oiled machine starts up to put their side across.
I don’t think the Arab/Muslim/Palestinian lobby has anything even close to that.
Objective_Hawk_284 on
NSW Government accidentally saw Palestinian and assumed it was a protest
pestoster0ne on
Am I missing something here? Has Randa, like, called for genocide or killing Jews or something? Or is her only “crime” being Palestinian?
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>”I think they are crazy to invite that author when you think about how divisive it is, and how difficult it would be for the organisation as a result of the notoriety.”
And yet in two days time he’ll be welcoming President Herzog of Israel to Sydney.
Apparently he doesn’t see anything divisive about inviting a leader of a country accused of gen-o-cide, ethnic cleansing, apartheid, illegal settlement building, etc, etc…
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I’m more shocked by what they’re doing for Biennale of Sydney. They’re letting a rep of the NSW Jewish Board of Deputies go through the exhibition early, to flag if there are any they deem unsuitable.
https://www.jwire.com.au/sydney-biennale-offers-preview-to-jewish-leader-amid-anti-zionist-concerns/
>NSW gov has apparently learnt nothing from what happened in Adelaide.
I think it has. It knows that if it pokes around too much, it can kill the whole thing.
Authoritarian governments know that writers need to be controlled because their written opinions can topple governments.
This is incredibly concerning – it is one thing for a festival board to not select someone to speak, but it is entirely another to have politicians trying to make decisions on which voices are allowed to speak at writers’ festivals.
More likely, it has.
How could anyone in government look at what happened in Adelaide and think “yeah, we should do that too”.
Just stay ‘hands-off’ and make a statement that the government doesn’t decide what writers to include. Easy.
Just where is all this “antisemitism” coming from? Some might suggest it’s just anti-Zionism sentiment that’s being labelled antisemitism as certain people use the Jewish faith to shield themselves from criticism where they deem fit. Some people, not me though if you’re reading this Australian Federal Police.
yeah my main concern is why are they banning people on one side and not the other.
either ban both or ban neither
It appears that this enquiry by the NSW government wasn’t actually made
Not saying anything at all about Israel or Jewish people (some of my best friends etc. etc.) … they are *organised* in a way that the other side is not.
There are associations and community groups and they comprise a whole bunch of established, professional, socially-and-politically-connected people in Sydney.
Saying this feels so dangerously close to saying something like “they control the media” or “they’re all wealthy” but of course I’m not saying that. I’m saying the moment the ABC or a writers’ festival or the Sydney Symphony Orchestra runs the risk of offending this particular lobby, a well-oiled machine starts up to put their side across.
I don’t think the Arab/Muslim/Palestinian lobby has anything even close to that.
NSW Government accidentally saw Palestinian and assumed it was a protest
Am I missing something here? Has Randa, like, called for genocide or killing Jews or something? Or is her only “crime” being Palestinian?
>”I think they are crazy to invite that author when you think about how divisive it is, and how difficult it would be for the organisation as a result of the notoriety.”
And yet in two days time he’ll be welcoming President Herzog of Israel to Sydney.
Apparently he doesn’t see anything divisive about inviting a leader of a country accused of gen-o-cide, ethnic cleansing, apartheid, illegal settlement building, etc, etc…
Hypocrite.
The Zios in Australia are just out of control!