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SUMMARY:Resisting Repression: Defending Palestine Solidarity
DESCRIPTION:Should a Palestinian author be banned from a Writers’ Festival over “cultural sensitivity” concerns? \nAre calls for freedom “FROM THE RIVER TO THE SEA” a form of hate speech? \nAcross Australia\, the right to speak for Palestine is under attack. Join Free Palestine Melbourne for an urgent panel discussion on the growing repression of solidarity — and how we fight back. \nPanelists\nNick Hanna is a leading criminal defence lawyer who has acted in many high profile civil liberties cases in NSW. He hosts The What & The Why\, an investigative journalism project exposing the role of the Israel lobby in undermining democratic rights in Australia. \nLouise Adler was the Director of Adelaide Writers’ Week from 2023 to 2025. She spent over 30 years in publishing\, most recently as Publisher at Large for Hachette and 17 years as CEO of Melbourne University Publishing. She was President of the Australian Publishers Association\, Chair of the PM’s Literary Awards and of Creative Victoria’s Strategy Taskforce. \nHannah Thomas is a lawyer\, activist\, former Greens candidate and survivor of police brutality. \n\n\nModerator\nNoura Mansour is a Palestinian educator\, community organiser\, strategist\, writer and director at Democracy in Colour.
URL:https://apan.org.au/event/resisting-repression-defending-palestine-solidarity/
LOCATION:State Library Theatrette\, 179 La Trobe St\, Melbourne\, Victoria\, 3000\, Australia
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ORGANIZER;CN="Free Palestine Melbourne":MAILTO:info@fpmelbourne.org
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