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Dominic Wexler
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Dame Janet Suzman, BCRPM Chair, post Simon Jenkins' article in the @theguardian.com wrote:"Andy Burnham's failure to stand by his strong former position is a grave disappointment."
Thanks @dominicwexler.bsky.social for your support and wonderful writing too! Here's to that special day when ....
October 5, 2026 at 8:18 AM
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🗞️ In PEN Sydney’s August magazine, academic and writer Yazdan Mansourian writes about the power and richness of Persian Poetry under the dark shadow of Iranian censorship. 



👉 pen.org.au/wp-content/u...

#iran #freeiran #poem #poetry
October 5, 2026 at 7:30 AM
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✒️ Title is self-explanatory. Slava Ukraini.

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From Australia, With Love: New Greens Leader Adam Shoebridge Betrays Ukraine.
The Australian Greens have decided to betray a just cause. David Shoebridge does not want Australia to provide military aid to Ukraine.
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October 3, 2026 at 8:48 AM
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Australian greens want to end military aid to Ukraine, and Shoebridge called the country “the Ukraine” several times, which is not only grammatically incorrect but also an allusion to Ukraine’s marginalised status under the SovUnion. They’re never getting my vote.

#auspol #shoebridge #ukraine
October 3, 2026 at 1:19 AM
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✒️ PEN Sydney protects freedom of expression. We campaign on behalf of writers who are at risk of being silenced and we celebrate writing in all its forms.


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September 29, 2026 at 7:50 AM
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✒️ Another essay on the Parthenon Marbles, this time on Andy Burnham's convenient U-turn.

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#parthenon #greece
Burnham’s Volte-Face On The Parthenon Marbles.
Labour Prime Minister Andy Burnham, former champion of repatriation, changes his mind.
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September 26, 2026 at 9:21 AM
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‼️The CPJ calls on the United States Congress to use “all available diplomatic means and opportunities” to secure Jimmy Lai’s freedom ahead of a meeting between President Trump and President Xi Jinping on Sept 24.

👉 cpj.org/2026/09/cpj-...

📸 (Photo: AP/Mark Schiefelbein, Pool)
September 22, 2026 at 7:11 AM
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✒️ Another essay discussion anti-immigrant sentiment. I discuss the xenophobic pathology and provide elementary statistics on immigration’s ACTUAL effect on wages, employment, crime, and housing.

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#auspol #immigration
The Xenophobic Mind.
Xenophobes and people with xenophobic views are not the same. Both are bad. One is worse.
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September 19, 2026 at 12:26 AM
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‼️🇺🇦 The Russian Federation continues to bomb civilian infrastructure across Ukraine. Ukrainian literature is an extension of Ukrainian identity, and Russia’s attempts to erase it cannot go unremarked.

👉 www.pen-international.org/news/ukraine...

#ukraine
September 9, 2026 at 7:42 AM
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📩 An open letter has been written to Iran's political prisoners, many of whom face the death penalty for daring to speak out against a repressive regime.

👉 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

#iran #freespeech
August 31, 2026 at 7:34 AM
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✒️ New essay out on One Nation's Pauline Hanson and her use of the xenophobic euphemism "monocultural".

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#auspol #politics #labor #hanson #onenation #lnp #immigration #left
What’s In A Word: Pauline Hanson’s ‘Monocultural’ Australia.
In her National Press Club address, Pauline Hanson issued a sinister injunction: “we must be monocultural”. Unpacking her euphemism, ‘monocultural’, we’re left with a grotesque political proposition.
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August 29, 2026 at 7:45 AM
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🇦🇺✒️Award-winning cartoonist Cathy Wilcox has decided to leave The Sydney Morning Herald following after a 37-year career at last week's PEN Sydney lecture, following a campaign of demonisation over her cartoon criticising Benjamin Netanyahu and Australian politicians.

#auspol #freespeech
August 28, 2026 at 8:04 AM
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Going to Sydney for a few days to watch the PEN Sydney lecture on the state of free speech in Australia.

