Absolutely outrageous.

Harvard College suspended the Harvard Undergraduate Palestine Solidarity Committee and ordered the group to “cease all organizational activities for the remainder of the Spring 2024 term” or risk permanent expulsion.

More than 300 bodies found in a mass grave at Nasser Hospital in Gaza, including children executed with their hands tied behind their backs.

Children. Executed. With their hands tied.

We are witnessing a genocide, and the International Criminal Court is nowhere to be found.

Another day, another 3500 hectares of habitat approved for bulldozing in the Northern Territory.

Not one pastoral land clearing application has been referred under the EPBC Act here. The Albanese Govt's decision to shelve nature law reforms will only speed the destruction.

It feels irresponsible to have an academic platform and to not speak on what is happening at academic institutions across the U.S./world. I unequivocally stand with the students of Columbia, Barnard, Yale, USC, and all other universities protesting for a #FreePalestine

a short thread on minouche shafik and white supremacy on campus...
shafik was the director at lse when i did my masters and peter cvjetanovic, the poster boy for the 'unite the right' charlottesville white supremacist and anti-semitic rally was also doing his masters there

A 10 year old has died by suicide whilst under the family policing / OOHC.

It is clear that the current system is failing our Indigenous children, and it is time for action. We cannot continue to stand by and watch as our young ones suffer in the hands of a broken system.

They are now trying to kill them by dehydration. 😞

Israel has (a) turned off the water line to Gaza, (b) bombed desalination plants leaving most inoperable, and (c) refused to let fuel in to power the desalination plants.

This has led to an extreme water shortage—and extreme

Yesterday's release of CSIRO spells out the huge risk of expansion of large scale Ag across the Roper Catchment. The report shows the possible impacts on communities, culture and ecosystems that could occur if the Roper River is not protected. territoryrivers.org.au/csiro-report-s…

FOR IMMEDIATE CIRCULATION
Statement on the Arrest of Hebrew University Professor Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian

Around 5 pm on Thursday, April 18, 2024, Hebrew University professor and internationally renowned feminist scholar Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian was arrested by Israeli police

This shows frequency of the word 'unqualified' in teaching reviews. Women in orange, men in blue.

Minister Hutchins on the soldier settlement scheme: 'The ways that governments...treated #FirstPeoples soldiers that returned was disgraceful and I acknowledge that many people were discriminated against and lost opportunity to become holders
of that land through that scheme
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Update: California water regulators voted to crack down on one of the state’s major farming regions for failing to take steps to curb growers’ excessive pumping of groundwater, which has sent water levels into rapid decline and is causing the land to sink. latimes.com/environment/st…

To mark Earth Day 2024, Global Pact for the Environment 🌍 is hosting webinars around the globe. The mission of the Coalition is to bring together those who wish to defend and disseminate environmental rights. Join MCLE to discuss green rights on 22 April.

go.unimelb.edu.au/skt8

With another semester ending, here's your annual reminder that teaching evaluations systemically disadvantage women. Even when controlling for grades and other factors, students (esp. males) consistently give female professors lower scores. This can have serious ramifications.🧵

Protecting and restoring waterways is important to us all. Learn about the important work by the Wurundjeri Narrap ranger team or read the full story at:

theage.com.au/national/victo…

#yoorrook #birrarung #waterways #billabong #humanrights #indigenous #firstpeoples #environment

At this year’s ASIL Annual Meeting, #MPIL 's Anne Peters was joined by Frank Bibeau, Daniel Bodansky, and Dr Erin O'Donnell to discuss the pertinent topic: “If nature has rights, who can speak on its behalf?”  #ASILAnnualMeeting

“This is a death potion for the river…”.

Steve Backshall has commissioned private analysis of water from the Thames, results are in & they are horrifying.
“Treat the water as though it is a biohazard.”
Further analysis & rage from Steve below & on Instagram (@ backshall.steve)