Matt Withers

Please sign to help save sociology at Macquarie University - one of the best sociology depts in the country, with a long and proud history megaphone.org.au/petitions/save…

Today, after 14 years, I’m resigning from the Labour Party. Jeremy Corbyn and I will co-lead the founding of a new party, with other Independent MPs, campaigners and activists across the country. Join us. The time is now. Sign up here to stay updated: actionnetwork.org/forms/join-tea…

Staff at @ourANU say enough is enough. @NTEUnion contends there is no financial justification for further job cuts. canberratimes.com.au/story/8980985/…

Our book is out and available for purchase in the U.K. Writing this book with @cacrisalves @SurbhiKesar & @ingridharvold was a long and arduous process that has arguably changed us all, and we’d be honoured for y’all to read it. Get it now from @politybooks and in bookstores!

Dear Teachers, Principals, and School Leaders, I am offering a FREE 1-hour Zoom session to any school in Australia, providing an introductory lesson on Palestine. I cover its history (including pre 1948), and our ongoing struggle for liberation and justice. My class is designed as a primer to help students and educators gain a foundational understanding of Palestine. My class is relevant to humanities subjects or can be run as a general incursion across year levels. Since 2005, I’ve spoken at schools across Australia and internationally. I bring to this session my experience as a Palestinian, a former lawyer, an author and academic, drawing on my professional expertise and lived experience. Please DM me if your school is interested in participating.

Postdoc opportunity. Please distribute widely. We’re looking for an emerging scholar doing community-centred or community-led research in Pacific History. Minimal teaching duties, research, relocation funds and visa sponsorship available. usyd.wd105.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/USYD_EXT…

Voting for the @ourANU Council election is now open! Vote at apollo.anu.edu.au/apollo/default… It's more important than ever to have people willing to hold University Executive to account. Vote for Dr Francis Markham! Francis is the @NTEUnion endorsed candidate. ✊

Thank you to @OverlandJournal for publishing this incredible statement of solidarity in defence of academic freedom. Humbled and so grateful for the support. I stand in unequivocal solidarity with Professor Chelsea Watego, @SenatorThorpe @SammakTasnim , @Sarah__Schwartz , @SaraSalehTweets , Matt Chun and all who fight for the right to speak out against genocide.

New Cambridge Element Emigration States by Matt Withers is now free to read for 4 weeks! cup.org/4hbGjka #cambridgeelements #sociology

Happy to have an article published in the Journal of Contemporary Asia. It was written before KADIN’s September split. Initially, I thought the split might invalidate my argument, but after January’s jubilant reunification, I think the argument stands. tandfonline.com/eprint/BG27FJX…

Our Pluralising Social Reproduction Approaches piece is out in @IFJPglobal !Great to work at this with Shirin Rai & @SaraStevano, & alongside so many other fellow feminists,including Xfriends @Serena_Natile @SurbhiKesar @DzodziTsikata et al (check list)! tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

⁦@JasonClareMP⁩ and ⁦@arc_gov_au⁩ are 'probing' the competitively won, peer reviewed grant of an excellent scholar. All academics and academic associations need to stand up and oppose such interference Anti-Israel scholar’s $870k grant p archive.md/2025.01.31-093…

New research out today by @TheAusInstitute: the top VC salaries, the CEOs of public universities, have more than quadrupled over the past 40 years. Can’t say the same for the wages of staff. @NTEUnion calls for urgent action to curb corporate governance in #highered #AusPol2025

Economists like competitive markets, so why not for PALM? There are no intrinsic reasons why workers couldn't have the right to change employers - only a lack of policy imagination and insufficient political will to support basic human and labour rights.

Pacific Labourers overtaxed and exploited in Australia - The Australia Institute australiainstitute.org.au/post/pacific-l…

Unlike Australian workers, guest workers from Pacific nations are denied the right to switch employers. Thousands who have fled bad employers live in Australia informally without support. @OurANU #Echobox=1729576682-1" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">theconversation.com/promoted-as-a-…

The Pacific Australia Labour Mobility scheme is helping some workers but harming others – it needs to be reformed | Matt Withers ift.tt/XMdgzQ5

Insightful analysis of the challenges and limitations of using migration as a ‘fix’ for Australia’s looming aged care crisis by @sophkagan lowyinstitute.org/the-interprete…

Fairly blunt answers from Workplace Relations Minister Murray Watt on PALM scheme. Quite a different tone from his own Department. He says there have been "far too many abuses" of PALM, and he's "open to further changes." Calls growing number of workers disengaging "concerning"

All this hysteria about the social cohesion of Australians. What about the physical cohesion of Arabs? If you don’t want to see angry people in the CBD, maybe do something about people ending up being collected in plastic bags. We are comparing a half-dozen flags with 50,000 minimum dead Gazans and 1 million displaced Lebanese? Is that what we’re doing now?