Yesterday on Wurrundjuri Wooiworrung and Boonwurrung country a group of activists in solidarity with Palestine blocked a freight train with the aim to stop railway traffic. The train was heading out of the port of Melbourne when the group stopped it and painted the wind shield red. This is a part of an internationally coordinated...

Media release from autonomous action group in Kaurna Yerta/ Adelaide

On Monday April 15, a group of Kaurna Yerta based activists held a 'die in' at Senator Penny Wong's office to protest the government's ongoing complicity in, and facilitation of, the genocide occurring in Gaza - a genocide which has been enabled by international forces, like Australia, to continue for over six months. This die...

Zine: No more colonial states

This zine, designed to fit on 2 printed sheets of paper, consists of 3 parts: An affirmation that the fight against colonial Israel is inseparable from the fight against other colonialisms. A version of an online article about Israel, colonialism, & fascism optimized to read on paper. A list of #BDS targets to decolonize (attack). The zine...

Bissalloy Lockon

Four people have attached themselves to machinery to halt factory operations at Bisalloy. Outside the gates of the factory, a community protest is underway.“We are here today at the factory of Bisalloy protesting this local company’s involvement inthe Zionist entity’s genocide in Palestine” said participant, Leya Reid. “Nearly 40,000 people have been killed, including over...

FUCK VISIBILITY FIGHT WITH VENGEANCE

Invisible under our bloc on this year's Trans Day of ~Visibility~ we demanded change to the material conditions of trans and queer people's lives, not just a rainbow colony. Who have we become visible to? The (gender) cops? Who has become visible? The most privileged? The Vic "Pride" Centre represents institutions of assimilation that steal...

On ‘Australian’ fascism

[Note: This article was written some time ago but feels relevant given recent events, including further state-fascism in Mparntwe and yet another Nazi-supported TERF rally in Naarm.] Tell me something what you think would happen if everytime they kill a black boy then we kill a cop everytime they kill a black man then we kill a cop you think the accident rate would lower subsequently?  ...

ANTI-TRANS TERF FASH DISRUPTED AND ROUTED BY COUNTER PROTEST

Statement from Trans Queer Solidarity Our pro-trans counter protest out-numbered the anti-trans reactionary, TERF and fascist crowd by 3-4 times, who were defended by a large Victoria Police presence, but we moderately disrupted them A diversity of tactics across multiple groups was key to our success: from building connection and solidarity through dance and song,...

Improved electoral placards around Hobart

Improved electoral placards for politicians from the Liberal and Labor Party, hung up around Hobart before the Tasmanian State election which took place yesterday. The election marked another day of an increasingly disenfranchised public being made to choose between a gang of increasingly blatant evils. The Libs will kill the earth and Labour will do...

Webb Dock Blockade

Another community blockade is established at Webb Dock, blocking and preventing the loading of a ZIM-contracted MSC ship, with all work at the port being disrupted for the evening shift. Similar to the previous community blockade, dozens of Public Order Response Team (PORT) were deployed outfitted in riot control gear including shields. Rubber bullets, tear...

Official Myths and Enduring Fantasies

Reflections on labour unions, activism and the struggle to block ZIM shipping in Naarm. Photo from Angelita Biscotti Introduction Since Israel’s most recent military assault on Gaza began in October, we have witnessed rapid growth in public consciousness and political mobilisation for Palestinian liberation. On the level of the symbolic, mass street demonstrations have been occurring...