Alistair Kitchen
- Reposted by Alistair Kitchen"Talking straight here, the big problem in this case is that the cabinet secretaries and, ostensibly, the president of the United States are not honoring the First Amendment,” Judge William G. Young said. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/u...
- “We regret that our transparently racist act created division. And also that it predictably destroyed the thing it is our one job to protect.”
- Dare I ask why the Adelaide Festival Board, which oversees Adelaide Writers Week, featured zero writers?
- Why would anyone write when they can Administrate
- Reflecting serenely on a national newspaper which, after commissioning and publishing a piece from me, advised that it would pay in exposure
- Hard to see the Adelaide Writers Week decision as anything other than appallingly racist, grotesquely illiberal.
- What a day of cricket
- Trump's new travel policies send a clear message. For visitors to the US, self-censorship is your ticket to ride. My piece in the Fin. www.afr.com/world/north-...
- Man I know so many people who should quit their jobs and go do this instead
- We’re hiring! Our new resume portal is live, and we’re looking for top talent in NYC to help build this administration and deliver on our affordability agenda. Could that be you? Apply using the link below. transition2025.com/apply
- Great essay here thebaffler.com/salvos/belit...
- I for one think it’s good Tame Impala now sounds like Enya
- I have a piece in the @thesaturdaypaper.com.au today about how superannuation disadvantages women www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/economy...
- Reposted by Alistair KitchenImagine kicking the former national rugby captain out of your sports club instead of the gambling lobby. To paraphrase Groucho Marx, who'd want to belong to a club that would accept Responsible Wagering Australia as one of its sponsors?
- Reposted by Alistair KitchenRead @sarahschwartz.bsky.social personal letter in The Guardian today | When you first heard me speak against this genocide, you heard my words as betrayal. But they were meant as love www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
- Reposted by Alistair KitchenIn today’s @crikey.com.au, I wrote about the furore over Albanese’s appearance at the UK Labour conference. The problem wasn’t that it was partisan, but that he intervened in the internal politics of UK Labour, backing Starmer against a rising chorus of critics. www.crikey.com.au/2025/10/06/a...
- Reposted by Alistair Kitchen"It took more than an hour after the story broke, and was covered by several mastheads, to receive official notice from MUP; a group email confirming Meanjin’s immediate closure." ~Emma Sutherland, Archives Editor at Meanjin in @artshub.bsky.social this weekend. www.artshub.com.au/news/opinion...
- Reposted by Alistair KitchenI’m actually well-regarded and successful.
- I wrote about the man everyone loves to hate, @mattyglesias.bsky.social . www.kitchencounter.blog/p/mr-opinion
- h/t @maxread.info
- I wrote about the man everyone loves to hate, @mattyglesias.bsky.social . www.kitchencounter.blog/p/mr-opinion
- I wrote about the man everyone loves to hate, @mattyglesias.bsky.social . www.kitchencounter.blog/p/mr-opinion
- Wrote this the day Mahmoud Khalil was arrested. I was later deported for it. Today a US federal judge confirmed what I wrote. open.substack.com/pub/alistair...
- Reposted by Alistair KitchenVery proud of my colleagues right now--especially @ramyakrishnan.bsky.social and @alexabdo.bsky.social. But we could not have got this far without the superb trial lawyers at Sher Tremonte. Grateful to them for all of the time and energy they put into this case. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/u...
- Reposted by Alistair KitchenThis is such a useful resource from @penamerica.bsky.social "What To Do If You’ve Been Doxed Or Placed On A Watchlist" Please consider letting others know that this exists. pen.org/what-to-do-i...
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- A lot of non-Americans feel embarrassed by their own fixation with the US. They shouldn’t.
- Reposted by Alistair Kitchen"Far from being an amoral free-for-all, liberalism is, in fact, extremely difficult and constraining, far too much so for those who cannot endure contradiction, complexity, diversity, and the risks of freedom.” ― Judith N. Shklar, Ordinary Vices
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- Hi all. An essay I’m very proud of, an elegy to the Queensland rainforests I grew up in, will appear in @islandmag.bsky.social 175.
- The culling of @meanjin.bsky.social shows just how fragile, and threatened, Australia’s literary ecosystem is. And yet the editors at @islandmag.bsky.social were willing to take a risk on a piece that tries to do… a lot
- Australian masculinity, whiteness, loss, cane toads, Gerard Manley Hopkins… my neighbours who farmed worms... It’s all in there. Please support the magazine, and Australian intellectual life, at this link: islandmag.com/next-issue
- Australia takes in roughly the same number of immigrants as the UK but has less than half the base population.
