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HSEMESTER ONE,oni 2016 • WEEK 4 Soit FIRST PRINTED 1929 How does the University view students with children? FEATURE, PAGE 9 Chinese The Wizard of The lives of How long is students take @Oz_F sugar babies the Redfern on Business Elijah Wilcox-Armitage speaks Nina Dillon Britton explains why run, really? School to Twitter king Osman Faruqi they’re not so different from us NEWS, PAGE 4 PROFILE, PAGE 17 CULTURE, PAGE 14 ANALYSIS, PAGE 7 2 HONI SOIT SEMESTER 1 • WEEK 4 HONI SOIT SEMESTER 1 • WEEK 4 3 LETTERS EDITOR-IN-CHIEF ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Victoria Zerbst OF COUNTRY EDITORS Contents We acknowledge the traditional and centre the experiences of More Letters 3 / LETTERS 17 / PROFILE Andrew Bell, Natalie Buckett, custodians of this land, the Gadi- Indigenous people, and to be Max Hall, Tom Joyner, Sam gal people of the Eora Nation. reflective when we fail to. seeds of revolution will grow out of Liam’s experiences. I had the interests of minority groups mentators should have been 4 / NEWS 19 / SOCIAL Langford, Alexandros Tsathas, The University of Sydney – where We recognise our duty to be In defence of of real action today. the same experience as a foot on campus. Even if the USU arguing. He noted the signifi- Subeta Vimalarajah, Mary Ward, we write, publish and distribute a counterpoint to the racism To this end we aim to build soldier dealing with a strati- supports such collectives it’s cant danger in ceding ground to 6 / ANALYSIS 20 / CASEWORKERS Naaman Zhou Honi Soit – is on the sovereign that plagues the mainstream revolutionary strong and united Left struggles fied organisation and trying to more like how I might appreci- the far right by suggesting that land of these people. media, and to adequately repre- against the exploiting, greedy, reconcile hypocritical policy ate cheesecake- with a thumbs some asylum seekers are more 8 / OPINION 21 / PUZZLES CONTRIBUTORS As students and journalists, sent the perspectives of Indige- socialism war-mongering bigots that run positions as he did, but I also up and from a safe distance. The worthy of protection than oth- we recognise our complicity nous students at our University. this world. We want to fight saw much worse. I remember USU is all about inclusion- from ers. While children in detention 9 / FEATURE 22 / SRC REPORTS Emma Balfour, Isabella Barrett, in the ongoing colonisation of We also wholeheartedly thank Liam Donohoe's piece last week alongside Greens, other radicals being bribed and emotionally providing discounted ACCESS face particular risks to their Amelia Birnie, Adam Chalm- Indigenous land. In recognition our Indigenous reporters for was an insight into a revolution- and the ALP left, to advance the blackmailed. I remember being card prices, to including current healthy development, Dono- 12 / PERSPECTIVE 24 / SUPRA ers, Jestika Chand, Peter Bur- of our privilege, we vow to not the continuing contribution of ary organisation gone wrong. situation of the working class, complicit in backstabbings and board directors in the USU elec- hoe’s argument reminds us rell-Sander, Nina Dillon Brit- only include, but to prioritise their labour to our learning. Liam’s first-hand account of the students and the oppressed. We the dirty deals of factional war- tions. Their concern about exclu- that we must not let our legit- 14 / CULTURE 26 / COMEDY ton, Ann Ding, Liam Donohoe, inward looking, manipulative are involved in a concerted fight lords. I remember being manip- sionary policies that lock-out imate concern for their welfare William Edwards, Edward Furst, and cynically self-promotional against our government’s inhu- ulated. I remember, essentially, students from society participa- compromise our opposition to Jacob Henegan, Joel Hillman, political practice pedalled by SAlt mane brutality towards asy- being used as a pawn in a game tion is deeply rooted in the USU’s the indefinite and inhumane 9 / FEATURE Justine Landis-Hanley, Sahra will leave many good left-wingers lum-seekers, to defend Medi- I did not understand. mission statement. detention of any fellow human Magan, Oliver Moore, William EDITORIAL reaching for a bucket. care from the Liberals’ attacks All politics, but youth politics Furthermore, anonymous being. When leveraging sym- Amelia Birnie examines how new mothers can Ryan, Ajay Sivanathan, Michael The left is effective when it and to stop corporate restruc- especially, preys on the young writer “Supporter of Chris- pathetic imagery and narrative fall through the cracks at the University of Sydney Sun, Lena Wang, Elijah Wil- Victoria Zerbst combines both principle and turing that turns universities and vulnerable and that’s exactly tian-Atheist Relations” brought in an attempt to build a broader cox-Armitage, Jess Zlotnick unity. As Liam shows, SAlt into degree factories. what happened to my 15-year- up the Atheist