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... Continue Reading →
[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? ... Continue Reading →
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,... Continue Reading →
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... Continue Reading →
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... Continue Reading →
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... Continue Reading →
COLLECTIVE STATEMENT Five years on, we gathered across 'Australia' to honour the victims and survivors of the terrorist attack on Otautahi/Christchurch mosques by Australian neo-Nazi Brenton Tarrant on 15 March 2019. We express our solidarity with Muslims in Aotearoa New Zealand and in 'Australia', where we recognise a dangerous climate of increasing Islamophobia and anti-Arab... Continue Reading →
URGENT: DEMAND NSW POLICE RELEASE PROTESTORS IMMEDIATELY At tonight's Mardi Gras, a group of trans and queer activists intervened in the parade to protest the Labour Party and their complicity in the ongoing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza. As the Labour Party float passed by at Taylor Square, they held banners that read "QUEER SOLIDARITY... Continue Reading →
Around 300 members of the community came out to Taylor Square on the eve of Mardi Gras to protest systemic police violence. We were met with violence at the hands of NSW Police. 46 years after the 78'ers first marched down Oxford Street, the police once again remind the Queer and Blak community that they... Continue Reading →
https://m.youtube.com/watch?si=lnQnTqsNwpp22GEx&v=vktDdxrowHw&feature=youtu.be THIS IS FOR REEM - THEY ARE ALL REEM Saturday 24 February 2024 We are autonomous anarcho anti-speciesist actionists who disrupted the platforming of a zionist speaker at the Animal Rights Forum in Naarm (so called Melbourne). We opened the action stating “This is for Reem, they are all Reem” followed by “This is... Continue Reading →
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