[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 →
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 →
Memorial piece spotted in Sydney, 2018 to say Rest in Power to Spit and Dan, two SHARP skinheads executed in cold blood by boneheads in the Las Vegas desert, 1998. Your fight lives on!❤️🖤
Activists have blockaded the Defence Science Technology Group (DST) and the Leonardo weapons corporation in Port Melbourne to protest against Australia’s complicity in Israel’s war on Gaza. Several people have locked themselves onto vehicles and concrete barrels, obstructing six lanes of inbound and outbound traffic, preventing worker access to the weapons facilities. The DSTG conducts... Continue Reading →
Police have forcibly removed activists who gathered at Sydney's Port Botany in protest last night against the unloading of an Israeli-owned shipping company Hundreds of protesters carrying Palestinian flags and holding up signs called for a boycott of ZIM, an international shipping line, and an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. A jetski with a Palestinian flag... Continue Reading →
Members of the Free Palestine crowd took direct action to shut down Israeli Occupation Force supporter McDonalds on Swanston St in Naarm / Melbourne on the 19th of November. Notably, Starbucks outlets did not even try to open after previous autonomous action at weekly Sunday rallies. "Boycott Maccas!", "You're supporting genocide", "Free Palestine" rang out... Continue Reading →
Students target the University of Melbourne’s ‘Melbourne Connect’ building, funded with the blood money of infamously corrupt harms dealer Lockheed Martin, and home to StelarLab, Lockheed's only research facility outside the US. Lockheed supplies the nuclear weapons and fighter jets Israel has been using to bomb Palestinian children since the 1970s. Echoing the NTEU, students... Continue Reading →
As the exhibitors of the Indo-Pacific Naval Expo were lining up to board their networking cruise, they were met by a large group of people calling on them to stop supplying weapons to the Israeli defence forces, and other regimes that violate human rights. As stated on the group’s banner, 9,700+ Palestinians have been killed... Continue Reading →
A large group stormed the office of Defence Minister Richard Marles, with some chaining themselves by the neck and refusing to leave. Police have begun removing protesters who stormed the electorate office of Defence Minister Richard Marles and refused to leave. The group, which describes itself as being anti-Zionist, entered the building on Brougham Street... Continue Reading →
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