Society. I’m sur- coalition, asylum seeker advo- betray their principals in shab- We need real struggle, we old self. They use us because prised to hear that it’s apparent- cates must take greater care to On the cover is a small infant cation to the deep content mines by and dishonest deals on the need revolutionary organiza- we’re innocent. We’re not stupid, ly still a thing! Last I’d heard, employ these subjects as repre- COVER ARTISTS during her oral stage of devel- of Twitter, that holy digital func- one hand and sabotage prac- tion and we need serious rev- but we still have that idealism – the outgoing exec had dissolved sentative of the whole war rath- opment. Aside from the obvi- tion of our own oral obsession. tical unity through their dis- olutionary theory and discus- the assumption that everyone is the society. They are, however, er than as the (only) battle itself. So often the breasts we see in publications are sexualised. They are Steph Barahona, Amandine Le ous connection to this week’s Students want to be heard. missive arrogance towards oth- sion. If you let SAlt put you off good at heart. We trust our party right that societies will want often designed to sell papers or cause a stir. We hoped that our Bellec, Johanna Roberts, Bri- feature on breastfeeding on This paper is our mouthpiece. er activists on the other. Sadly, revolutionary politics altogeth- elders to look after us but ulti- representatives who “ascribe Benjamin G. Veness cover would normalise breasts as non-sexual objects and show gitte Samaha, Katie Thorburn, campus, the sucking baby pro- As always, Honi works hard it appears such an attitude is er the only winners will be the mately, our trust is abused. to their values and ideals”. It’s a MBBS MPH 2014 breastfeeding as the beautiful and natural act it is. Thank you to Zita Walker vides for a greater metaphor. to keep you abreast of the news. rendered through an internal elites we need to overthrow. I’m not saying that all people sentiment I’m sure that’s shared Olympia Walker-Galt, Juris Doctor student and mother of the love- As university students we are This week we bring you stories culture that rests heavily on pri- in politics are evil. Some people by the autonomous collectives ly Pippi, for allowing us to capture this intimate moment between COVER in an oral development stage of of self-proclaimed sugar babies, mary-school style peer pressure Adam Adelpour are absolutely lovely, but there's Kerrod Gream mentioned, who her and her daughter. our own. Our brains are remod- who milk their relationships and messianic self-delusion. Solidarity Student Club enough of the bad ones in poli- have a particularly left wing set Tom Joyner elling, our behaviours border with older men, first time opera- Such a distorted practice is a tics to make it a dangerous place. of ideals and values. on infantile at both parties and goers and an analysis of Univer- blight on the Left and weakens There is a culture in youth poli- Disclaimer: Honi Soit is published by the Students’ Representative PROOFREADER political meetings, and all while sity funding of SUSF facilities. us in the face of the real fights tics that rewards amorality Brendan J O’Shea Want to Council, University of Sydney, Level 1 Wentworth Building, City we suckle at the swollen teat of Pay fine attention to the lit- against the Liberal government Tread carefully To those who are thinking Arts V Road, University of Sydney NSW 2006. The SRC’s operation costs, Caelin Kramer knowledge in lecture theatres tle touches, the DJ Khaled hor- and corporate power. of joining, I'd tread carefully space and administrative support are financed by the University and tutorial rooms. oscopes, the carefully curated It would be a mistake how- around youth around youth politics. We’ve continue of Sydney. Honi Soit is printed under the auspices of the SRC’s At university we are redis- playlist, the educational guide to ever, to let SAlt’s particular done it and saw the worst of it, Gold, directors of student publications: Tahlia Chloe, Justine Landis- covering the rules of language PowerPoint presentations, the pathology tarnish Revolutionary politics don’t repeat our mistakes. Hanley, David Hogan, Michelle Picone, Siobhan Ryan, and Michael through politically correct existential babies. We are forever Socialists as a whole. We live in a Dear Honi, frankincense the convo? Sun. All expressions are published on the basis that they are not to speech. We are making our opin- in development stages after all. world of crisis, war, oppression, A 17-Year-Old and more be regarded as the opinions of the SRC unless specifically stated. ions heard among the booming While we grow, and crawl environmental catastrophe and While it may be fun to make Political Drop Out Send a letter to The Council accepts no responsibility for the accuracy of any of voices of baby boomers.

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