@pensydney.bsky.social

#auspol #politics #australia #sydney
August 18, 2026 at 1:16 AM
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#Afghanistan: Together with PEN Centres we've written to European leaders urging them to reject forced returns to Afghanistan, uphold non-refoulement, and expand safe pathways for those at risk. European migration policy must not put Afghan lives in danger. www.pen-international.org/news/afghani...
Afghanistan five years on: Don’t send people back to Taliban rule — PEN International | Promoting Literature & Defending Freedom of Expression Worldwide
15 August 2026: Five years on from the Taliban’s return to power, Afghanistan’s writers, journalists and independent voices continue to face severe repression. As European governments consider closer ...
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August 15, 2026 at 10:04 AM
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❗️ A fresh batch of tickets has been released for the PEN Sydney Lecture next Wednesday 19th of August.

How Free is Free Speech in Australia?

Visit the Sydney Writers' Festival event page and reserve your place today!

👉 www.swf.org.au/program/out-...

#auspol #swf #sydney
August 14, 2026 at 2:32 AM
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📢 Student anti-Hanson demonstration in Brisbane CBD.

#auspol #onenation #paulinehanson #labor #greens #lnp
August 13, 2026 at 7:33 AM
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✒️ Got some political journalism lined up. Will attend the Brisbane anti-Hanson rally on Thursday, and will also attend the Brisbane Marxist Conference at the end of this month.

Gotta get my Orwell on.

Essays and photos to come!

#auspol #hanson #onenation #labor #greens #australia
August 11, 2026 at 8:04 AM
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🌏 What is the PEN Empty Chair?

Join PEN Sydney and support writers at risk.

👉 pen.org.au/join-us/

#freeexpression #freespeech #writers #writing
August 11, 2026 at 7:29 AM
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📖 PEN Sydney is dedicated to the freedom to write and the freedom to read in Australia and across the globe.

🫂 Become a member of PEN Sydney today and help us in the fight for a fundamental human right.

👉 pen.org.au

#auspol #writing #freespeech #reading
July 13, 2026 at 7:35 AM
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‼️ Simply gone for 25 years.

Sign our petition calling on President Isaias Afwerki to reveal the fate of the 12 disappeared Eritrean writers and journalists. Join PEN International, PEN Eritrea in Exile and PEN Centres worldwide in demanding #ProofOfLife
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25 Years Disappeared: Proof of Life Now — PEN International | Promoting Literature & Defending Freedom of Expression Worldwide
Join PEN International, PEN Eritrea in Exile and PEN Centres worldwide in demanding proof of life for Eritrea's disappeared journalists and writers.
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July 2, 2026 at 7:46 AM
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You've got to know your enemy if you want to beat them 😉

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#onenation #paulinehanson #auspol #trump
Pivoting: Right-Wing Intellectual History And How To Weaponise It.
My Substack will now focus on Right-wing intellectual history. Why? Because the far-right is ascendant, and I will show how the Left can refute their talking points by spending time with the enemy.
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June 27, 2026 at 12:54 PM
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Absolutely superb work by @skyelark.bsky.social:

Hanson's massive non-English speaking figure includes 100,000 babies. Yes, really.

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Factcheck: Hanson's massive non-English speaking figure includes 100,000 babies. Yes, really.
On the face of it, Hanson is right that the 2021 census reported 872,000 people spoke English either “not well” or “not at all”. But that number hides details that make Hanson’s claim highly misleadin...
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June 24, 2026 at 12:09 AM
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🚨SELLING FAST🚨

PEN Sydney, in partnership with the NSW State Library, will present its annual lecture as part of the SWF: How Free is Free Speech? What we can and can’t say in Australia today.

🗓️ Wednesday 19th August
⏰ 6:00pm - 7:15pm AEST
📍State Library of NSW

🎟️ 👉 www.swf.org.au/program/out-...
June 23, 2026 at 7:43 AM
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🌏 Every year on the 20th of June, the United Nations observes World Refugee Day, raising awareness of the situation of refugees and asylum seekers.

PEN continues their work protecting the universal right to write and be heard.

#WorldRefugeeDay #HumanRights #UnitedNations #WRD
June 20, 2026 at 7:02 AM
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🏛️ The Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas is stereotyped as just another conservative. He isn't. His conservative jurisprudence begins at a liberal premise: America is a racist country.

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#liberal #scotus #conservative #maga #law #legal #politics #usa
Clarence Thomas: The Radical Conservative.
The Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas is stereotyped as just another conservative. He isn't. His conservative jurisprudence is begins at a liberal premise: America is a racist country.
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June 11, 2026 at 1:34 AM