- Reposted by Alistair KitchenRally tomorrow morning: 9am at MUP Hear from literary giants, show your support, #savemeanjin Details at savemeanjin.org
- This open letter calls on Melb Uni’s Vice Chancellor to reduce her salary by 10% in order to save @meanjin.bsky.social At 85 years old, Meanjin is a cornerstone of Australian literature. A 10% gift would reduce Prof. Johnston’s salary to $1,350,000 per year. openletter.earth/an-open-lett...
- I signed the letter and I hope you do too
- Extraordinary. I have co-signed openletter.earth/an-open-lett...
- Reposted by Alistair KitchenI wrote for Crikey about the decision to shut Meanjin down - and to sever a connection to a hopeful progressive vision of Australian culture
- Reposted by Alistair Kitchenpopularism at work
- Holy shit
- Here's my advice open.substack.com/pub/alistair...
- Reposted by Alistair KitchenWatch journalist @alistairkitchen.bsky.social recount being detained for 12 hours, interrogated, his device searched at LAX in June, and later deported over his reporting. This is yet another sign that press freedom is under threat amid growing political repression and democratic decline in the US.
- Reposted by Alistair Kitchen"No one is safe until we’re all safe," Australian reporter @alistairkitchen.bsky.social who was detained by CBP at LAX for 12 hours in June, questioned about his political views, had his device searched, and eventually deported, tells @pressfreedomtracker.us about the harrowing, traumatic experience
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- Reposted by Alistair Kitchen"It’s pretty clear to me that the First Amendment protections of journalists and non-citizens are not nearly as firm as we’d like to believe," Australian writer @alistairkitchen.bsky.social, who was deported after interrogation at LAX in June, tells the Tracker. Read and watch our interview.
- Academia dot com... I do not care
- please stop
- I believe I was on this list when I was deported. If you have more information, please reach out. Signal in bio, identities protected. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/09/u...
- Reposted by Alistair KitchenThis @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social video is absolutely INCREDIBLE. The numbers he cites, the strategy and results they produced — it’s the future. When have you heard *any* campaign talk about this, ever? (Video split in 2 to fit in Bluesky’s limits)
- Reposted by Alistair KitchenWe've got @jessielilley.bsky.social back and we're chatting with @alistairkitchen.bsky.social so you know it's gonna be good un. Join us on Spin Cycle from 7pm on @3rrrfm.bsky.social
- Brad Lander… what a guy
- Reposted by Alistair KitchenThe detention, interrogation, phone search and deportation by CBP of journalist @alistairkitchen.bsky.social at LAX in retaliation for his reporting is a blatant attack on press freedom and a tactic of an authoritarian state. This is a shameful stain on the DHS and this whole administration.
- I was deported by the U.S. for reporting on the Columbia University student protests. www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
- One hell of a week open.substack.com/pub/alistair...
- Here I tell @chrislhayes.bsky.social my story of detainment and deportation.
- WATCH: After writing about the student protests over Gaza, Australian Alistair Kitchen says he was detained and interrogated by DHS officials at LAX—before being deported from the U.S. Kitchen joins Chris Hayes to share his story. youtu.be/lVkB9gTCZ1w
- My thanks to Chris and to the curly girl method.
- Reposted by Alistair KitchenBREAKING: Mahmoud Khalil speaks out after being released from ICE detention. "The Trump administration are doing their best to dehumanize everyone here," Khalil said.
- Reposted by Alistair KitchenWhen the writer @alistairkitchen.bsky.social was stopped by C.B.P. last week, an officer told him it was because of what he had written about the protests and Columbia. Kitchen was detained, his phone was searched, and he was eventually deported. nyer.cm/miKH6aK
- I was deported by the U.S. for reporting on the Columbia University student protests. www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
- Reposted by Alistair KitchenThe agents just came out and said it: 'We both know why you've been detained…it's because of what you wrote about the protests at Columbia.' @alistairkitchen.bsky.social But Smartraveller still says nothing about the risks to Australians with anti-Trump views. www.commondreams.org/news/alistai...
- Reposted by Alistair Kitchen"Writers, artists, and scholars must be free to express their views openly without compromising their free movement across borders," said PEN America's @jonfreadom.bsky.social following detainment and deportation of Australian writer Alistair Kitchen for his personal writings pen.org/press-releas...
- @kenklippenstein.bsky.social I learned from the best
- I'll be writing all this up with more detail shortly. For now I'll just say---I believe what I say and say what I believe. The offending posts are all online. Find out for yourself if my words post a danger to the US and *subscribe to my substack* www.kitchencounter.blog
