In this episode we chat with Alex McKinnon (https://everythingisfine.beehiiv.com/c/about), a freelance journalist who has been covering the restriction and censorship of pro-Palestine speech in the Australian media. We talk through some of the particulars of rightwing strategy; the culture of preemptive capitulation and the march of McCarthyism through the university sector.

Before that, Pat and Timbo talk shop on the WA Election (congratulations to all those who celebrate); Dutton’s Escape To The Hemmesphere and the possible disintegration of AUKUS.

Next week, we’re talking Ukraine.

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