Markela Panegyres

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Markela Panegyres听speaks to artist Elaheh Mahdavi about her and her brother Arman鈥檚 recent exhibition,听The Seasick, in Kaurna Yerta/Adelaide, which explores the plight of Iranian refugees who arrived in Australia by boat, and those they left behind.

More than 200,000 people took the streets across the country in a national day of protest to demand Labor sanction Israel and stop the two-way arms trade.

Words won't feed starving Gazans. Activists call for sanctions now!

The global outcry from the streets against Israel鈥檚 starvation genocide in Gaza continues to grow, pushing some Western governments to wring their hands 鈥 a sign the Palestine movement is starting to exert some power.

Markela Panegyres argues that while the global movement for Palestine has shifted public opinion, it has to become more organised to stop this genocide.

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Words Under Occupation is a collaboration between poet, artist and performer Jepke Goudsmit and performance and video artist Markela Panegyres.

The new Universities Australia听definition of antisemitism is an ugly attempt to silence the pro-Palestine movement on campuses and academics, university workers and students who critique Israel and Zionism.听Markela Panegyres and Jonathan Strauss report.

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Isaac Nellist and Riley Breen discuss the protests against the visit of 鈥淜ing鈥 Charles and talk to NTEU national councillor Markela Panegyres about the recent vote to boycott Israel.

Responding to the global Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions campaign, the National Tertiary Education Union National Council has decided, overwhelmingly, to support an academic institutional boycott of Israeli universities.听Jonathan Strauss and Markela Panegyres report.

一品探花 News podcast Ep 44, July 12, 2024

Isaac Nellist and Riley Breen discuss Fatima Payman's decision to resign from Labor over its support for Israel's genocide in Gaza, the recent elections in Britain and France and speak to artist, academic and National Tertiary Education Union member Markela Panegyres about the University of Sydney's draconian Campus Access Policy.听

In a cynical attempt to quash free speech and pro-Palestinian activism by staff and students, management at the University of Sydney announced a new听Campus Access Policy. Markela Panegyres reports.

Nick Riemer and Markela Panegyres argue that universities should insist on science and knowledge serving听the cause of peace and human progress, and not fuel the arms race.

The mainstream media鈥檚听apologisms for mass murder听are sickening.听Markela听Panegyres argues we need to reject and call out attempts to silence resistance to genocide, before it is normalised.