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Marlee Bower

@marleebower.bsky.social
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Researcher at The Matilda Centre, USYD. Researching social determinants of mental health: housing, social connection, climate change, participation, homelessness etc The views expressed here are my own and do not reflect those of my employer.

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Marlee Bower @marleebower.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
“The attempt to cancel Sarah Schwartz transcends any one individual. It is a fundamental threat to free speech and liberal democracy. Social cohesion is impossible in a liberal democracy unless we embrace the right to disagree with one another.” www.smh.com.au/national/whe...
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When cancel culture goes this far, our democracy is in peril
An Australian human rights lawyer is the latest victim of a campaign to shut down Jewish people who dare to criticise Israel.
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Sarah Schwartz @sarahschwartz.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
My article in @theguardian.com about how Peter Dutton uses the Jewish community as political footballs to spread bigotry, which makes us all less safe. Murdoch, you can’t stop me from calling out Dutton and the LNP for fueling racism! www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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When Peter Dutton and the Coalition use the Jewish community as political footballs it makes all of us less safe | Sarah Schwartz
They have created an imaginary caricature of Jewish people to push their political agenda
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Jewish Council of Australia @jewishcouncilau.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Sarah Schwartz must be punished: The instrumentalisation of a dissenting Jew After calling out Peter Dutton's use of Australian Jews for his own political purposes, Sarah Schwartz has faced a campaign of demonisation. via @crikey.com.au www.crikey.com.au/2025/01/29/s...
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Sarah Schwartz must be punished: The instrumentalisation of a dissenting Jew
After calling out Peter Dutton's use of Australian Jews for his own political purposes, Sarah Schwartz has faced a campaign of demonisation.
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Marlee Bower @marleebower.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
“In the history of News Corp holy wars … rarely has there been one with less basis in reality than that being conducted against Human Rights Law Centre legal director and Jewish Council of Australia executive officer Sarah Schwartz” - great read!
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Claire Connelly @claireconnelly.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
‘The irony of this fabricated campaign against Schwartz is that it’s a perfect example of what she’s talking about: the instrumentalisation of a Jew for political purposes by powerful groups.’ www.crikey.com.au/2025/01/29/s...
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Sarah Schwartz must be punished: The instrumentalisation of a dissenting Jew
After calling out Peter Dutton's use of Australian Jews for his own political purposes, Sarah Schwartz has faced a campaign of demonisation.
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Marlee Bower @marleebower.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
“I don’t believe that Trump and the far right could care less about the threat these groups pose to actual Jewish people, because they’re not really interested in us, they’re interested in the avatars they have created to replace us.” Brilliant
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Marlee Bower @marleebower.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
This really made me howl with laughter - so good @brocklesnitch.bsky.social apple.news/A_JtH2poLSiW...
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Opinion | I knew one day I’d have to watch powerful men burn the world down – I just didn’t expect them to be such losers — Guardian Australia
Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg’s desperation to be cool as they suck up to Donald Trump is so cringe it makes my skin crawl
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Marlee Bower @marleebower.bsky.social · 24/12/2024
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