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Stephen Heydt

Brisbane Times

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Why a 73 year old Jew had himself arrested

After being arrested in Brisbane for wearing a T-shirt that read ‘Jews for a free Palestine from the river to the sea’, a 73-year-old Jewish...

01.05.2026 10

Pearls and Irritations

Stephen Heydt

Stephen Heydt: Why I’m protesting Qld’s new racist law

I was one of 22 people arrested in Magan-djin/Brisbane. Whether it was necessary for so many police to arrest one 73-year-old Jew, I’ll let you...

29.04.2026 10

Green Left Weekly

Stephen Heydt

I marched against apartheid in South Africa. The Sydney protests triggered me

I did not spend my 20s protesting a regime using violence to silence its critics just to spend my 70s watching Australian governments do the same.

10.02.2026 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Stephen Heydt