Defying repression with ”serial protestor” Josh Lees

The Murdoch press has been on a tear against the Palestine movement and particularly "serial protestor" Josh Lees, a leading member of the Palestine Action Group (PAG) and Socialist Alternative, and our guest for this episode. NSW Premier Chris Minns accused Josh of costing tax-payers $5 million to police the protests. The attacks on Josh and PAG are part of a fresh wave of repression and censorship against the Palestine movement in Australia. These attacks are happening on campuses and in the streets, they are coming from the media, Labor governments, the Liberals and university vice-chancellors. Emma spoke to Josh about the nature of that repression and the way charges of anti-semitism have been weaponised against anti-war campaigners protesting a genocide.

Relevant articles:

"Zionist groups are falsifying antisemitism statistics and the media are playing along" - by Joel Schneider

"NSW police fail to ban pro-Palestine protests" by Emma Norton 

"Fighting for Palestine, one year on" - by Josh Lees 

"Slander won't stop students from resisting genocide" - by Jack Mansell