BOOK WEEK 4 PALESTINE: Authors & Journalists on the Struggle to Free Palestine

Schedule

Sat, 29 Aug, 2026 at 06:00 pm

UTC+10:00
Location

22 Mountain Street Ultimo, Ultimo, NSW, Australia, New South Wales 2007 | Pyrmont, NS

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BOOK WEEK: Authors & Journalists on the Struggle to Free Palestine
Chair: Mark Gillespie, social anthropologist, frequent visitor to the West Bank, and City of Sydney for Palestine activist
Speakers: Palestinian Khaled Ghannam, author and journalist, Socialist Alliance member, recently returned from Jordon and West Bank, with many family members in the West Bank.
Plus Kavita Naidu, human rights lawyer, co-founder of activist group, Pasifika for Palestine Australia which is a grassroots community advocacy group uniting members of the Pacific diaspora to advocate for Palestinian rights and oppose regional government complicity in the occupation of Gaza.
Plus, Jude Alexander, journalist and author based in Gadigal Country/ Sydney has been interviewing Palestinians in Gaza for two years. She is interviewing anti-war campaigners, councillors and Greens MPs for a book 'Solidarity with Gaza'
Plus, Judith Treanor is a Jewish dual citizen of Australia and the United Kingdom of Ashkenazi heritage and an activist with Jews Against the Occupation ‘48 based in Gadigal Country/Sydney. She is a voracious writer for various publications: Michael West Media, Green Left and Pearls and Irritations. Due to her tireless efforts to have Anti-Zionist Jewish voices heard by the Royal Commission into Anti-Semitism,
she was finally quoted in the opening statement by Assisting Counsel - at the Protest hearing block.
A panel featuring authors and journalists discussing how essays, books, and long‑form journalism have shaped public understanding of Palestine — past and present.
Speakers will explore the role of political writing in documenting truth, challenging propaganda, and preserving histories of resistance.
The conversation will address censorship, media bias, and the responsibilities of writers in moments of crisis, followed by an audience Q&A and informal discussion.
As part of the Symphony of Resistance Book Week events taking place in the Resistance Centre between August 22-29.
See also Symphony of Resistance: Palestine Art Exhibition https://www.facebook.com/events/1677466386697947
Sydney Socialist Reading Group: Behind the Genocide in Gaza
https://www.facebook.com/events/2209763812898362/
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22 Mountain Street Ultimo, Ultimo, NSW, Australia, New South Wales 2007, 22-36 Mountain St, Ultimo NSW 2007, Australia, Pyrmont

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