demos journal acknowledges that the traditional custodians of this country never ceded sovereignty and here pay our respect to elders past and present, who continue to practise and share their unique knowledge in their connection to country.

Issue 13

December 2025

110 Days: The ANU Gaza Solidarity Encampment

This issue serves as an archive of the 110 days that students at the Australian National University spent at the Gaza Solidarity Encampment. The issue does not claim to represent every perspective, nor to exhaust the complexity of camp life. Rather, it offers a brief snapshot of what was lived, built and upheld over those 110 days.

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demos journal is a volunteer-run progressive journal for emerging writers based on Ngunnawal and Ngambri land (Canberra). Originally formed and guided by our understanding of the need for a democratic response to climate change, we publish critical and creative writing and art addressing the climate crisis, capitalism, Indigenous politics, refugee justice, ecology and higher education.