Kitchen Counter

Deported Australian writer: "I was desperately trying to maintain a sense of self"

Alistair Kitchen wrote accounts of the student protests at Columbia. He just found out that some of his readers were the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol.

Published on Hard Reset • Jun 24

One hell of a week

Hi, hello, and thank you

Jun 21 • 

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I was deported by the U.S. for reporting on the Columbia University student protests

The US Government reads this blog.

Jun 19 • 

Alistair Kitchen

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March 2025

On the deportation of dissent

When I, an international student in the US, began writing dispatches from the protests at Columbia last year I felt as though good things were once…

Mar 10 • 

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February 2025

The Potato People, now on the ABC

World Famous Essay About Potatoes Now In Podcast Form

Feb 24 • 

Alistair Kitchen

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November 2024

Agonistes

and the necessary pride that becomes us

Nov 3, 2024 • 

Alistair Kitchen

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June 2024

Liberated Zone VII

Everything in its right place

Jun 16, 2024 • 

Alistair Kitchen

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April 2024

Liberated Zone VI

The occupation of Hamilton Hall

Apr 30, 2024 • 

Alistair Kitchen

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Liberated Zone V

Material analysis, psychological analysis, etc.

Apr 24, 2024 • 

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Liberated Zone IV

Useful idiots

Apr 23, 2024 • 

Alistair Kitchen

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Liberated Zone III

The politics of self defeat

Apr 21, 2024 • 

Alistair Kitchen

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Liberated Zone II

Prefigured societies; Shai Davidai; a call to faculty

Apr 20, 2024 • 

Alistair Kitchen

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