Day 17 at the University of Sydney’s Gaza solidarity encampment saw participation in the Student Strike for Palestine and attendance at the National Tertiary Education Union’s (NTEU) Sydney Branch vote on a motion to “endorse the institutional academic boycott of Israeli universities, and to cut ties with the war industry.”
Author: Simone Maddison
Why, as a leftist and educated young woman, did I let this happen? And if I had, how many people like me were doing the same?
Although I no longer believe in what it represents, I still pass that neon blue cross every morning and night. When it was first installed, all I could do was stop and stare. I hope that you have the same feeling — a mixture of blind awe, fury and grace — as you explore the brilliant work of each writer and artist who has contributed to this edition.
Despite the poor weather, the encampment continues to grow. Honi counted over 70 tents this morning, although several tents had been wrecked by bad weather.
Saturday’s agenda included a banner paint for the encampment’s contingent to the weekly Hyde Park Palestine solidarity rally, a teach-in on a people’s history of the Vietnam War led by Lily Campbell, and a film screening of the Battle of Algiers (1966).
Welcome to the sixth instalment of Honi Soit’s student media spotlight — a series where we sit down with student publications around Australia to discuss the triumphs and tribulations of student media.
Writing this article has reminded me to complete a routine STI test — checks are discrete and it only takes one week to receive results. Rather than putting off this essential aspect of your sexual health, you Should Test Immediately!
Attempts to convince students that the Colleges are ‘progressive’ or ‘liberal’ are the latest in a series of University PR stunts to elide the colonial, elitist and capitalist foundations which have entrenched sexual violence, misogyny and classicism in its halls today.
To only peer into the Chancellor’s Office over the past decade provides a myopic and warped perception of its history. Colonialism, corporatism and militarism — alongside all the racism, elitism and misogyny they bring — are etched into the Quadrangle’s original mahogany desks.
Often the statement, “no, my parents didn’t go to uni” is met with an uncomfortable glance, as if one has just bared their soul, or at the very least, their income bracket. Aside from social stigma, structural prejudice means that adjusting to university administration and bureaucracy proves an additional challenge.