Soon after the Bondi Beach massacre in December last year, I was interviewed by Axel Kronholm, South East Asia-Pacific Correspondent, from Swedish Radio, on the impacts of the attack and what it says about the mainstream Jewish community and how we deal with anti-Semitism.
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The Antony Loewenstein Podcast: Pauline Hanson and the Mainstreaming of Far-Right Politics
This week’s episode is on the surge in far-right populism around the world and how immigration and Islam are being used to flame racism and potentially even worse.
The Antony Loewenstein Podcast: What the Media Won’t Say About The Israeli President’s Visit
This week’s episode examines the recent visit of Israeli President Isaac Herzog to Australia and the profound media and political failures.
Speaking out against Israeli President Isaac Herzog
This week the Israeli President, Issac Herzog, is visiting Australia to huge amount of opposition from people rightly opposed to Israel’s actions in Palestine. I spoke at a huge rally in Sydney and explained how many Jews profoundly disagree with Israel’s crimes: View this post on Instagram A post shared by Jewish Council…
Cancelling Palestinians speak volumes about our twisted culture
My monthly column for the UK outlet, Middle East Eye: In early January, the board of the Adelaide Festival in Australia sent a letter to Palestinian author Randa Abdel-Fattah to convey a shocking decision. A longtime critic of Israel, Abdel-Fattah was told her inclusion in the forthcoming Adelaide Writers’ Week would apparently be “culturally insensitive”.…
The Antony Loewenstein Podcast: Randa Abdel-Fattah on Palestine, Australia, and Silence
The latest episode of my weekly podcast is an interview with Palestinian-Australian writer and academic Randa Abdel-Fattah where we discuss silencing, visiting Palestine and increasing censorship.
The Antony Loewenstein Podcast: Grace Tame on AI, Power, and the Normalisation of Child Sexual Abuse
The latest episode of my weekly podcast talking about child exploitation, online platforms monetising abuse and how to address this massive and growing problem in an interview with the remarkable Grace Tame.
What Zionist lobby pressure does to increase anti-Semitism
The collapse of this year’s Adelaide Writer’s Week is a sad sign of the times after a Palestinian writer was cancelled for daring to criticise Israel. I gave the following comments to AAP: Independent journalist and author Antony Loewenstein, who sits on the advisory committee of the Jewish Council of Australia and has regularly appeared…
The Antony Loewenstein Podcast: The Weaponisation Of Jewish Trauma Post Bondi
The latest episode of my podcast on the aftermath of the Bondi Beach massacre.