The Party Line on ICE, Adelaide Writers' Week & Hate Speech Laws by Anneke Demanuele, Josh Lee & Jordan van den Lamb

Episode 17 - The party line on ICE, Adelaide Writers Week and Hate Speech This week the gang voted Omar off the Island. Producers had a surprise up their sleeves, with Josh Lees as a special guest. We discussed the violent killing of Renee Nicole Good by ICE agents, and the full throated support for the murderer from JD Vance, Trump and the US regime. We then discussed the fallout from the removal of Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah from Adelaide Writers’ Week, and the solidarity she received from 180+ other guests and writers. The ruling class offensive against the Palestine movement continues, with the Royal Commission announced, plus the introduction of hate speech laws that give the Attorney General the powers to prohibit organisations, and punishment of 15 years for people who support them.

Content Why we must oppose a royal commission | Red Flag: https://redflag.org.au/article/why-we...

Liberals’ hate speech hypocrisy after Bondi | Red Flag: https://redflag.org.au/article/libera...

I cannot be party to silencing writers, which is why I am resigning as director of Adelaide writers’ week: https://www.theguardian.com/commentis...

Sacked for Israeli flag: How Sydney Uni handled pro-Palestine encampment The march to the Bondi massacre began at Sydney Town Hall: https://www.afr.com/policy/health-and...

An inconvenient truth: Anti-Semitism flourishes in mainstream progressive politics and some Islamic cultures: https://www.theaustralian.com.au/comm...

Headlines: Trump’s Gold Card Already Passed $1.3 Billion In Sales. Is This The Future Of Immigration?: https://www.forbes.com/sites/dougmelv...

New UKIP logo slated over 'similarities to Nazi symbol' | The National: https://www.thenational.scot/news/257...

'I'm baffled': Viral TikTok video sparks debate over act of removing energy stickers: https://www.news.com.au/finance/cultu...

Details of Labor's new hate speech and gun laws revealed - ABC News: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01-1...

Splits emerging within Coalition over hate speech bill: https://www.afr.com/politics/federal/...

Pauline Hanson and Barnaby Joyce use Gina Rinehart’s private jet to visit flooded parts of Queensland | One Nation | The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/australia...

Gina Rinehart and fellow billionaires add record $3.3trn in wealth: https://www.afr.com/world/north-ameri...

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