Dr Liam Gillespie

Lecturer in criminology, School of Social and Political Sciences, Faculty of Arts, University of Melbourne

Politics & Society

We need more than a ban on Nazi salutes to fight racism

While addressing racist gestures is important, criminalisation is not the only answer. We must deal with the underlying social, political and cultural conditions that enable them

Politics & Society

Banning the Nazi salute is one thing, let’s talk about the consequences

Neo-Nazis feed on fear and controversy. Their response to new Australian laws banning their symbols is hard to predict