Veryan Croggon

Librarian. Fuelled by tea and coffee.
Views my own.
She/her

[Marc Fennell @MarcFennell]

In the years I’ve been making Stuff The British Stole, the biggest lesson for me has been how much history hides behind politeness—polite plaques, polite speeches, polite monarchs.

I don’t have Lidia Thorpe's life experience, and it’s not appropriate for me to offer commentary on her actions.

But let’s be clear on one thing: the British Empire was not a polite enterprise. Like most, it was built on conquest, power, and, yes, things were truly stolen. Many things that have not been returned or in some cases even acknowledged.

It was not a polite empire.

[Veryan Croggon @veryanc]

@Allycat217

[Veryan Croggon @veryanc]

Very proud of the students at my old uni
Substantially less proud of the uni itself

[U Melb for Palestine @Umelb4Palestine]

The students are always on our side sending a clear message to the uni.

In 20 years the uni will tokenize this movement as ‘proud history of student activism’ and not mention that they are going to send police in to brutalize students. @UniMelb we will never forget.

[Antoinette Lattouf @antoinette_news]

Victoria’s parliament has become one of few in the world to ban MPs from wearing the keffiyeh, the linked to the struggle for a Palestinian state for decades. It’s also banned watermelon earrings.
Ban earrings & a scarf as a child is murdered every 10 mins https://t.co/gSceISSaAA

[Sunny Singh @ProfSunnySingh]

Forced to wear yellow bands with numbers. But please don’t make any comparisons to the Nazis

[sarah @sahouraxo]

BREAKING: The UN General Assembly has just overwhelmingly voted in favour of Palestine’s bid to become a full member of the UN.

🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸

[Blue Georgia @BlueGeorgia]

Sunday's Last Week Tonight with John Oliver segment on the ongoing student protests across the country.

Worth the watch no matter what side you're on.

[ALIA @ALIANational]

We must all stand together to protect the freedom to read.

See ALIA's statement below.

👉 https://t.co/hDOzTvLLKl

[Veryan Croggon @veryanc]

Help us call on Cumberland Council to reverse the damaging motion that removed same-sex parenting books from libraries across the area!
https://t.co/LmSiaE452v https://t.co/LmSiaE452v

[Veryan Croggon @veryanc]

@ALIANational @aliaLGBTQ if you weren't aware, this is pretty outrageous

[Local Elections Australia @LocalElectionAU]

NSW: Cumberland City Council has voted to "rid" its libraries of books that show same-sex parents

The ban passed with a 6-5 vote

Current council composition:
🟥 Labor: 8
🟩 Our Local Community: 4
🟦 Independent Liberal: 2
🟥 The Independents: 1

[sarah @sahouraxo]

BREAKING: Israel’s criminal invasion of Rafah, the last place of refuge for Palestinians in Gaza, has begun.

1.7 million civilians trapped in Rafah are now being attacked through air, land and sea, in the middle of the night.

[Sulaiman Ahmed @ShaykhSulaiman]

HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE DAY ISRAEL START THEIR OWN HOLOCAUST ON RAFAH

ALL EYES ON RAFAH

[sarah @sahouraxo]

All eyes on Rafah.

This isn’t war. This is genocide.

Repeat it. Spread it. Let the world know.

[Richard Kadrey @Richard_Kadrey]

Science is awesome. NASA rocks.

[Greg Jericho @GrogsGamut]

A bit of a reminder about why those in colleges/universities are protesting

[Veryan Croggon @veryanc]

#PAXAus
Nerd Christmas approaches!
https://t.co/ankPVgDZdK #PAXandWin